Category Archives: ocean liner

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.327 Laconia launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

19,680grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 156 in the South Atlantic 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921) From Rich Turnwald U-156 37-35 Laconia 1942 09 15

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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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No.329 Palmetto State launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

13,712grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point Pan America 1922 Munson Line Hunter Ligget 1939 US Army Scrapped Baltimore 1948 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr BREMEN and PAN AMERICA in New York. Aug.1, 1931 by Percy … Continue reading →

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No.330 Largs Bay launched in 1921

Posted on May 22, 2023 by donships

13,851grt for Commonwealth Government Line by Beardmore, Glasgow Scrapped in Barrow 1957 From the Allan Green Collection

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No.368 Albert Ballin launched in 1922

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

21,131grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Hansa 1935 Hamburg-America Line Sovietski Sojus 1953 USSR Tobolsk 1980 USSR Scrapped Hong Kong 1982

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No.890 Jean Mermoz launched in 1956

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

12,460grt for Cie de Nav Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre by Penhoët, St Nazaire Mermoz 1970 Paquet Cruises Serenade 1999 Louis Cruise Line Serena 2008 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2008 Image attribution: Pascal Riteau, Tony Davis, Didier Deman & Ian Boyle

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No.690 Maréchal Pétain launched in 1944

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Sank & raised in 1946 and the renamed La Marseillaise’s hull was towed to Toulon then later La Ciotat Completed July 1949 17,321grt for Messageries Maritimes from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Arosa Sky 1957 Arosa … Continue reading →

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No.331 Peninsula State launched in 1921

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

14,187grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Pierce 1922 United States Line President Roosevelt 1922 United States Line Joseph T. Dickman 1941 US Navy Scrapped in Oakland 1948 Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura & Percy Loomis … Continue reading →

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No.332 Hakone Maru launched in 1921

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

10,423grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Bombed off Formosa 1943

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