No.696 General R M Blatchford launched in 1944

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

Stonewall Jackson 1970 Waterman Carriers

Alex Stephens 1973 Waterman Carriers

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980

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USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) on a Magic Carpet cruise entering San Francisco Bay in 1945.

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No.697 General William Weigel launched in 1944

17,812grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987

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No.698 General Le Roy Eltinge launched in 1944

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

Robert E Lee 1969 Waterman Carriers

Robert Toombs 1973 Waterman Carriers

Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980

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Photo – General Le Roy Eltinge at Sasebo, Japan 1951

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No.1746 Oasis of the Seas launched in 2008

225,282GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise from STX Finland, Turku

Image attribution: Tony Davis

Image from Karen Snow

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No.1747 Lisco Maxima launched in 2008

25,518GT for DFDS Tor Line by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera IMO: 9350721

Victoria Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways

Image attribution: Carsten Brecht & named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1748 Baltic Queen launched in 2008

48,915GT for Tallink from STX Europe, Rauma IMO: 9443255

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No.1749 MSC Magnifica launched in 2009

95,128GT for MSC Crociere from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9387085

Image attribution: Luiz Fernando Hornstein & Jens Wagner

Image from Peter Ferrary

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No.649 Steel Artisan launched in 1941

12,464grt for US Navy by Western Pipe & Steel Co, San Francisco

Barnes 1941 US Navy

Attacker 1942 Royal Navy

Castel Forte 1952 Sitmar

Fairsky 1958 Fairline Shipping Corp (Sitmar)

Destroyed by fire 1980, scrapped Hong Kong

USS Barnes/HMS Attacker

Castel Forte, being converted to Fairsky

Fairsky in Aden 1964, before the funnel extension was added – my collection

Fairsky of Sitmar Destroyed by fire 1980, scrapped Hong Kong. Image: Mike Cornwall

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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956

25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle

Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion

Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975

Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick

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No.341 Haruna Maru launched in 1921

10,421grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Stranded off Surga Bay 1942

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