Category Archives: ocean liner

No.270 Stavangerfjord launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

12,977grt for Norwegian America Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Hong Kong 1964 Image from fokalfoto

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No.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action

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No. 632 Brasil Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

12,733grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Greenling 1942 Photo from Colombo 1940 by the late Jim Arnold – in my collection BRASIL MARU at Hong Kong in January 1940, shot by the late Don … Continue reading →

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No.635 Kasuga Maru launched in 1940

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17,127grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Taiyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944 by USS Rasher off the Philippines The ship as intended

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No.636 Yawata Maru launched in 1939

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17,128grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Unyo 1942 Japanese Navy Torpedoed by USS Barb in the China Sea 1944 Image attribution: Larry & Harlan Rief (Mrs Rief in the photo at San Francisco 1941) The carrier Unyo

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No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939

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10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm

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No.639 Stockholm launched in 1940

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29,307grt intended for Swedish-America Line from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Sabaudia 1941 Italia SAN Bombed Trieste 1944, scrapped by 1949

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No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950

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17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell

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No.614 Mauretania launched in 1938

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35,738grt for Cunard-White Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1965 Coloured by Daryl LeBlanc Mauretania as a troopship Mauretania in cruising green

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No.271 Melita launched in 1917

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

13,967grt for Canadian Pacific by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and Barclay Curle, Glasgow Liguria 1935 Lloyd Triestino Bombed Tobruk 1941 Liguria in Port Said – Library of Congress, Washington

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