No.1296 Royal Majesty launched in 1991

Posted on May 18, 2023 by donships

32,396GT for Majesty Cruise Line Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku

173.5m x 33.2m 1056 passengers

Stretched 207.3m x 33.2m 1800

Norwegian Majesty 1997 40876 Norwegian Cruise Line

Louis Majesty 2009 Louis Cruise Line

Thomson Majesty 2012 Thomson Cruises

Celestyal Majesty 2018 Celestyal Cruises

Princess Iris 2018 Mano Cruises

Crown Iris 2018 Mano Cruises

Image attribution: Mine, Tony Davis, Joost Keesing & Ronnie Cop

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No.1301 Spirit of British Columbia launched in 1992

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18,747GT from British Columbia Ferries from Yarrows, Victoria IMO: 9015668

Three named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1300 Repubblica di Roma launched in 1991

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35,152GT for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione from Fincantieri, Castellammare IMO: 9009504

Fire 2014 then scrapped Aliaga

Accommodation for 57 passengers & 3 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1293 Stena Challenger launched in 1991

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18,523GT for Sealink UK from Fosen Mek, Rissa IMO: 8917388

Leif Ericson 2001 Marine Atlantic

3rd image Jack Ronalds

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No.1294 Normandie launched in 1991

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27,541GT for Brittany Ferries from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9006253

Image attribution: Don Hazeldine

See the modified funnel

Massalia 2025 La Meridionale

Daniel Gosling’s image

MASSALIA ex NORMANDIE in Marseilles. Image from David Corsu

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No.1295 Kaptan Abidin Doran launched in 1991

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18,685GT for Turkish Cargo Lines by Fosen Mek, Rissa IMO: 8818312

Bo Hai Ming Zhu 2002 Shandong Bohai

Lider Express 2022

Oliver Sesemann’s image

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No.1297 Hercules launched in 1991

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29,992GT for Higashi Nihon by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki IMO: 9035876

Kriti V 1999 ANEK

Lefka Ori 2000 ANEK

Antonio L 2012 Jeju Cruise Line

Lefka Ori 2013 ANEK

Blue Galaxy 2015 Blue Star Ferries

Kissamos 2024

Image attribution: Flo L

Antonio L

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No.1298 European Highway launched in 1991

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30,635GT for P & O European Ferries from Schichau Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven IMO: 9015266

Pride of Kent 2003 P&O Ferries

Arrived Aliaga Oct/Nov 23 for breaking

Image attribution: Eric Patigny

Dalek Swift’s image apparently

Image from Cedric Hacke on Marine Traffic

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No.1299 Lu Xun launched in 1991

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14,410GT for Chinese Maritime Trust Ltd from Shin Kurushima, Onishi IMO: 9030632

Su Zhou Hao 1993 Shanghai Ferry

Arrived Chittagong for breaking 23 Aug 2024

Images from Kero and S Katsuragi

Image attribution: Kero

S Katsuragi

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No.391 Aurania launched in 1924

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13,984grt for Cunard Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle

Artifex 1942 Royal Navy

Scrapped in La Spezia 1961

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