No.546 Champlain launched in 1931

28,124grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire

Mined La Pallice 1940

Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc and Steve Walker Color

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No.596 Circassia launched in 1937

11,137grt for Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow

Scrapped in Alicante 1966

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No.466 Nieuw Zeeland launched in 1928

10,906grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij from Rotterdamsche DD Mij

Torpedoed by U380 in the Mediterranean 1942; not the U407 in many publications

Bridge photo 21 July 1930

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No.922 Funchal launched & in service in 1961

10,031grt for Empresa Insulana from Helsingor Skibsc, Helsingor

Laid up Lisbon

IMO: 5124162

More details of her 60 year career at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Funchal

Image attribution: Erik Ask, Vitor Francisco, Tony Davis & a recent photo from Luis Miguel Correia

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No.495 Campana launched in 1929

10,816grt for Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM) from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Rio Jachal 1943 Argentina

Campana 1946 SGTM

Irpinia 1955 Sicula Oceanica

Scrapped in La Spezia 1983 IMO: 5163675

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No.496 Western Prince launched in 1929

10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Napier & Miller, Glasgow

Torpedoed by U96 off Orkney in 1940

A single photo, plus a model of her identical sister Northern Prince. Another sister Southern Prince became the ANNA C

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No.1840 Mein Schiff 4 launched in 2014

99,526GT for TUI Cruises from Meyer Turku, Turku

Image from Capo Franz, Samt Mendher & Celso Hdez

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No.1940 Spectrum of the Seas floated out 25 Feb 2019

169,379GT for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

IMO: 9778856

Image attribution: Andreas Depping, Meyer Werft & Dennis Mortimer

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No.1800 Spirit of France launched in 2011

47,592GT for P&O Ferries from STX Finland, Rauma

My photo and Ian Squirrell

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No.2024 Havila Pollux floated out 12 Dec 2021

15812GT for Havila Kystruten by Tersan, Turkey

IMO: 9873761

Images from Erlend Karlson, Geir Myklebust & Greg Maunder

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