No.1282 Crown Jewel launched in 1991

19,154GT for Crown Cruise Line from Union Navale, Valencia IMO: 9000687

Superstar Gemini 1995 Star Cruises

Vision Star 2009 Star Cruises

Gemini 2009 Quail Cruises

Celestyal Nefeli 2016 Celestyal Cruises

Gemini 2017 Miray Cruises

Image attribution: Janet Cook, Tony Davis and Dick Smith

Miray Cruises’ GEMINI – photo by Tony Davis

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No.1283 Radisson Diamond launched in 1991

20,295GT for Diamond Cruise Line from Rauma Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9008407

Omar Star 2005 Treasure Ocean

Asia Star 2005 Casino Ship

China Star 2011 Casino Ship

Saipan Star 2017

Driven ashore 21 Sep 2022

Image attribution: Neven Jerković

Tony Davis image

Image from Birdy Tsao

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No.1284 Aurora af Helsingborg launched in 1991

10,918GT for Scandlines A/S from Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri, Tomrefjord IMO: 9007128

A short distance ferry

Image attribution: Göran Olsson & Marc Pingoud

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No.1285 Club Med 2 launched in 1991

14,475GT for Club Med from Ateliers & Chantiers, Le Havre IMO: 9007491

Image: Tony Davis

Image: Tony Davis & Joost Keesing

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No.1286 Barfleur launched in 1991

20,133GT for Brittany Ferries from Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9007130

Deal Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways

Barfleur 2012 Brittany Ferries.

Images from Kevin Hall and Helmut Seger

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No.1287 Sun Flower Nishiki launched in 1991

19,468GT for Kansai Kisen Kaisha from Kanasahi Co, Toyohashi IMO: 9042764

Superferry 21 2010 Aboitiz Transport

St Leo the Great 2012 2Go Travel

Arrived Chittagong for breaking 18 Jan 2022

Image attribution: Vincent Paul Sanchez & Capt Turboboss

ST LEO THE GREAT Nigel Griffiths

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No.1288 European Pathway launched in 1991

30,365GT for P & O European Ferries by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven IMO: 9007295

Pride of Canterbury 2003 P&O Ferries

Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 16 January 2024 to be broken up

My photo

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No.687 General C G Morton launched in 1944

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

Green Wave 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22138.htm

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No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944

17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm

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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944

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

Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army

Scrapped Brownsville 1999

https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm

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