No.1535 Fortuny launched in 2000

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26,916 gross tons (GT) for Cia Trasmediterranea from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real

172.6m x 26.2m 23.5 kts 1000 passengers

Ciudad Autonoma Melilla 2019 Cia Trasmediterranea

Image from Geoffrey Watson

Image by Det on Ship Spotting

Image by Tony Davis

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No.1035 Marine Atlantica launched 1974

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11,637 Stena Line A/B Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven

Corsica Vera 1987 Corsica Ferries

Sardinia Vera 1987 Corsica Ferries IMO: 7360617

Arrived Aliaga for breaking 4 May 2024

Image copyright: Manuel Hernandez Lafuente

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No.535 Europa launched in 1931

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10,224grt for East Asiatic Co by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen

Bombed Liverpool 1941

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No.35 Belgravia launched 1899

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10,155grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Riga 1905 Black and Asow Sea

Transbalt 1919 Sovtorgflot

Torpedoed by US submarine Spadefish 1945, having been mistaken for a Japanese ship

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No.1987 Odyssey of the Seas floated out 28 Nov 2020

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168,600GT for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

IMO: 9795737

Image attribution: Unimedien, Jan Czonstke Fotografie, Luca Spurtszem & Capo Franz

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No.1534 European Vision launched in 2000

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58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

MSC Armonia 2004 65542 MSC Crociere IMO: 9210141

Image copyright: David Sky

MSC Armonia seen departing Kotor, Montenegro in 2011 David Sky

MSC Armonia in Corfu end Corfu Albanian straits, Giannis Mavronas

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No.1034 Sun Flower 11 launched in 1974

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13,598 Nippon Kosoku Ferry Co Ltd by Kurushima Dock Co, Imabari

Sun Flower Satsuma 1991 Blue Highway Line

Princess of the Orient 1993 Sulpicio Lines

Sank Philippines in a typhoon 1998 IMO: 7373561

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No.534 Strathnaver launched in 1931

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22,547grt for P & O Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow

Scrapped in Hong Kong 1962

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color, wartime in Malta and Sydney, Aden with the Castel Felice

Strathnaver leaving Sydney with the Orcades during WW2

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No.34 Batavia launched in 1899

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10,178 Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Polonia 1913 Unione Austriaca

Batavia 1913 Hamburg-America Line

Broken up in 1924

Image copyright: Cenaprints-Fotomaritime

Image from Norway Heritage

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No.1988 Viking Octantis launched 22 Dec 2020

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30,150GT for Viking Cruises from VARD shipyards (Tulcea Romania & Soviknes-Alesund Norway)

IMO: 9863194

Image attribution: Jon Stone, Lorie Larner, Barry Anderson and Peter Routhier on Marine Traffic

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