Category Archives: Cruise ship

No.1590 Midnatsol launched 2002

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

16,140GT for Trom Fylkes D/S by Fosen Mek, Rissa Maud 2021 Hurtigruten IMO: 9039119 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen Image from Peter Ferrary Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen Image Mike Jackson

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No.590 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1937

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

36,982grt for Holland-America Line by Rotterdamsche DD Mij, Rotterdam Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Daryl LeBlanc & Ben Ayre

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No.589 Orcades launched in 1936

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

23,456grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Torpedoed by U 172 off South Africa 1942 Sister ship was the Orion (No.565) Orcades model from David Gilbert

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No.1462 R Two launched in 1998

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

30,277 Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Insignia 2003 Oceania Cruises Regatta 2003 Oceania Cruises IMO: 9156474 Image attribution: Brian Fisher, Michael Neidig, Giannis Mavronas, Bob Smith & Eumelzocker

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No.1962 Celebrity Apex floated out 1 Feb 2020

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

130,818GT for Celebrity Cruises from Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire IMO: 9838383 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen & Peter Ferrary

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No.1963 Mardi Gras floated out 24 Jan 2020

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

181,808GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Meyer Turku, Turku IMO: 9837444 Image attribution: Pedro Juan Bonilla Bello

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No.464 Duchess of Atholl launched in 1927

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

20,119grt for Canadian Pacific from Beardmore, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 178 off Ascension Island in 1942 The ship took my father to Suez via Freetown and Durban in Dec 1940 in Convoy WS 4B

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No.586 Pretoria launched in 1936

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy Scrapped Taiwan 1987 … Continue reading →

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No.1465 SuperStar Leo floated out 1998

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

75,338GT for Star Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg Norwegian Spirit 2004 Norwegian Cruise Line IMO: 9141065 Image attribution: Meyer Werft, Wayne A’Court, Giannis Mavronas & Tony Davis

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No.965 Axel Johnson launched in 1969

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

25,441 for Rederi A/B Nordstjernan from O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Regent Sun 1986 Regency Cruises Italia 1988 Navyclub Italia Costa Marina 1990 Costa Cruise Line Harmony Princess 2011 Harmony Cruise Club Harmony 2012 Harmony Cruise Harmony 2014 Breakers IMO: 6910544 … Continue reading →

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