No.233 Britannic launched in 1914

48,158 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Mined Aegean 1916

Younger sister of the Olympic and Titanic

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

By Darly LeBlanc color

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No.235 Zeppelin launched in 1914

14,167grt for North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack

Ormuz 1920 Orient SN Co

Dresden 1927 North German Lloyd

Stranded Stavanger 1934

Ein Matrose der kaiserlichen Kriegsmarine, with the Zeppelin bhind

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No.236 Missanabie launched in 1914

12,469grt for Canadian Pacific from Barclay Curle, Glasgow

Torpedoed UB 87 off Cobh 1918

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No.237 Transylvania launched in 1914

14,315 Cunard Line (later Anchor Line) by Scott’s, Greenock

Torpedoed U63 off Genoa 1917

Transylvania sinking in 1917

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No.238 Sphinx launched in 1914

11,375grt for Messageries Maritimes from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire

Subiaco 1940 Italian capture

Bombed Genoa 1942 (Kludas). May 1943 : transferred to Germans. Sent to Genoa and became Italian ship Subiaco. Bombed in night 4 – 5 January 1944. Refloated 1945 and scuttled November 1945

Image from P Ramona

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No.239 Massilia launched in 1914

15,147grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer

Sunk Marseille 1944, scrapped at La Seyne

Massilia was the Roman city on the site of what is now Marseille

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No.222 Orduña launched in 1913

15,507grt for Pacific Steam Nav Co and built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Scrapped in Dalmuir 1951

My photos and Stephen Carey’s – My parents waving off Orduna, Singapore

Model photo from Stephen Tindle

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No.223 Ulysses launched in 1913

14,499grt for Blue Funnel Line by Workman Clark, Belfast

Torpedoed by U160 off Palm Beach 1942

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No.224 André Lebon launched in 1913

13,682grt for Messageries Maritimes from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat

Scrapped La Ciotat 1952

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The André Lebon as a  hospital ship 1916-18 – P Ramona

The André Lebon in August 1918 in Vladivostok – P Ramona

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No.225 Patria launched in 1913

11,885grt for Cyprien Fabre by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne

Sabotaged Haifa 1940

Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color

Fabre Line’s PATRIA R.A. Snook via Rich Turnwald

Fabre Line’s PATRIA, mid-1930s. from Rich Turnwald

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