Category Archives: Navy Ship

No.114 Avon launched in 1907

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

11,073grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Avoca 1916 Royal Navy Avon 1917 Royal Mail Lines Scrapped in Briton Ferry, South Wales 1930

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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.407 Razmak launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime

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No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

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No.446 Augustus launched in 1926

Posted on April 29, 2023 by donships

32,650grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Taken over by the Italian Navy, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero Scuttled Genoa 1944, scrapped 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Augustus_(1926) Roma, Duilio e Augustus a … Continue reading →

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No.950 HMAS Stalwart launched in 1966

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

15,500grt for the Royal Australian Navy from Cockatoo D & E Co, Sydney Her Majesty M 1990 SeaRoyal Ferries Tara II 1997 Panama She never entered commercial service, & on 19 February 2003, Tara II arrived at Alang, India for … Continue reading →

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