No.735 Empire Mercia launched in 1946

11,861grt for Ministry of Transport from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Empire Star 1946 Blue Star Line

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1971

Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Richard Clack

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No.736 Del Mar launched in 1946

10,073grt for Delta SS Lines by Ingalls, Pascagoula

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

The youngest of the 3 sisters

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No.737 Port Pirie launched in 1946

10,561grt for Port Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Scrapped in Castellon 1972

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No.738 Corinthic launched in 1946

15,682grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969

Image attribution: Allan Green Collection

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No.740 Willem Ruys launched in 1946

23,629grt for Rotterdamsche Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen

Achille Lauro 1965 Flotta Lauro

Fire, sank Indian Ocean 1994

Named after the grandson of the owner of Rotterdamsche Lloyd, who was killed in the war

Willem Ruys in Aden

Malta Christmas 1973 My photo

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No.902 Rotterdam launched 1958

38,645grt for Holland-America Line by Rotterdamsche DD Mij, Rotterdam

Rembrandt 1997 Premier Cruise Line

Rotterdam 2004 De Rotterdam

Hotel & Museum in Rotterdam

Image attribution: Ian Shiffman, Mick Auvache, Tony Davis & me

Me with the Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships in Rotterdam

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No.821 Vera Cruz launched in 1951

21,765grt for Companhia Colonial de Navegação by Cockerill, Hoboken

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973

Image attribution: Manuel Albergaria de Santaclara

VERA CRUZ of Companhia Colonial de Navegação from Manuel Albergaria de Santaclara

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No.822 Andrea Doria launched 1951

29,083grt for ‘Italia’ SAN Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente

Collided with the Stockholm, sank off Nantucket 1956

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria

Images coloured by Daryl LeBlanc and Steve Walker

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No.824 United States launched 1951

53,329grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News

Laid up at Philadelphia

Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Steve Walker

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No.1816 S.A. Agulhas II launched in 2012

12,879GT for South African Department of Environmental Affairs by STX Finland, Rauma IMO: 9577135

A South African icebreaking polar supply and research ship with accommodation for 100 passengers in 46 cabins.

Image attribution: Ian Schiffman, VP Stenback, Bernard Pronost and Igmar from Marine Traffiic

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