No.552 Highland Patriot launched 1931

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14,130grt for Nelson Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Taken over by Royal Mail in 1932

Torpedoed by U 38 off Bishop Rock 1940

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No.52 Kiautschou launched in 1900

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10,911grt for Hamburg-America Line from Vulcan, Stettin

Prinzess Alice 1904 North German Lloyd

Princess Matoika 1917 US Shipping Board

President Arthur 1922 United States Lines

City of Honolulu 1927 Los Angeles SS Co

Scrapped Japan 1933

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No.996 Cassiopeia launched in 1972

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14,797grt for Ocean Ferry from Hashihama Zosen, Imabari

Ionian Express 1991 Strintzis

Superferry 1991 Strintzis

Blue Aegean 2001 Strintzis

Superferry 2002 Swansea Cork Ferries

Mahabbah 2006 Namma Lines IMO: 7210305

Arrived Chittagong 7 Jan 22

Image attribution: Tasos Pap?

Image attribution: Aleksi Lindstrom

Image attribution: Bogdan Kocemba

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No.1551 Star Princess launched in 2001

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108,977GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone

Pacific Encounter 2021 P&O Australia

Carnival Encounter 2025 Carnival Cruise Line

Star Princess David Rolfe’s photo in the Beagle Channel

Tony Davis’ image

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No.1051 Nils Holgersson launched in 1974

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12,527grt for TT-Line GmbH & Co by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg

Abel Tasman 1985 Transport Tasmania

Pollux 1994 Ventouris Ferries

Theofilos 1995 Maritime Co Lesvos

Laid up for some time

Ilos 2022 Breakers

Arrived Aliaga 16 May 2022

Nils Holgersson from Hans Deijs

Theofilos photo from Dimitris Mentakis

Kostas Papadopoulos’ Ilos

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No.551 Manhattan launched in 1931

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24,289grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden

Wakefield 1941 US Navy

Scrapped Kearny, NJ 1965

Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color – MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach Florida 12 Jan 1941

Manhattan outbound for Europe Oil painting by Joe Wilhelm

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No.51 Prinzess Irene launched in 1900

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10,881grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin

Pocahontas 1917 US Navy

Bremen 1923 North German Lloyd

Karlsruhe 1928 North German Lloyd

Scrapped Germany 1932

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No.997 Orion launched in 1972

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14975grt for Taiyo Ferry from Hayashikane, Shimonoseki

Ferry Nishiki Maru 1980 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry

Orion 1984 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry

View of Nagasaki 1989 Glory Shipping

Daedalus 1989 Minoan Line

Riviera Adriatica 2005 Adria Ferries

Claudia Prima 2012 Adria Ferries

Caribbean Galaxy 2016 Atlantic Blue Seaways

IMO: 7302342

Scrapped Aliaga 2018

Image attribution: G Mertis and Eren Topcu

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No.1496 Blue Star 1 launched 1999

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29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen

IMO: 9197105

Image attribution: Vitor Francisco

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No.1978 Aura Seaways launched 31 Aug 2020

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54,900GT for DFDS from Guangzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou

IMO: 9851036

Image attribution: Manfred Sesemann, Nils Herforth & Gena Anfimov on Marine Traffic

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