Category Archives: ocean liner

No.290 Hawkeye State launched in 1920

Posted on June 1, 2023 by donships

14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Pierce 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co (& others including American President Line) Hugh L. Scott 1941 US Navy Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942 Image attribution: Yoshiaki … Continue reading →

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No.291 Creole State launched in 1920

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

10,533grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Hayes 1922 Dollar Line President Tyler 1940 US Army (photo) Scrapped in Philadelphia 1957

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No.293 Tyrrhenia launched in 1920

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

16,243grt for Cunard Line from Beardmore, Glasgow Lancastria 1924 Cunard Line Bombed St Nazaire 1940 with severe loss of life

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No.838 Uganda launched in 1952

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

16,907grt for British India Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Triton 1986 Triton Shipping Capsized off Kaohsiung breakers in 1986, scrapped by 1992 Image attribution: David Meare & Alan Walton

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No.754 Apapa launched in 1947

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

11,607grt for Elder Dempster Lines from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow Taipooshan 1968 Shun Cheong SN Co Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Ben Ayre, Dedge & Ted Scull

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No.755 ORCADES launched in 1947

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

28,164grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co. from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow Early 60s P&O & Orient merged & Orcades was painted in P&O white Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Fremantle Ports, Tim Noble, Chris Howell & Simon Lockyer

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No.369 Hoedic launched in 1922

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

11,028grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne Foucauld 1929 Chargeurs Réunis Bombed La Pallice 1940 Image attribution: Rich Turnwald Collection

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No.370 Veendam launched in 1923

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

15,450grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Govan Scrapped in Baltimore 1953 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr & John Blake 1952 via Rich Turnwald

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No.292 Keystone State launched in 1920

Posted on May 31, 2023 by donships

14,127grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President McKinley 1922 Admiral Oriental J. Franklin Bell 1940 US Navy Scrapped in Los Angeles 1949 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr

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No.905 Amazon launched in 1959

Posted on May 30, 2023 by donships

20,368grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Akaroa 1968 Shaw, Savill & Albion Akarita 1971 Uglands Rederi Hual Akarita 1977 Sagitta Ltd Akarita 1980 Ace Autoline Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1981 Images: Keith Wood, Andy Parrett & Mike … Continue reading →

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