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



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



10,073grt for Delta SS Lines by Ingalls, Pascagoula
Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972
The youngest of the 3 sisters

10,561grt for Port Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle
Scrapped in Castellon 1972



15,682grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969
Image attribution: Allan Green Collection



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

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

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


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




53,329grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News
Laid up at Philadelphia
Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Steve Walker



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



