No.976 Central No1 launched 1970

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

10,223grt for Central Ferry Co. Ltd from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Tassili 1973 Cie Nationale Algerienne

IMO:7039476

Scrapped Alang 2000

Image attribution: Ken Murayama, Per Jensen & Mike Taplin on faktaomfartyg.se

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No.1476 Alyssa launched in 1998

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

25,206GT for Levantina Trasporti from Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro

Svealand 2001 Stena Line

Lisco Optima 2006 DFDS Lisco

Optima Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways IMO: 9188427

Image attribution: ferienwohnung-marquandt, PixelOpa & Wlodek Sulkowski

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No.1976 Hamayu launched 10 Aug 2020

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

15,400GT for TQF (Tokyo Kyushu Ferry) Cruising Resort

from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki

IMO: 9894569

Image attribution: Mitsubishi, via Spyridon Rossos & Wota Aki on Marine Traffic

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No.1570 Constellation floated out in 2001

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

90,280GT for Celebrity Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Celebrity Constellation 2007 Celebrity Cruises

IMO: 9192399

Image copyright: Robert Smith & Tony Davis

Image from Daniel Ferro

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No.1070 Stena Shipper launched in 1977

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

18,799grt for Stena Container Line Ltd by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan

Norsky 1978 Stena Line

Merzario Ionia 1980 Merzario

Constellation Enterprise 1981 Constellation Lines

N & T 700 1987 Nordstrom & Thulin

Graip 1987 Nordstrom & Thulin

Chong Ming Dao 1998 Chinese Government

Kilmore 2007 Logitec

Scrapped Aliaga 2010

Constellation Enterprise image by Simonwp

Graip image copyright: Pieter Inpijn

Kilmore by TransRussiaExpress

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No.570 Ville d’Alger launched in 1935

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

10,172grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire

(although sunk from Aug ’44-Feb ’45)

Poseidon 1966 Typaldos

Scrapped in La Spezia 1969

From maitres-du-vent.blog

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No.70 Walmer Castle launched in 1901

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

12,546grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped Blyth 1932

Walmer is 7 miles north of Dover, Kent

Image copyright: Bandcstaffregister

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No.477 Leopoldville launched in 1928

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

11,172grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium

Modernised 1936/37

Torpedoed by U 486, off Cherbourg 1944 with tragic loss of life

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_L%C3%A9opoldville_(1928)

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No.977 Mikhail Lermontov launched 1970

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

19,872grt USSR (Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar

Aground Port Gore, New Zealand & sank 1986

IMO:7042318

The 5th of 5 Poet class liners/cruise ships

Image attribution: Eric Sanders, Leo Johannes, Masato Nishiguchi, & Mike Cornwall

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No.1477 Brave Merchant launched in 1999

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

22152GT for Merchant Ferries from Astilleros Españoles, Seville

Blanca del Mar 2006 Iscomar

Ave Liepaja 2008 AVE Logistics

Norman Bridge 2010 LD Lines

ARV3 2012 Equinox Offshore

Aquarius Brasil 2013 Petrobras IMO: 9147306

Image attribution: Manuel Hernandez, Ave Line, Gilbert Cailler & Kunto Pitconen

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