Category Archives: fire on ship

No.769 Paraguay Star launched in 1948

Posted on May 8, 2023 by donships

10,722grt for Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Fire, scrapped Hamburg 1969 Photos: Ken Smith bluestarline.org and for the keen eyed, Himalaya and Orcades in the background

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No.768 Elisabethville launched in 1948

Posted on May 8, 2023 by donships

10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken Fire, scrapped in Ghent 1968

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No.150 Franconia launched in 1910

Posted on May 5, 2023 by donships

18,150grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 47 off Malta 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.855 Laos launched in 1952

Posted on May 5, 2023 by donships

13,212grt for Messageries Maritimes by Chantiers Naval de La Ciotat Empress Abeto 1970 Cia de Nav Abeto SA Malaysia Raya 1971 Fir Line Fire, scrapped Kaohsiung 1977 Image from Rich Turnwald

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No.137 Otway launched in 1908

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

12,077grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by UC 49 off the Hebrides 1917

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No.762 Gothic launched in 1947

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

15,902grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969 Three photos of her as the Royal Yacht in 1954 Gothic, after the devastating bridge fire

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No.410 Comorin launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

15,116grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Fire mid-Atlantic Apr 1941. As the fire was out of control she was shelled and sunk by HMS Lincoln Image from Norman Stewart Two images from Rich Turnwald

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No.409 Cathay launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

15,104grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Bombed Bougie 1942 Image attribution: Allan C. Green State Library of Victoria In Aden

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No.408 Monte Olivia launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

13,750grt for for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1945 Her wreck was refloated on June 12th, 1946 and scrapped in 1948 MS Monte Olivia sailing out of Antwerp. circa 1928 Image from Rich Turnwald Kungsholm … Continue reading →

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No.1609 Eurostar Valencia launched in 2003

Posted on April 30, 2023 by donships

25,984grt for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione by Cantieri Navale Visentini, Porto Viro Sorrento 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea IMO: 9264312 Fire, scrapped Aliaga 2015 Photo: Michael Purer Manuel Hernández Lafuente on Ship Spotting

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