No.1904 W. B. Yeats launched in 2018

51,399GT for Irish Ferries from FSG, Flensburg IMO: 9809679

Image attribution: Ian Collard & Stephen Corish

A J Vosse on Marine Traffic

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No.1905 Celebrity Edge floated out 2018

130,818GT for Celebrity Cruises from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9812705

Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, Benjamin Colombel, Jan Brouwer & Cliff Saunders

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No.1906 Scenic Eclipse, floated out 31 Jan 2018

16,500GT for Scenic Group from Uljanik Pula, Croatia

IMO: 9797371

Image attribution: Tony Davis, Diego Martini & Martina Petkov

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No.1907 Norwegian Bliss, floated out 17 Feb 2018,

167,600GT for Norwegian Cruise Line from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9751509

Image attribution: Peter Ferrary, David Gilbert and Tony Davis

At Meyer Werft

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No.1908 Sunflower Kirishima, launched 19 Sep 2018

13,659GT for Ferry Sunflower by Japan Marine United

IMO: 9797022

Image in service: Bridge Valley

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No.1909 New Grand Peace launched in 2018

33,165GT for Jiaodong Shipping Group from Avic Shipyard, Weihai

IMO: 9842023

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No.411 Explorateur Grandidier launched in 1924

10,268grt for Messageries Maritimes from Penhoët, St Nazaire

Sunk at Marseille 1944

Image attribution: http://messageries-maritimes.org

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No.413 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft launched in 1925

14,642grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ from Ataliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire

Fire Amsterdam 1932

More details of an unlucky ship at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Pieter_Corneliszoon_Hooft

Image from Rich Turnwald Collection

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No.414 Ranchi launched in 1925

16,650grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle

Her second funnel was removed in Bombay 23 Oct 1939

Scrapped in Newport 1953

Ranchi – photo from Kevin Blair on tynebuiltships

In 1947 the Ministry of Transport returned Ranchi to P&O. She was refitted at Southampton and London Docks.

Singer Cliff Richard travelled to his parents’ native United Kingdom aboard Ranchi when his family left India in 1948.

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No.415 Chitral launched in 1925

15,248grt for P & O Line from Stephen, Glasgow

Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953

Images from the Allen Green Collection

Allen C. Green Series
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