No.1006 Bolero launched 1972

11,344grt for Fred Olsen by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes

Scandinavica 1978 Stena Line

Bolero 1982 F. Olsen

Jupiter 1990 Color Line

Crucero Express 1994 Color Line

Seminole Empress 1996 Emerald Empress

Magic I 1999 Mirage 1 1999 Ocean Club

Scrapped Aliaga, Turkey 2012

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No.506 Hikawa Maru launched 1929

11,622grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama

Museum hotel restaurant, Yokohama

Hikawa Maru berthed at Yamashita Park

Image copyright: Iketani Daisei

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No.6 Lucania launched 1893

12,952grt for Cunard Line by Fairfield, Glasgow

Scrapped Swansea 1909

Image copyright: Steve Walker Colour

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No.2001 Stena Estelle launched 24 May 2021

48035GT for Stena Line from AVIC, Weihai, China

IMO: 9862994

Image attribution: Piotr Gora, AVIC, Daniel Hakkarainen & Tony Davis

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No.1505 European Causeway launched 2000

20,646GT for P&O European Ferries by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki IMO: 9208394

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No.1005 Bore I launched 1972

12,281grt for Bore Line by Wärtsilä, Turku

Skandia 1980 Finska Angfartygs

Stena Baltica 1983 Stena Line

Ilyich 1983 Baltic Shipping Co

Anastasia V 1996 Scansov Transport

Windward Pride 1997 Windward Venture

Baltic Kristina 1997 Estonian Shipping

Atlas I 2007 Euro 7 Fernseh

Badis 2007 Lineas Maritmas

Rigel 2007 Ventouris Ferries

Rigel 1 2007 Ventouris Ferries

Roger 2021 Breakers

Alang 9 Oct 2021 IMO: 7224459

Photo by Ilhan Kermen

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No.505 Jean Laborde launched 1929

11,414grt for Messageries Maritimes by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat

Sunk, scrapped La Seyne 1944

Image copyright: Rich Turnwald Collection

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No.5 Campania launched 1892

12,950grt for Cunard Line by Fairfield, Glasgow. Sank off Edinburgh in 1918

after her refit as an aircraft carrier during The Great War

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No.1504 Superfast VI launched in 2000

32,728GT for Superfast Ferries by Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel

Bimini Superfast 2013 Genting Group

Cruise Olbia 2016 Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione

Europa Palace 2021 Minoan Line

Image copyright: Florian 1860

Image copyright: Wil Weijsters

Europa Palace photo by Sergio Ferreira

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No.1004 Royal Viking Sky launched 1972

21,891grt for Royal Viking Line by Wärtsilä, Helsinki

Sunward 1991 28078 Klosters Rederi A/S

Birka Queen 1992 Birka Line

Sunward 1992 Klosters Rederi A/S

Golden Princess 1993 Princess Cruises

Superstar Capricorn 1997 Star Cruises

Hyundai Kumgang 1998 Hyundai Merchant Marine

Superstar Capricorn 2001 Star Cruises

Grand Latino 2004 Iberojet

Boudicca 2005 Fred Olsen Cruise Lines

Arrived Aliaga Turkey 18 May 2021.

“Birka Queen” Stockholm 17/6-92

Grand Latino in Palma, 2004 Manuel Aguilera

Last two images by Erik Ask of Bergenships

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