No.629 Nitta Maru launched in 1939

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17,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Chuyo 1942 an aircraft carrier with the Japanese Navy

Torpedoed by US submarine Sailfish 1943

Nitta Maru as she pulls into Pier 8 in Honolulu harbor on May 26, 1940

From Rich Turnwald

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No.630 Baudouinville launched in 1939

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13,761grt for Compagnie Maritime by Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken

Lindau 1942 German Navy

Sunk Nantes 1944, raised 1946. scrapped Antwerp 1947

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Frederik Janssens

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No.242 Athos launched in 1914

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12,692 Messageries Maritimes by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk

Torpedoed 200 miles south of Malta returning to Marseille 1917

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No.243 Cap Polonio launched in 1914

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20,576grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Vineta 1915 Auxiliary Cruiser

Cap Polonio 1915 Hamburg-South America

Scrapped Bremerhaven 1935

CAP POLONIO leaving Santos

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No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914

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10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki

Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943

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Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise

Suwa Maru at Wake Island

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No.246 Ile de Cuba launched in 1914

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11,953grt for CGT French Line from Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence at Port de Bouc

Lafayette 1914 CGT French Line

Mexique 1928 CGT French Line

Mined Le Verdon 1940

Lafayette as a hospital ship

Lafayette in Le Havre before 1928

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No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914

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11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock

Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line

Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line

Scrapped in Blyth 1938

Hindi name meaning Empress of India

KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury

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No.248 Tuscania launched in 1914

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14,348grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow

Torpedoed by UB 77 off Rathlin Island 1918

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No.249 Orbita launched in 1914

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15,678grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Newport 1950

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No.1132 Saga Star launched in 1981

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17,672grt for Scandinavian Ferry Lines from FEAB Marstrandsverken, Uddevalla IMO: 7931997

Girolata 1989 DFDS

Saga Star 1993 TT Line

Dieppe 2002 Transmanche Ferries

Baltivia 2003 Polferries

Dioscuria 2024 Georgian Owners

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