No.999 Narcis launched in 1972

11,563grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Santierul Naval, Galatz

Alkyon 1985 Dolphin Hellas

Aegean Dolphin 1986 Dolphin Hellas

Dolphin 1989 Dolphin Hellas

Aegean I 1996 Renaissance Cruises

Aegean Odyssey 2010 Renaissance Cruises

IMO: 7225910

Image attribution: Henry Casciaro, Jason Arthur & Dick Smith

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No.1544 Summit launched in 2001

90,280GT for Celebrity Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Celebrity Summit 2008 Celebrity Cruises

Image copyright: Richard MacGregory & Neven Jerkovic

Image from Neven Jerkovic

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No.1044 Tor Britannia launched in 1974

15,657grt for Tor Line A/B by Flender Werft, Lubeck

Scandinavian Star 1981 Scandinavian Seaways

Prince of Scandinavia 1990 Scandinavian Seaways

Moby Drea 2003 Moby Lines IMO: 7361312

Image by Peter Ferrary

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No.544 Colombie launched 1931

13,803grt for CGT French Line by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk

Aleda E. Lutz 1945 US Army

Colombie 1946 CGT French Line

Atlantic 1964 Typaldos

Atlantica 1964 Typaldos

Scrapped in Barcelona 1974

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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No.44 Minneapolis launched in 1899

13,401grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Torpedoed by U35 Malta in 1916

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No.1498 Carnival Victory launched 1999

101,509GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

Carnival Radiance 2021 Carnival Cruise Line

IMO: 9172648

Image attribution: Richard MacGregory & Peter Knego

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No.1543 New Rainbow Love launched in 2001

11,401GT for Kyuetsu Ferry Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Sun Flower Daisetsu 2007 Shosen Mitsui Ferry IMO: 9236705

Image copyright: Yosshii on Marine Traffic

Hiroyuki Yoshimoto

Shigeru Nishiyama

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No.1043 Viking Valiant launched 1974

14,760grt for Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd by Aalborg Vaerft, Aalborg

Pride of Le Havre 1989 P&O

Pride of Cherbourg 1994 P&O

Pride of Al Salam 1 2002 El Salam

Al Salam 1 2002

Nador 2004 Comanav

Mogador 2005 Comanav

BU Alang 2010 IMO 7358298

Robert J Smith’s image

Image copyright: Rob de Visser

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No.497 Tatsuta Maru launched in 1929

16,975grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Tatuta Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK

Torpedoed by US submarine Tarpon off Japan 1943

Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura

Tatsuta Maru, marked with symbols of safe passage while working as a repatriation ship as seen through the periscope of the U.S. Navy submarine USS Kingfish (SS-234) in October 1942.

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No.43 Saxonia launched in 1899

14,281grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank

Scrapped Netherlands 1925

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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