No.475 Rangitiki launched 1928

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

16,755grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from John Brown, Clydebank

Scrapped in Santander 1962

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No.975 Eagle launched in 1970

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

11,609grt for Southern Ferries from Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes

Azur 1975 Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots

The Azur 1987 Chandris Line

Eloise 2004 Cruise Eloise

Royal Iris 2004 Mano Maritime

Roy Star 2016 Mano Cruises

Knyaz Vladimir 2017 Black Sea Cruises IMO: 7032997

Image attribution: Ian Boyle, Tony Davis, Nektarios Papadakis & Evgeniy

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No.1475 Carthage launched 1998

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

32,298 Cotunav (Tunisia Ferries) by Fosen Mek, Rissa

IMO: 9185396

Image attribution: Stephane Saissi, Valery Cherezov, Heinrich Vonwiller & Hartmut Knape on Marine Traffic

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No.1975 Spirit of Adventure floated out 24 Jul 2020

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

58,119GT for Saga Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

IMO: 9818084

Image attribution: Ian Collard & Maritime Photographic https://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk

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No.1571 Blue Star Paros launched in 2001

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

10,438GT for Blue Star Ferries by Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo IMO: 9241774

Images: Maik Kiss, Giwrgos Mertis & George Trks on Marine Traffic

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No.1071 Rostock launched in 1977

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

13788grt for Deutsche Reichsbahn by Bergens Mek, Verksted

Star Wind 1999 SeaWind Line

Vironia 2005 Euro Shipping

Kopernik 2007 Unity Line

Smyrna 2019

Pern 2019

Smyrna di Levante 2022 Levante Ferries IMO: 7527887

Image from Kim Victor

Being converted, image by Christos Chatzaras

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No.571 Awatea launched in 1936

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13,482grt for Union SS Co of New Zealand by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow

Bombed North Africa 1942

Images: The TROVE Australia National Library & Steve Walker Colour

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No.2032 SH Vega floated out 11 Feb 2022

Posted on April 23, 2023 by donships

10,700GT for Swan Hellenic from Helsinki Shipyard Oy

IMO: 9895252

Image attribution: Andrea Rolando, Santeri Velin, Florin Tanase & Sondre M Pettersen on Marine Traffic

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No.71 Merion launched in 1901

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

11,621grt for American Line by John Brown, Clydebank

Tiger 1914 British Admiralty (A dummy ship for HMS Tiger)

Torpedoed by UB8 off Mudros 1915

and as HMS Tiger

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No.476 Viceroy of India launched 1928

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

19,648grt for P&O by Stephen, Glasgow

Torpedoed by U 407 off Oran 1942

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Viceroy_of_India

Viceroy of India on the 11th of November, 1942

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