No.718 Vassar Victory launched in 1945

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

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No.719 Marine Tiger launched in 1945

12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver

Oakland 1966 Litton Industries

Scrapped Taiwan 1987

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No.1741 Stena Hollandica launched in 2008

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

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No.1742 Northern Expedition launched in 2008

17,729GT for British Columbia Ferries from Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg IMO: 9408413

Three named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1743 AIDAluna floated out 2008

69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334868

Image attribution: Neil Hopper & Tom Gulbrandsen

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No.896 Pendennis Castle launched in 1957

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

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No.644 Rio de la Plata launched in 1941

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

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Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller

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No.1744 Carnival Dream launched in 2008

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

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No.1745 Bo Hai Zhen Zhu launched in 2008

24,024GT for Shandong Bohai by HuangHai Shipbuilding, Rongcheng IMO: 9508328

Image attribution: Ata Bilgili

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No.1302 Crown Dynasty launched in 1992

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

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