No.58 Zeeland launched in 1900

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11,905grt for Red Star Line by John Brown, Clydebank

Northland 1915 UK Shipping Controller

Zeeland 1920 Red Star Line

Minnesota 1927 Atlantic Transport Line

Scrapped Inverkeithing 1930

Image copyright: http://alchetron.com/SS-Zeeland

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No.490 General Osorio launched 1929

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11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack

Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936.

Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at Kiel 9 Apr 1945, refloated 1946.

Broken up at Inverkeithing, arrived 7 Sep 1947.

Image attribution: Pieter Inpijn, Richard Turnwald collection & Hapag

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No.489 Southern Prince launched in 1929

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

Anna C 1947 Costa fu Andrea

Scrapped in La Spezia 1971

Image attribution: Roger Scozzafava, IWM, Emerson Franco Rocha & Ship2Shore

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No.990 Shiretoko Maru launched in 1972

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17,261grt Nihon Enkai Ferry from Kanasashi Zosensho, Shimizu

N Kazantzakis 1989 Minoan Line

Ming Fai Princess 2001 Pacific Cruises

Metropolis 2007 Metropolis Cruises

Ropolis 2020 IMO: 7215161

Arrived Alang 4 Jan 2021

Image attribution: Ken Murayama, Georgos Fyllad, Dirk Septer & David Sky

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No.1490 Silver Shadow launched 1999

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28,258GT for Silversea Cruises from Cantieri Navale, Porto Viro & Mariotti, Genoa

IMO: 9192167

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Manuel Fernandez in Malaga & PTZtv

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No.1557 Norwegian Star, originally ordered as the Superstar Libra in 2001

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91,740GT for Star Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg

Norwegian Star 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Star ‎by Neven Jerković

John Kennedy photo

John Henry Rigaud photo

John Henry Rigaud photo

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No.557 Queen of Bermuda launched in 1932

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22,575gt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow

Scrapped in Faslane 1966

Unique in that she sailed with 3, 2 and then one funnel

Ben Ayre photo

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No.57 Suevic launched in 1900

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12,531grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Skytteren 1928 Y Hvistengahl

Scuttled off Maseskjner 1942

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

In 1907 she was wrecked, the ship was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was attached to the salvaged stern

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No.491 Chichibu Maru launched in 1929

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17,498grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama

Titibu Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK

Kamakura Maru 1939 Nippon Yusen KK

Torpedoed by US submarine Gudgeon off Lagayan, Philippines 1943

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No.991 Erimo Maru launched in 1972

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10164grt for Nihon Enkai Ferry from Kanasashi Zosensho, Shimizu

King Minos 1988 Minoan Line

Mawaddah 2004 Namma Lines IMO: 7214521

Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan 2019

Credits on Marine Traffic photos

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