No.874 Port Melbourne launched in 1955

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16,300grt for Port Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Therisos Express 1972 J C Carras

Danae 1975 J C Carras

Anar 1992 J C Carras

Starlight Princess 1992 Prestige Cruises

Baltica 1994 Classic International

Princess Danae 1996 Classic International

Lisboa 2013 Portuscale

Scrapped Aliaga 2015

Again, another remarkable conversion into a cruise ship

Images: Adam Federowicz, Wayne A’Court, Nicholas Leonard & Vitor Francisco

 She is in Compass Line colours here

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No.706 General A W Brewster launched in 1945

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

Philadelphia 1968 Sea Land Service

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22155.htm

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No.756 Pretoria Castle launched in 1947

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28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

S.A. Oranje 1966 South African Marine Corp

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975

Image attribution: Don Hazeldine & Beken of Cowes

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No.759 Leopoldville launched in 1947

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10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken

P.E. Lumumba 1967 Cie Mar Congolaise

Scrapped in Rio Grande 1974

Image attribution: JP Hack on Ship Nostalgia

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No.677 Admiral W S Benson launched in 1943

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17,100grt for US Navy Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California

Gen Daniel I Sultan 1947 US Army

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22120.htm

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No.384 Stuttgart launched in 1923

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13,325grt for North German Lloyd from Vulcan, Stettin

Bombed Gdansk/Gdynia 1943

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No.385 Voltaire launched in 1923

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13,248grt for Lamport & Holt by Workman Clark, Belfast

Sunk mid-Atlantic by the German raider Thor 1941

General Von Steuben (Norddeutscher Lloyd), SS Voltaire (Lamport and Holt Line) and SS Atlantis (Royal Mail Lines) anchored at Stockholm, Sweden. 1934.

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No.296 Bay State launched in 1920

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14,187grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden

President Madison 1922 Admiral Oriental

President Quezon 1939 Philippine Mail Line

Ran aground on ship’s delivery voyage (oops), later raised & scrapped Japan 1940

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No.297 Golden State launched in 1920

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14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Newport News, Newport News

President Cleveland 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co

Tasker H. Bliss 1941 US Army

Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942

U-130 sank 3 US troopships; Edward Rutledge, Hugh L. Scott & Tasker H. Bliss in 5 mins

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No.298 Granite State launched in 1920

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

President Polk 1922 United States Line, then Dollar Line

President Taylor 1940 US Army

Stranded Canton 1942

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