No.1424 Mistral launched in 1999

47,266GT for Festival Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire

Grand Mistral 2005 Iberojet

Costa NeoRiviera 2013 Costa Crociere SpA

Aidamira 2019 AIDA Cruises

Ambition 2022 Ambassador Cruise Line (after 6 months as an accommodation ship in Glasgow)

IMO: 9172777

Image attribution: Tony Davis & Neven Jerković & Ramon Acosta Merino

Ambition from Ambassador Cruise Line

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No.1425 Hamlet launched in 1997

10,067GT Scandlines A/S by Aker Finnyards, Rauma

IMO: 9150030

Four named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1426 Sun Flower Kuroshio launched in 1997

21,535GT for Blue Highway Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Panstar Dream 2002 PanStar Ferry

IMO: 9162150

Image attribution: Aki & 2 other named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1427 Disney Magic floated out 17 Apr 1997, delivered 21 June 1998

83,338GT for Disney Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Marghera

IMO: 9126807

Image attribution: Rob de Visser, Andrew Sassoli-Walker, Nigel Thornton & Ian Collard

Image attribution: Nigel Thornton in Dover

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No.1428 Schleswig Holstein launched in 1997

15,187GT for Scandlines A/S from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen

IMO: 9151539

Image attribution: Lutz Graupeter, Timothy Cameron, Juergen Braker & Kim Pabst

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No.1429 Ikarus launched in 1997

30,010grt for Minoan Line from Bruces Verkstads, Landskrona & Fosen Mek, Rissa

Ikarus Palace 2001 Minoan Line

Cruise Smeralda 2016 Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione

AF Mia 2024 Adria Ferries

IMO: 9144811

Image attribution: Flo L, Irene L Cop & Tony Hogwood

AF Mia by Adria Ferries

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No.1430 Osaka Express launched in 1997

11,933GT for Marine Express from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki

Kobe Express 2014 Miyazaki Car Ferry

IMO: 9162124

Image attribution: TKS on Marine Traffic

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No.1901 Sunflower Satsuma launched in 2017

13,500GT for Ferry Sunflower from Japan Marine United IMO: 9797010

Image attribution: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto & 4 named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1902 Le Lapérouse floated out in 2017

9,976GT for Compagnie du Ponant from the Vard Group IMO: 9814026

Just under my 10000 GT threshold but the sister ships are just over – added for completeness

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court

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No.1903 Nieuw Statendam floated out 2017

99,836GT for Holland-America Line by Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9767106

Image attribution: Ian Caskie, Brian Logan & Richard MacGregory

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