No.375 Mooltan launched in 1923

20,847grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Faslane 1954

Allen C. Green

Mooltan in Aden

Mooltan in the Suez Canal

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No.376 Minnewaska launched in 1923

21,716grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped Port Glasgow 1934

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No.283 Yorkshire launched in 1919

10,184grt for Bibby Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Torpedoed U37 off Cape Finisterre 1939

Sister of the more successful Lancashire

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No. 284 Oropesa launched in 1919

14,072grt for Pacific Steam Nav Co from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Torpedoed by U 96 off Northern Ireland 1941

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No.285 Old North State launched in 1920

10,533 gross registered tons for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden

157.3m x 19m 14 kts 78 passengers in 1st class

President van Buren 1922 United States Lines

President Fillmore 1940 American President Lines

Marigold 1944 US Army

President Fillmore 1946 US Maritime Commission

Scrapped in Oakland 1948

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No.286 Panhandle State launched in 1920

10,533grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden

President Monroe 1922 United States Lines

President Buchanan 1940 American President Lines

Emily H.M. Weder 1944 US Army

President Buchanan 1946 US Maritime Commission

Scrapped San Francisco 1956

http://www.navsource.org/archives/30/08/0806.htm

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No.287 Scythia launched in 1920

19,730grt for Cunard Line from Vickers, Barrow

Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1958

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc color

Scythia in Southampton in Jan 1958 laid up alongside New Australia and awaiting sale to breakers

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No.377 California launched in 1923

16,792grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow

One funnel as HMS California

Bombed off the coast of Spain 1943

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_California_(1923)

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No.378 Maloja launched in 1923

20,837grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1954

Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & Harry Issell / State Library of Victoria

Maloja in Sydney Harbour. Taken from the Sydney Harbour Bridge William J. Hall

Image from Aden

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No.379 Deutschland launched in 1923

20,607grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Bombed Lubeck 1945

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