No.1777 Visemar One launched in 2010

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26,275GT for Visemar di Navigazione from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9498743

Hedy Lamarr 2018 Balearia

Image attribution: Per Ustad Søtvik & 2 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1181 Peter Pan launched in 1985

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31,356grt for Travemünde-Trelleborg Linie from Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven IMO: 8502391

Spirit of Tasmania 1993 Transport Tasmania

Fjord Norway 2003 Fjord Line

Princess of Norway 2006 DFDS Seaways

Princess Seaways 2011 DFDS

Images: Erik Ask, Ruud Rijke & Vitor Francisco

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No.898 Santa Paula launched in 1958

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15,366grt for Grace Line from Newport News at Newport News

Stella Polaris 1972 Oceanic Sun Line

Kuwait Marriott Hotel 1980 Marriott Hotels

Ramada al Salem Hotel 1989 Ramada Hotels

Fire Kuwait 1990, scrapped in Kuwait in 2002

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color

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No.827 Bretagne launched in 1951

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16,335grt for SGTM from Penhoët, St Nazaire

Brittany 1962 Chandris Line

Fire scrapped La Spezia 1964

Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & George Togias

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No.831 Europa launched in 1951

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11,430grt for Lloyd Triestino from Ansaldo, La Spezia

Blue Sea 1976 Freighter

Fire, sank Jeddah 1976

Image attribution: Les Pivnic, Trevor Jones & my photo

My photo, Aden

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No.722 Marine Swallow launched in 1945

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12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Richmond California

Missouri 1965 Meadowbrook Transport

Ogden Missouri 1974 Ogden Missouri Transport

Linnet 1977 Linnet Shipping

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1978

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No.723 Ernie Pyle launched in 1945

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12,420 grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver

Green Lake 1965 Central Gulf SS Corp

Scrapped in Kaohsiung

Ernest Taylor Pyle was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and war correspondent known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Killed in Okinawa in 1945

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No.724 Marine Perch launched in 1945

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12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Richmond California

Yellowstone 1965 Rio Grande Transport

Collision & sank 1978

(For once I’m struggling for a decent image)

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No.725 Marine Carp launched in 1945

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12,420grt for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Vancouver

Green Springs 1968 Central Gulf SS Corp

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22199.htm

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No.726 Marine Lynx launched in 1945

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12,420 US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver

Transcolumbia 1967 Hudson Waterways

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1988

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22194.htm

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