No.1275 Prins Filip launched in 1991

28,833GT for Regie des Transports Maritimes from Boelwerft NV, Tamise IMO: 8908466

Stena Royal 1998 Stena Line

Pride of Aquitaine 2002 P&O Ferries

Norman Spirit 2005 LD Lines

Ostend Spirit 2010 LD Lines

Calais Seaways 2013 DFDS Seaways

Isle of Innisfree 2021 Irish Ferries

Image attribution: Dean Powell, Bob Smith & Rolf Bridde

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No.1198 Oarai Maru launched in 1987

15,139grt for Nihon Enkai Ferry Co Ltd from Hayashikane Shipbuilding, Shimonoseki IMO:8613073

Sun Flower Oarai 1991 Blue Highway Line

Ferry Cosmo 3 2002 Mol Ferry Co

Shuttle Yokosuta 2004 Dharma Latan

Shuttle Oita 2005 Dharma Latan

Shuttle 2007 Avra Shipping

Colossus 2010 NEL Lines

Scrapped Alang 2013

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No.1199 Jan Sniadecki launched in 1987

14,417GT for Polskie Linie Oceaniczne from Götaverken Arendal, Gothenburg IMO: 8604711

Thalassitis 2024 Ainaftis

Image attribution: Piotr Jaglinski & 3 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.910 Arlanza launched in 1960

20,350grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Arawa 1969 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Hoegh Transit 1971 Leif Hoegh

Hoegh Trotter 1972 Leif Hoegh

Hual Trotter 1977 Ace Autoline

Trotter 1980 Ace Autoline

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1981

The last passenger liner to be launched at Harland & Wolff, Belfast (but completed before the Canberra) IMO: 5024518

Image attribution: Ben Ayre, Mike Cornwall & Alan Walton

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No.907 Aragon launched in 1959

20,362grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast IMO 5024518

Aranda 1969 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Hoegh Traveller 1971 Leif Hoegh

Traveller 1980 Leif Hoegh

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1981

Images; Wolfgang Fricke, Mike Cornwall, Tony Price & B Nicol

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No.875 Cabo San Roque launched 1955

14,491grt for Ybarra y Cia from Soc Española de Constructions Navales, Bilbao

Golden Moon 1977 Growth Maritime

Africa-Cuba 1978 Empresa Nacional Mambisa

Scrapped in Barcelona 1982

Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Hans-Wilhelm Delfs

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No.839 Monasterio de Guadalupe launched in 1951

10,226grt for Empresa Nacional Elcano by Soc Española de Constructions Navales, Bilbao

Guadalupe 1952 Cia Trasatlantica

Scrapped in Castellon 1973

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No.708 Admiral Hugh Rodman launched in 1945

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

Gen Maurice Rose 1947 US Army

Scrapped Brownsville 1997

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22126.htm

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No.709 General C C Ballou launched in 1945

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

Brooklyn 1968 Sea Land Service

Humacao 1975 Puerto Rico Marit

Eastern Light 1981 Eastern Star Maritime

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1981

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22157.htm

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No.710 General J C Breckinridge launched in 1945

17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22176.htm

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