24,318GT Royal Olympic by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Olympia Explorer 2001 Royal Olympic
Explorer 2004 Semester at Sea (at Kobe Port)
Celestyal Odyssey 2015 Celestyal
Glory Sea 2016 Diamond Cruise
Blue Dream Star 2020
Image copyright: Masato Nishiguchi
Brian Baglietto’s photo of the Celestyal Odyssey
Glory Sea by Hong Kong Cruise Society
13,758grt for A/S Nordline by Vickers, Barrow
Odessa 1975 Black Sea SS Co, having been completed at Swan Hunter,
Odessa I 2002 Bowline SA, Panama
Scrapped Chittagong 2007 IMO 7301221
First two images via Andy Ham/George Mason
Odessa at Copenhagen. Photo by Raether
19,129grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam
Bombed, sank Algeria 1943
Sister of the No.501 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
12,891grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Nansemond 1917 US Navy
Scrapped USA 1924
26,663GT for Stena Line A/B by Fosen Mek Verksted, Rissa
Shortened by 12m to fit the dock in Canada
Blue Puttees 2010 28460GT owner Marine Atlantic. The increase in gross tonnage was due to the addition of accommodation IMO: 9331177
The Newfoundland Regiment was sent overseas in October 1914 to become a unit of the British Army. They would become known as the “Blue Puttees” because of the colour of the uniform leggings they wore on their lower legs.
Image attribution: Hannes van Rijn & K Watson
13,475grt Anchor-Donaldson Line by Fairfield, Glasgow
Empire Brent 1946 Ministry of Transport
Captain Cook 1951 Donaldson Line
Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1960
Sister of the ill fated Athenia, sunk on the first day of WW2
Image: John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald Collection
as the Empire Brent
Captain Cook Southampton February 1960 after last voyage
13923GT for Ogasawara Kaiun by Mitsui & Eng & SB, Tamano
42 kts? Cancelled Project, Scrapped Japan 2017
Image attribution: Yuichi Morita & A Simizu
35,923GT Norfolk Line from Samsung Heavy Industries, Koje
Dunkerque Seaways 2010 DFDS Seaways IMO: 9089085
Image attribution: Karel Van Stappen on Marine Traffic
19337 grt when launched. 35143 GT after the 1982 change in tonnage definition. No physical change, just different measurement criteria.
Home Lines by Constructions Navales, La Seyne
Starship Atlantic 1988 Premier Cruise Line
Melody 1997 Mediterranean Shipping Company
Qing 2013 Sahara India Tourism
Scrapped Alang, arrived 9 May 2019
Image attribution Paul M Creutz, Raether, Tony Davis & Qing at Alang photo Hitendrasinh Gohil
29,091grt Orient Steam Navigation Co from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
In P&O white from 1964
Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974
Jan 1966 in Aden by Yvonne Thompson
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