No.1977 MSC Seashore floated out 20 Aug 2020

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

169,380GT for MSC Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

IMO: 9843792

Image attribution: Artem Artem, Emmanuel Almonte, Franco Sasson & Stanley Barker from Marine Traffic

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No.1569 Europa Palace launched in 2001

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

36,825GT for Minoan Line from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente

Amsicora 2012 Tirrenia

Mykonos Palace 2018 Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione

Festos Palace 2020 Minoan Line IMO: 9220342

Image copyright: Marios Prekas

Image from Tony Davis

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No.1069 Habib launched in 1977

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

11,179grt for Cotunav by Schiffbau Werft, Rendsburg

Scrapped Alang 2013

Photo by David Thorn

image from Malcolm Cranfield

Image from Carlo Martinelli

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No.569 Potsdam launched in 1935

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

17,528grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Empire Jewel 1945 Ministry of Transport

Empire Fowey 1946 Ministry of Transport

Safina-E-Hujjaj 1960 Pan-Islamic SS Co (and a regular caller in Aden)

Scrapped Gadani Beach 1976

Potsdam at Suez

Empire Fowey and New Australia in Aden

John Gibbard photo

Safina-E-Hujjaj

Safina-E-Hujjaj in Aden

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No.69 Noordam launched in 1901

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

12,531grt for Holland-America Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Kungsholm 1922 Chartered to Swedish-America Line

Noordam 1924 Holland-America Line

Scrapped Netherlands 1928

Image copyright Kungsholm: http://Captainalbert.com Chartered for just under two years to the Swedish America Line

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No.478 Duchess of York launched 1928

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

20,021grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank

Bombed Oporto 1943

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No.978 Princess of Nova launched in 1971

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

10,109grt for Canadian Pacific from St John Shipbuilding & Dry Docking Co. St John

Princess of Acadia 1971 CN Marine Inc IMO: 7039567

Scrapped Port Colborne 2017

Image attribution: Mac Mackay

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No.1478 Excelsior launched 1999

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

39,739GT for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione from Nuovi Cantineri, Apuania/ Sestri Cantineri Nav, Genoa

IMO: 9184419

Image attribution: John Pitcher, Vladislav Pantyukhin, Giuliano Merlo & Dino Mirra

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No.1568 Nggapulu launched in 2001

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

14,715GT for Indonesian Government (PELNI) by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg IMO: 9226499

Image copyright: Lakhtikov Dmitriy

Photo by Husni

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No.1068 Dana Anglia launched in 1977

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

14,400grt for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) by Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg

Duke of Scandinavia 2002 Det Forenede D/S

Pont L’Abbe 2006 Brittany Ferries

Moby Corse 2009 Moby Lines

Santa Cruz 2025 IMO: 7615414

Image by Bob Scott

Image by Simonwp

Extraordinary image by George Holland

Eerik Laine’s photo

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