No.1990 Salamanca, launched 5 Jan 2021

42,200GT for Brittany Ferries from AVIC Weihai shipyard China

IMO: 9867592

Image attribution: Sinopec at Weihai, Maritime Photographic, Tony Davis & Gary Davies www.maritimephotographic.co.uk

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No.1528 Stena Forwarder launched in 2000

24,418 Levantina Trasporti by Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro

California Star 2003 Baja Ferries

AF Claudia 2019 Adria Ferries

Dresvigo on Marine Traffic

Image copyright: Dragec on Marine Traffic

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No.1028 Norland launched in 1973

12,988grt for North Sea Ferries Ltd by AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven

SNAV Sicilia 2002 26290 SNAV

Scrapped Alang 2010 IMO 7333822

Veteran of the Falklands Conflict

Snav Sicilia photo by Mike Temple

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No.528 Reina del Pacifico launched in 1930

17,707grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Newport 1958

You can see she had 4 screws in the breakers photo. She was in my father’s convoy in WW2. Leaving Greenock in Nov 1940 via Freetown and Durban arriving Suez at Christmas time

Image from Stephen Card

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No.28 Patricia launched 1899

13,023grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin

Scrapped England 1921

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No.853 Henri-Poincaré launched in 1952

11,349 Chargeurs Réunis from Penhoët, St Nazaire

Galileo Ferraris 1957 ‘Italia’ SAN

Scrapped in La Spezia 1979

Image attribution: Collection – jfm.fr & Walter E Frost

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No.1991 Costa Toscana floated out 14 Jan 2021

183,200GT for Costa Cruises from Meyer Werft, Turku

IMO: 9781891

Image attribution: Cruise Industry News, Michael Hatje, Sakis Antoniou & Roger Batho

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No.1527 Sorolla launched in 2000

26,916 Cia Trasmediterranea by Hijos de Berrara, Vigo

Ciudad de Granada 2019 Cia Trasmediterranea

Copyright on the photo

Image from Tony Davis

Images from Jose A Llebres

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No.1027 Prinsessan Birgitta launched in 1973

Prinsessan Birgitta 1973 13,289 Rederi Ragne, Wärtsilä, Turku

Stena Scandinavica 1982 Stena

Scandinavica 1988 Sealink

Tarek L 1989 Cotunav

Scandinavica 1989 Venus 1990 Color Line

King of Scandinavia 1994 DFDS

Cesme 2002 Wind Ambition 2010

Prince 2018 IMO: 7347548

Arrived Chittagong Aug ’21

Image from Marcus Ships

Prince image by Tony Davis

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No.527 Monte Pascoal launched in 1930

13,870 Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Scuttled Skagerrak 1946

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

Image from Rich Turnwald

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