No.1559 Visby launched in 2001

29,746grt for Rederi AB Gotland by Guangzhou Shipyard

Visborg 2022 Rederi AB Gotland IMO: 9223784

Image copyright: Marko Hanninen, Manfred Popall & Vera Zec Deskovic on Marine Traffic

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No.1059 Napoleon launched in 1976

14,918grt for CGT Méditerranée by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes

Berkane 2002 Comarit Ferries

Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2014 IMO 7401215

Image copyright: Malcolm Cranfield

Photo by Andreas Sporri

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No.559 Normandie launched in 1932

83,423grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire

Lafayette 1941 US Navy

Fire New York 1942, Scrapped Port Newark 1946

Normandie at Plymouth Lighthouse, 1935. Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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No.59 Minnetonka launched in 1901

13,398grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Torpedoed by U 64 Malta 1918

(Shakespeare Cliff is in Dover)

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No.989 Shin Sakura Maru launched 1971

13,082grt for Nihon Sangyo Junko from Mitsubishi, Kobe

Scrapped 2001

IMO 7129087

Image attribution: John Kent & Geoffrey Watson

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No.1089 Staffetta Ligure launched in 1979

12,167grt for Tirrenia di Navigazione by Italcantieri SpA, Genoa

Caralis 1988 Tirrenia di Navigazione

Fudi 2000 P.T. Pelayran Nasional

Scrapped Surabaya 2012 IMO: 7601994

Image attribution: Simonwp, Carlo Martinelli & Guido

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No.1489 Olympic Voyager launched in 1999

24391GT for Royal Olympic Cruises from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Olympia Voyager 2001 Royal Olympic Cruises

Voyager 2004 Iberojet

Grand Voyager 2005 Iberocruceros

Costa Voyager 2013 Costa Crociere SpA

Chinese Taishan 2014 Bohai Cruise Company

IMO: 9183506

Image attribution: Andreas Spörri, Marcelo Vieira, J.M.DOMINGUEZ, Tony Davis, Bjorn Dahle & lapino

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No.1558 Superfast VIII launched in 2001

30,285GT for Superfast Ferries by Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel

Stena Superfast VIII 2011 Stena Line IMO: 9198953

Image copyright: Sasha Grimm on Marine Traffic and Ian Collard

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No.1058 Kronprins Harald launched in 1975

12,750grt for Anders Jahre by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg

Hamburg 1987 Det Forenede D/S

Admiral of Scandinavia 1997 Det Forenede D/S (DFDS)

Caribbean Express 2003 Ferries del Caribe

Scrapped Alang 2011 IMO 7400778

Image copyright: Wolfgang Barnitzke

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No.558 Oceania launched in 1932

19,507grt for Cosulich Soc Triestina di Nav by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone

Torpedoed Mediterranean 1941 by HMS Upholder, the same day as her sister Neptunia

Image from Fausto Iacono

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