No.1565 Janas launched in 2001

36,475GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare

Image copyright: Antonio Nuccio, Malcolm Millar, Luca Solinas & Volker Weidner on Marine Traffic

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No.1065 St Columba launched 1976

11,690grt for Sealink by Aalborg Vaerft, Aalborg

Stena Hibernia 1991 Stena Line

Stena Adventurer 1996 Stena

Express Aphrodite 1997 Agapitos Express

Masarrah 2007 Namma Shipping

Asarrah 2021 Breakers

Broken up Gadani Beach 2021

Jennifer on Ship Spotting

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No.65 Kronprinz Wilhelm launched in 1901

14,908grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin

Von Steuben 1917 US Navy

Scrapped Baltimore 1923

Colour photos by Steve Walker Color

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No.565 Orion launched in 1934

23,696grt for Orient Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow

Scrapped in Antwerp 1963. Her final 6 months were spent in Hamburg on charter as a hotel ship for an exhibition

Image copyright: The late Michael Sutcliffe, Allan Green and Steve Besford Foster from Aden

Copyright Rex/Priest

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No.483 Northern Prince launched 1928

10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow

Sunk by German aircraft off Crete, whilst sailing in convoy from Liverpool for Piraeus with military stores. 1941

Image attribution: Clydeships website

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No.1483 Ocean Princess launched 1999

77,449GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

Oceana 2002 P&O Cruises

Queen of the Oceans 2020 Seajets IMO: 9169550

Image attribution: Steve Carratt, Jan Czonstke Fotografie & Ioanna Moustaka

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No.1564 Lilac launched in 2001

18,225GT for Shin Nihonkai from Ishikawajima, Yokohama

Images from Marine Traffic

Radar

Islands

Bridge Valley

Shin on Marine Traffic

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No.1064 Kareliya launched in 1976

16,631grt for USSR from Wärtsilä, Turku

Leonid Brezhnev 1982 Black Sea Shipping

Kareliya 1989 Black Sea Shipping

Olvia 1998 Peace Boat

ct neptune 2004 Walden Maritime

Neptune 2006 Walden Maritime

Starry Metropolis 2011 Metropolis Cruise

Arrived Alang 25 Jun 2021

Image from Tony Gardner

Image by Tony Davis

Simonwp’s photo

Tang W’s photo

Neptune by Clive Harvey

Photos by Philip Blackwell

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No.564 Manoora launched in 1934

11,111grt for The Adelaide SS Co by Stephen, Glasgow

Ambulombo 1961 Indonesian Government

Affan Oceana 1965 PT Affan Raya

Ambulombo 1966 PT Perusahaan

Sank off Luzon 1972

Image copyright: Allan Green Collection and Don Ross

The State Library of Victoria/Stephen Tindle

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No.64 Blücher launched in 1901

12,334grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Leopoldina 1917 Brazilian Government

Suffren 1923 CGT French Line

Scrapped Genoa 1929

Image copyright: Liverpool Maritime Museum

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