No.1994 Discovery Princess floated out 18 Mar 2021

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145,000GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

IMO: 9837468

Image attribution: Timothy Kalweit, TowBoatUS Ventura, Jackie Pritchard & Franco Sasson on Marine Traffic

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No.1524 Norwegian Sun launched in 2000

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78,309GT for Norwegian Cruise Line by Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven

Image by Tony Davis

Image by Joost Keesing

Norwegian Sun and Norwegian Sky in port at Curacao

Norwegian Sun at Funchal by Sergio Ferrera

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No.1523 Pride of Rotterdam launched in 2000

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59,925GT for P&O North Sea Ferries by Fincantieri, Marghera

Image copyright: Marco Schoone

Edward Lee photo

Photo by Paul Bennett

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No.1024 Aurella launched in 1973

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11,481 SF Line by JJ Sietas, Hamburg

Saint Patrick II 1982 Irish Continental

Egnatia II 1998 Hellenic Mediterranean

Ville de Sete 2000 Balear Express

City of Cork 2001 Swansea Cork Ferries

CTMA Vacancier 2002 Group CTMA IMO: 7310260

Ancier 2023 arrived Alang, India 5 Mar 2024

Image copyright: Andreas Wörteler

Image from Marc Piche

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No.524 Dempo launched in 1930

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16,979grt for Rotterdam Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen

Torpedoed by U 371 off Algeria 1944

(Painting by C C de Vries)

Dempo wartime

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No.1023 Takachiho Maru launched in 1973

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15,074 Nippon Car Ferry by Nippon Kokan, Shizouka

Ho Maru 1999 Access Ferries

Millenium Express 1999 Access Ferries

European Express 2007 Comanav IMO: 7355272

photo Dr Pinczes Sandor

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No.1033 Sapporo Maru launched in 1974

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11,097 Nippon Enkai Car Ferry by Hayashikane, Shimonoseki

Sun Flower Sapporo 1991 Blue Highway Line

Ionian Victory 1998 Strintzis

Blue Sky 2000 Blue Star Ferries

Ionian Sky 2004 Agoudimos Lines

Scrapped Aliaga 2020

Dimitri Mentakis

Ionian Sky in Corfu Albanian straits by Giannis Mavronas

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No.23 Ultonia launched 1898

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10,402 Cunard Line C.S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle. Torpedoed by U 53 off Fastnet 1917

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No.1022 Ferry Hakozaki launched 1973

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11,638grt for Meimon Car Ferry by Onomichi Zosen, Onomichi

Ferry Cosmo 1992 Onomichi Zosen

Aboitiz Superferry V 1994 Aboitiz

Superferry 5 1996 Cebu City

St Joan of Arc 2012 2 Go Travel

Joan 2016 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2016 IMO  7314371

Image copyright: Both from Marine Traffic, Mick Prendergast

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No.522 Colombia launched 1930

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10,782 Royal Netherlands Steamship Co by P. Smit Jr, Rotterdam

Torpedoed by U 516 off Simonstown 1942

Colombia, Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM), from Willem van de Poll, color by Frank Hellsten

Cenaprints Fotomaritime

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