No.1494 Blue Star Ithaki launched 1999

10,193GT for Blue Star Ferries from Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo

Canada 2014 2014 Transport Canada

Fundy Rose 2015 Transport Canada IMO: 9203916

Image attribution: A Vastardis

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No.1553 La Superba launched in 2001

49,257GT for Grandi Navi Veloci by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera.

Image from Mick Warwick

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No.1053 Daisetsu launched in 1975

11,879grt for Teiheiyo Enkai Ferry KK by Nakai Zosen KK, Setoda

Varuna 1985 Higashi Nihon Ferry KK

Lato 1987 ANEK

Talaton 2018

Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2018

George Choriatellis’ lato

Image copyright: Tony Davis photo of the Talaton, near her end

Lato in Lego by Stefanos Antoniadis

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No.553 Neptunia launched in 1931

Neptunia launched in 1931, 19,475grt for Cosulich Soc Triestina di Nav by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone
Torpedoed Mediterranean 1941 by HMS Upholder.

The submarine was commanded for her entire career by Lieutenant-Commander David Wanklyn, and became the most successful British submarine of the Second World War. Wanklyn was awarded the Victoria Cross for a patrol in her in 1941, which included an attack on a particularly well-defended convoy on 24 May 1941 in which Upholder sank the 17,879 GRT Italian troop ship Conte Rosso. On 28 July 1941 she damaged the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (9500 tons). On 18 September 1941 she sank two troopships within hours of each other: the sister ships MS Neptunia and MS Oceania

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No.53 La Savoie launched in 1900

11,168 CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire

Scrapped Dunkirk 1927

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No.995 Fabiolaville launched in 1972

13,303grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken

71 passengers then a cargo liner in 1989

Hai Hua 1989 Shanghai HaiXing Shipping

IMO 7204356

Out of register by 2011, possibly scrapped around 2000 in China

Image attribution: bs1mrc, Patrick & Frafo

Hai Hua at Hamburg, just after being sold from Belgium to China .Photo by Frafo on Ship Spotting

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No.1495 Midnight Merchant launched in 1999

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

El Greco 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea

European Endeavour 2007 P&O Ferries

Finbo Cargo 2019 Eckero Line

IMO: 9181106

Image Attribution: AT Wiffen, Agustin Alapont, Nigel Thornton & Ålands Sjöfart

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No.2027 Xiang Long Dao launched in 2021

43,195GT for Cosco Shipping by Guangzhou Shipyard

IMO: 9904015

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No.1552 SeaFrance Rodin launched in 2001

33,796GT for SeaFrance by Aker Finnyards, Rauma

Rodin 2012 My Ferry Link

Côte des Dunes 2015 DFDS Seaways

My photo

Image copyright: Julien Carpentier

My photo

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No.1052 Bore Star launched in 1975

12,343grt for Bore Angfartygs by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes

Silja Star 1980 Finska Angfartygs

Orient Express 1985 Sealink UK Ltd

Club Sea 1986 Club Sea

Orient Express 1987 Sealink UK Ltd

Eurosun 1989 Europe Cruise Line

Orient Express 1990 Sealink UK Ltd

Orient Sun 1991 Sembawang Johnson

Wasa Queen 1992 Wasa Line

Arberia 2009 Ilion Lines

Amet Majesty 2011 Amet University

Scrapped Alang 2013

Ben Ayre photo from Piraeus

Tony Davis photo from Helsinki

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