Category Archives: Emigrant Ship

No.349 Bendigo launched in 1922

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

13,039grt for P&O Branch Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Barrow 1936 Image attribution: Gordy on Shipspotting Bendigo and Strathnaver at Malta in 1938 From the Old P&O

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No.716 Marine Flasher launched in 1945

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Long Beach 1966 Litton Industries Grounded San Juan 1988 Marine Flasher leaving Bremerhaven 1946

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No.718 Vassar Victory launched in 1945

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica Scrapped in Castellon 1974

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No.644 Rio de la Plata launched in 1941

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

13,432grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun Shipbuilding & DD Co, Chester Charger 1941 US Navy Fairsea 1949 Alvion SS Corp (Sitmar) Fire scrapped La Spezia 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/030.htm Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller

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No.351 Diogenes launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

12,341grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mataroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & The Alexander Turnbull Library Mataroa departing Wellington 1957

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No.353 Kerguelen launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

10,017grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Chantilly 1923 Messageries Maritimes Scrapped in Marseille 1952 Image attribution: http://messageries-maritimes.org 1946

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No.355 Cap Norte launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

13,615grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Hamburg Sierra Salvada 1932 North German Lloyd Cap Norte 1934 Hamburg-South America Line Empire Trooper 1940 Ministry of Transport Scrapped Inverkeithing 1955 Image – Hans Flugge.  NDL’s Sierra Salvada was taken in Funchal, … Continue reading →

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No.356 City of Nagpur launched in 1922

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

10,138grt for Ellerman Lines from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U75 off Fastnet in the Atlantic 1941 City of Nagpur, Vandyck or Voltaire) and Canadian Pacific’s unmistakable Empress of Britain,

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No.326 Balranald launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

13,039grt for P & O Branch Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Troon 1936

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No.328 Moreton Bay launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

13,850grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow Scrapped in Barrow 1957 Allan Green Collection

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