No.1431 Grand Princess floated out 22 May 1997

In service May 1998, 108,806GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone

IMO: 9104005

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Richard MacGregory

A whale watching boat passes the departing Grand Princess at Victoria, June 18, 2016. PHOTO/Dennis J. Dubinsky

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No.1432 Salammbo 7 launched in 1997

17,907GT for Cotunav from Schichau, Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven

Salammbo 2012 Cotunav

IMO: 9142461 A Tunisian ferry

Image attribution: Pascal Bredel, Valery Cherezov & Jan W Monster

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No.1433 Elation floated out 3 Jul 1997

Delivered 24 Feb 1998, 70,390GT for Carnival Cruise Line by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki

Carnival Elation 2007 Carnival Cruise Line IMO: 9118721

Image: Frank Behling and Justin Amrhein

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No.1434 Deutschland launched in 1997

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

IMO: 9151541

Image attribution: Tadeusz Brodalka, Nils Junge & Peter aus Holtenau

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No.1435 Mercury launched in 1997

77,713GT for Celebrity Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg

Celebrity Mercury 2008 Celebrity Cruises

Mein Schiff 2 2011 TUI Cruises

Mein Schiff Herz 2019 TUI Cruises IMO: 9106302

Marella Voyager 2023 Marella Cruises

Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Sinisa Aljinovic & Nicholia Arocha

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No.1436 Vincenzo Florio launched in 1997

30,757GT for Tirrenia from Cantieri Navale, Ferrari, La Spezia IMO: 9144732

Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, Antonio Nuccio, Consimo Comparetto & Orfeas Tsatsos

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No.221 Llandovery Castle launched in 1913

11,423 Union-Castle Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow

Torpedoed by U 86 off Fastnet 1918

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No.871 Port Sydney launched in 1954

16,310grt for Port Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO number: 5282627

Akrotiri Express 1972 J C Carras

Daphne 1975 J C Carras

Switzerland 1997 Leisure Cruises

Ocean Monarch 2005 Page & Moy

Princess Daphne 2008 Classic International

Daphne 2014 Breakers

Scrapped Alang 2014

Image attribution: Chris Howell, Wayne A’Court, Sema4 & Neven Jerkovic

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No.211 Vaterland launched in 1913

54,282grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Leviathan 1917 United States Lines

Scrapped in Rosyth 1938

Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.2051 Finncanopus launched 30 Dec 2022

64,600GT for Finnlines from China Merchants’ Weihai Shipyard

IMO: 9902421

Image attribution: Weihai Shipyard

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