No.670 General W A Mann launched in 1943

17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22112.htm

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No.671 General W M Black launched in 1943

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California

Green Forest 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22135.htm

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No.749 Parthia launched in 1947

13,362grt for Cunard-White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Remuera 1962 New Zealand Shipping Co

Aramac 1964 Eastern & Australian SS Co

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969

Image attribution: Beken of Cowes

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No.750 Brasil Star launched in 1947

10,716grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

https://www.bluestarline.org/brasil.html

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Fraser Darrah Collection Brasil Star

Image from Malcolm Cranfield

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No.832 Asia launched in 1951

11,693grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, San Marco

Persia 1975 Rashid Fares

Norleb 1984 Norleb Shipping

Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1985

ASIA in Aden

From Italian liners

The Persia ex Asia converted to livestock carrier by John Brooks

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No.833 Monasterio de la Rabida launched in 1951

10,226grt for Empresa Nacional Elcano by Cia Euskalduna, Bilbao

Covadonga 1952 Cia Trasatlántica

Scrapped in Castellon 1973

More details at http://www.buques.org/Navieras/Trasatlantica/Trasatlantica-4_I.htm

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No.911 Infante dom Henrique launched in 1960

23,306grt for Cia Colonial from Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) IMO 5160805

Vasco da Gama 1988 Star Sea

Vasco da Gama 1991 Seawind Cruise Line

Seawind Crown 1995 Seawind Cruise

Barcelona 2003 Barcelona IMO 5160805

Scrapped Guangzhou 2004

Image attribution: Nuno Bartolemieu, Mike Cornwall, Tony Davis

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No.1182 Karl Carstens launched in 1986

12,829GT for Bundesminister für Verkehr Deutsche Bundesbahn from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel IMO: 8420115

Karl 2001 whilst awaiting sale

Helix Producer I 2008 Storage Ship

Completely transformed now into an Offshore Vessel

Images from Pieter Inpyn and Dragec

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No.1183 Konstantin Chernenko launched in 1986

12,798GT for USSR Far East Shipping Co from Stocznia Szczecinska, Szczecin IMO: 8325432

Russ 1988 Pacific Cruise Line

SC Atlantic 2010 S Continental

Ocean Atlantic 2012 Ocean Atlantic Partners

Despite the news that she was renamed Polar Angel for Positive Polar, I saw her laid up in Caen, France on 8 Sep 2024 with the Ocean Explorer and Ocean Victory.

Arrived at Aliaga, Turkey for breaking on 8 May 2025

Image attribution: Masato Nishiguchi, Wayne A’Court & Doug Shaw

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No.1184 Astor launched in 1986

20,159GT for the Marlan Corp Ltd from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel IMO: 8506373

Fedor Dostoevskiy 1988 Black Sea Shipping

Astor 1995 Transocean Tours

Was to be Jules Verne in 2021 for CMV but was cancelled

Arrived Aliaga to be broken up 23 Nov 2020

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Rainer Buch

ASTOR 1986 in the background with ASTORIA ex-Astor 1980. You can see differences with covered lifeboats and the deck at the stern. The Astoria has more people above the bridge

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