No.1522 R Eight launched in 2000

30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Minerva II 2003 Swan Hellenic

Royal Princess 2007 Princess Cruises

Adonia 2011 P&O Cruises

Azamara Pursuit 2018 Azamara Cruises

MINERVA II photo by GEORGE GBIDIS

Photo by K Watson

Adonia at Eidfjord by Gary Faux

AZAMARA PURSUIT at Gibraltar by Tommy Finlayson

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No.1153 Noordam launched 1983

33,933GT for Holland America Tours by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Thomson Celebration 2004 Thomson Cruises

Marella Celebration 2017 TUI

Mare C 2020

Laid up at Elefsis, later Scrapped Aliaga 2022      IMO: 8027298

My images plus Bergenships and Bob Smith

Marella Dream & Marella Celebration in Gibraltar

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No.773 Himalaya launched 1948

27,955grt for P & O Line from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975

Aden

Images Mike Cornwall

Image: Graham Stevens

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No.148 Edinburgh Castle launched in 1910

13,326grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

During WW2 she was moored at Freetown in Sierra Leone to accommodate survivors of sunk ships. After the war, was deemed uneconomic to return her to the UK. She was sunk as a target west of Freetown in 1945

Her deliberate sinking – image from Rich Turnwald

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No.2011 Viking Polaris launched 28 July 2021

30,150GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from VARD shipyards/Tulcea Romania

IMO: 9863209

Image attribution: Fincantieri, William Hill, Rodrigo Freitas, Sergio Ferreira & Borja Gomez on Marine Traffic

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No.1512 Infinity launched 2000

90,228GT for Celebrity Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Celebrity Infinity 2007 Celebrity Cruises

Image copyright: David Thorn

Infinity by Wolfgang Dreyer

Image from Tony Davis

David Michael Sanchez photo of Celebrity Infinity

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No.1012 Arkas launched 1972

17,691grt for Taiheiyo Enkai Kisen by Setoda Zosensho , Setoda

Ionian Galaxy 1987 Strintzis

Blue Galaxy 2000 Blue Star Ferries

Cesme 2 2001 Marmara Lines

Merdif 2 2003 Marco Shipping IMO:7213072

Scrapped Alang 2011

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No.512 Cabo San Antonio launched 1930

12,275 Ybarra y Cia by Soc Española de Construction Naval, Bilbao.

Fire, sank Dakar 1939

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No.12 Königin Luise launched 1896

10,566grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin

Omar 1921 Orient Steam Navigation Co

Edison 1924 Byron SS Co

Scrapped in Italy 1935

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No.2000 Ferry Kyoto launched 13 May 2021

15,400GT for City Line (Meimon Taiyo Ferry) from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan

IMO: 9890991

Image attribution: Binmae & Phil on Marine Traffic

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