No.422 Rawalpindi launched in 1925

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16,619grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi

Sunk North Atlantic 1939 in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Captain Edward Kennedy RN, killed in action with 237 others, was the father of Ludovic Kennedy, the writer and broadcaster

Gibraltar image from Peter Brown

Image from Norman Stewart

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No.424 Conte Biancamano launched in 1925

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24,416grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow

USS Hermitage 1942 US Navy

Conte Biancamano 1947 Italia SAN

Scrapped in La Spezia 1969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Biancamano

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Don Gammon

USS Hermitage

Image attribution: Don Gammon

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No.423 Caledonia launched in 1925

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17,046grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow

HMS Scotstoun 1939 Royal Navy

Torpedoed by U25 off Inishtrahull 1940

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

HMS Scotstoun

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No.425 Rajputana launched in 1925

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16,568grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock

Torpedoed by U 108 off Ireland in 1941

Image attribution: Norman Stewart

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No.426 Otranto launched in 1925

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20,032grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from Vickers, Barrow

Scrapped in Faslane 1957

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.428 Asturias launched in 1925

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22,071grt for Royal Mail Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Originally with two funnels

Scrapped in Faslane 1957

Image attribution: John Wilson, State Library of Queensland & Allan Green Collection

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No.429 Bernardin de Saint Pierre launched in 1925

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10,268grt for Messageries Maritimes from Tecklenborg, Wesermunde

Teibi Maru 1942 Japanese Navy

Torpedoed by US submarine Bonefish off Annam in 1943

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No.430 Athos II launched in 1925

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15,275grt for Messageries Maritimes by AG ’Weser’, Bremen

Scrapped in La Spezia 1959

Image attribution: Artist is Rene Mambrini

Théophile Gautier on the left, and one of the Athos II, D’artagnan pair moored aft. Both MM, Gautier being a Mediterranean ship, Athos II must be outwards bound.

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No.1910 Orange Ehime, launched 18 Apr 2018

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14,749GT for Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry Co by Imabari Shipyard, Japan

IMO: 9820946

Image attribution: Kenro Oshita & Vessels Lover on Marine Traffic

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No.1403 VEENDAM launched in 1996

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55,451GT for Holland-America Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

Aegean Majesty 2020 Greek owners (Seajets)

Laid up near Patras in Greece

Image attribution: Tony Davis, Neven Jerkovic & Aris Bilalis

AEGEAN MYTH and AEGEAN MAJESTY by Aris Bilalis

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