No.61 Celtic launched in 1901

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20,904grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Stranded Cobh 1928

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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No.487 Milwaukee launched in 1929

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16,699grt Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Empire Waveney 1945 Ministry of Transport

Fire in Liverpool 1946, scrapped Dalmuir & Troon 1947

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No.987 Svealand launched in 1971

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15,879grt for Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea from Helsingör Vaerft, Helsingör

Saga Wind 1984 TT Saga Line

Sea Wind 1989 Silja Line, & TALLINK under the same name

A Wind 2022 and operating in the Black Sea. Registered in Cameroon

IMO: 7128332

Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Steve Hanson

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No.1487 Northern Merchant launched in 1999

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22,152GT for Merchant Ferries from Astilleros Españoles, Seville

Zurbaran 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea

Ciudad de Mahon 2019 Trasmediterreanea

Isle of Inisheer 2022 Irish Ferries

IMO: 9181091

Image attribution: S Kniest, R Garcia, Tony Davis, & Julien Carpentier

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No.1060 Bass Trader launched in 1975

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16,537grt for Australian National Line by NSW Govt, Engineering & Ship Building, Newcastle Australia

Ionian Bridge 1997 Strintzis

Blue Bridge 1999 Blue Ferries

Mercedes del Mar 2004 Iscomar

Bridge 2010 European Seaways

Duba Bridge

Arrived Alang 2 Jun 2021 IMO: 7356252

Images from Marine Traffic with credits

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No.60 Rijndam launched in1901

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12,527grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped Netherlands 1929

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No.2029 Viking Neptune floated out 13 Jan 2022

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47,800GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona

IMO: 9845910

Image attribution: Marco Fambrini, Dimitris Alipasalis, Geoff Eade & Graham Flett on Marine Traffic

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No.488 Orontes launched in 1929

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19,970grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co, by Vickers, Barrow

Scrapped in Valencia 1962

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & John Grainger

Friday 19 January 1962 – the beautiful old Orient liner Orontes – Fremantle Ports

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No.988 Sun Viking launched in 1971

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18,559grt for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki

Superstar Sagittarius 1998 Star Cruises

Hyundai Pongnae 1998 Hyundai Merchant Marine

Pongnae 2002 Actinor Shipping

Omar III 2003 Kong Way Shipping

Long Jie 2007 Asian Cruise

Oriental Dragon 2011 Capital Dragon

Dragon 2021 Breakers IMO: 7125861

Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan arrived 24 Jan 2022

Image attribution: Janet Cook, ‎Masato Nishiguchi‎, Mike Cornwall & Ding Lee

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No.1488 R Five launched 1999

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30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Blue Dream 2002 Pullmantur

Nautica 2004 Oceania Cruises IMO: 9200938

Image attribution: Tony Davis, Benoit Donne, Martin Melzer & Andy Humbert

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