10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore
Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line
Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line
Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica
Scrapped in Castellon 1974




10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore
Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line
Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line
Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica
Scrapped in Castellon 1974




12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver
Oakland 1966 Litton Industries
Scrapped Taiwan 1987

64,039GT for Stena Line from Nordic Yards, Wismar IMO: 9419163
Image attribution: Rob de Visser & Vitor Francisco
Note the change in funnel top


Malte Kopfer’s image


17,729GT for British Columbia Ferries from Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg IMO: 9408413
Three named images from Marine Traffic




69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334868
Image attribution: Neil Hopper & Tom Gulbrandsen




28,582grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Ocean Queen 1976 Ocean Queen
Sindbad 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping
Sindbad 1 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping
Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980
Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Iain Jenkins & Chris Howell



Ocean Queen by Karsten Petersen


13,432grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun Shipbuilding & DD Co, Chester
Charger 1941 US Navy
Fairsea 1949 Alvion SS Corp (Sitmar)
Fire scrapped La Spezia 1969
https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/030.htm


Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller


128,251GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9378474

Image from Angelo Hromin

Image from Tony Davis

New colours – images from Tony Davis

24,024GT for Shandong Bohai by HuangHai Shipbuilding, Rongcheng IMO: 9508328
Image attribution: Ata Bilgili

19,089GT Crown Cruise Line by Union Naval, Valencia IMO: 9000699
Crown Majesty 1997 24344GT Majesty Cruise Line
Norwegian Dynasty 1997 Norwegian Cruise Line
Crown Dynasty 1999 Crown Cruise Line
Braemar 2001 Fred Olsen Line
Odyssey for Villa Vie Residences 2024, a long-term cruise startup, purchased the ship for its own three-and-a-half-year journey around the world. She eventually sailed October 2024 from Belfast
Images: Janet Cook, Erik Ask, Tony Davis & Shaun Jones




Image from CNN Travel
