No.356 City of Nagpur launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

10,138grt for Ellerman Lines from Workman Clark, Belfast

Torpedoed by U75 off Fastnet in the Atlantic 1941

City of Nagpur, Vandyck or Voltaire) and Canadian Pacific’s unmistakable Empress of Britain,

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No.357 Flandria launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

10,171grt for Royal Holland Lloyd by Barclay Curle, Glasgow

Bretagne 1936 CGT French Line

Torpedoed by U 45 in the English Channel

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No.358 Volendam launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

15,434grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Govan

Scrapped Hendrik Ido Ambacht 1952

3 images from Clyde ships website

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No.682 General M C Meigs launched in 1944

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

17,707grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

In 1972 while under tow to the Suisun Bay layup facility, she broke her tow in a storm, and ran aground off the coast of Washington State, where she eventually broke up over the next 4 years

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No.683 General M L Hersey launched in 1944

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

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

Pittsburgh 1968 Sea Land Service

St Louis 1968 Sea Land Service

Scrapped 1979

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22148.htm

U.S. Military Sea Transportation Service transport USNS General M. L. Hersey underway 1952

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No.684 Admiral R E Coontz launched in 1944

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

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

Gen Alexander M Patch 1947 US Army

Scrapped Brownsville 2003

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22122.htm

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No.685 General J H McRae launched in 1944

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

10,654grt for US Navy Kaiser, Richmond California

Transhawaii 1969 Hudson Waterways

Aguadilla 1975 Puerto Rico Marit

Amco Voyager 1985 Merchant Terminal Corp

Voyager 1985 Janet Navigation

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

Image attribution: David Wright

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No.686 General R E Callan launched in 1944

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

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

General H H Arnold 1963 US Air Force

Scrapped 1982

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22139.htm

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No.1875 Viking Sky launched in 2016

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

47,842GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9650420

Image attribution: Tony Davis, Oliver Seseman, Tom Gulbrandsen & Marinko Radulic

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No.915 Transvaal Castle launched 1961

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

32,697grt for Union-Castle Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 5367623

S.A. Vaal 1966 South African Marine Corporation

Festivale 1977 Carnival Cruise Lines

IslandBreeze 1996 Dolphin Cruise Line

The Big Red Boat III 1998 Premier Cruise Line

The Big Boat 2003 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2003

Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Tony Davis

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