No.1010 Peter Wessel launched 1972

10,154 A/S Larvik-Frederikshavnferjen by Societé Nouvelle Des Ateliers & Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre

Zeeland 1984 Admiral Shipping

Stena Nordica 1986 Stena Line

Marko Polo 1988 Jadrolinija IMO: 7230599

Zeeland, departing Hoek Van Holland, May 1984 Paul Morgan

Robert Udiljak’s photo of Marko Polo

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No.510 Felix Roussel launched 1929

20,126grt for Messageries Maritimes by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire

Arosa Sun 1955 Arosa Line, Panama

Scrapped in Bilbao 1974

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No.10 Barbarossa launched 1896

10,769 North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Mercury 1917 US Navy

Scrapped USA 1924

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No.2005 Resilient Lady launched 2 Jul 2021

110,000GT for Virgin Voyages from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente

IMO: 9805348

Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli, Holger K, Ivano Montanarella, Massimiliano Daga & Timo Tank

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No.1509 Kriti III launched 2000

32,694GT for ANEK by Bruces Verkstads, Landskrona

Olympic Champion 2000 ANEK IMO: 9216028

Image copyright: Giannis Mavronas

Image from Tony Davis

OLYMPIC CHAMPION photo by GEORGE GBIDIS

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No. 1009 Free Enterprise VII launched 1972

15,503grt for Townsend Car Ferries Ltd by IHC ‘Gusto’ NV, Schiedam

Pride of Walmer 1988 P&O European Ferries

Pride of Rathlin 1992 P&O European Ferries

BSP 111 2000 Budi Samudera Perkasa, PT,

Capsized in Indonesia 2015 IMO. 7230616

Image copyright: Derek Sands

Image from Philippe P. Brébant

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No.509 Empress of Japan launched 1929

30,030 Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow

Empress of Scotland 1942 Canadian Pacific

Scotland 1958 Hamburg-Atlantic Line

Hanseatic 1958 Hamburg-Atlantic

Fire New York 1966, then scrapped Hamburg

Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

Empress of Scotland – Russell Priest

Skyfoto’s Fotoflite

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No.9 Friedrich der Grosse launched 1896

10,531 North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin

Huron 1917 US Navy

City of Honolulu 1922 Los Angeles SS Co

Sank Pacific 1922

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No.2004 SH Minerva launched 23 Jun 2021

10,700GT for Swan Hellenic from Helsinki Shipyard Oy

IMO: 9895240

Image attribution: Celso Hdez, Oliver Seseman, Frank Behling & David Aramburo on Marine Traffic

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No.1508 Mega Express launched 2000

26,400 Corsica Ferries by Cantiere Navale Fratelli, Livorno IMO: 9203174

Image copyright: Vitor Francisco & Stephane Saissi

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