No.517 Heian Maru launched 1930

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11,616 Nippon Yusen KK by Osaka Iron Works, Osaka

Sunk by US aircraft off Truk Islands 1944

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No.17 Pretoria launched 1897

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12,800grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Broken up in 1921

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No.983 Royal Viking Star launched 1971

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21,847grt Royal Viking Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki

177.7m 539 passengers, stretched to 205.5m 812 passengers

Westward 1991 28221 Klosters Rederi A/S

Star Odyssey 1994 Royal Cruise Line

Black Watch 1996 Fred Olsen Cruise Line

Odin 2022 Breakers IMO: 7108930

Arrived Alang 18 Jun 2022

Image attribution: David Osmond, Raether, Wayne A’Court & Vitor Francisco

Star Odyssey København 6/6-96
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No.1015 Royal Viking Sea launched 1973

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21,848grt for Royal Viking Line by Wärtsilä, Helsinki

Royal Odyssey 1991 28018grt after stretching – Klosters Rederi A/S

Norwegian Star 1997 Norwegian Cruise Line

Norwegian Star 1 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line

Crown 2002 Crown Investments

Albatros 2004 Club Cruise, later Phoenix Reisen

Tros 2021 Breakers

Arrived Alang 27 Jul 2021

Royal Odyssey by Wayne A’Court

Norwegian Star by David Osmond

Albatros by Ian Collard

Albatros by Andrew Marshall

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No.2013 Volcan de Taidia launched 1 Aug 2021

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11213GT for Naviera Armas from Incat 901, Tasmania

IMO: 9916264

Image attribution: Samt Mendher, John Clark, Tony Hogwood & Celso Hdez on Marine Traffic

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No.1519 Golden Princess launched in 2000

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108,865GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone

Pacific Adventure 2020 P&O Australia

Carnival Adventure 2025 Carnival Cruise Line

GOLDEN PRINCESS leaving Boston Richard MacGregory

GOLDEN PRINCESS by Wayne A’Court

PACIFIC ADVENTURE 2001 by Wayne A’Court

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No.1057 Kazakhstan launched in 1975

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16,631 USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku

Ukraina 1994 Blasco UK

Island Adventure 1998 SeaEscape

Scrapped Alang 2011

Kazakhstan is my photo

Image copyright: Tony Davis

UKRAINA photo by Robert J Smith

SeaEscape’s ISLAND ADVENTURE by Tony Davis

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No.516 L’Atlantique launched in 1930

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42,512grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire

Fire English Channel 1933 then scrapped Glasgow

Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color

Steve Walker Color

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No.16 Kaiser Friedrich launched 1897

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12,481grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig

Burdigala 1912 Cie Sudatlantique

Mined sank Aegean 1916

An interesting history as she was mothballed for 10 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Burdigala

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Burdigala French troops at lemnos, port of Mudros c1915

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No.1997 Bañaderos Express launched 1 Apr 2021

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10,503GT for Fred Olsen from Incat Philippines

IMO: 9874301

Image attribution: Hartmut Knape, Samt Mendher & Celso Hdez on Marine Traffic

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