Category Archives: ocean liner

No.167 Laconia launched in 1911

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18,099grt for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 50 off Fastnet 1917 Image attribution: http://gjenvick.com

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No.166 Rochambeau launched in 1911

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12,678grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Scrapped in Dunkirk 1934

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No.165 Remuera launched in 1911

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11,276 New Zealand Shipping Company by Denny, Dumbarton Bombed off Rattray Head 1940, Aberdeenshire

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No.164 Demosthenes launched in 1911

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11,233 Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Newcastle 1931

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No.842 Braemar Castle launched in 1952

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17,029grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1966 2nd Image attribution: John Gibbard Braemar Castle in Aden Braemar Castle in the Suez Canal

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No.789 Perseus launched in 1949

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10,109grt for Blue Funnel Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image from Kevin Blair Image from Malcolm Cranfield Image from George Robinson

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No.788 Bloemfontein Castle launched in 1949

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18,400 tons for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 181.3m x 23.3m 18.5 kts 721 passengers Patris 1959 Chandris Line Mediterranean Island 1979 Karageorgis Line Mediterranean Star 1981 Karageorgis Line Terra 1987 Breakers Scrapped in Pakistan 1987 Patris in … Continue reading →

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No.787 Eva Peron launched in 1949

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12,627grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Uruguay 1955 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero Scrapped in San Pedro 1973 Eva Peron photo by Hans Richard Removal of the Eva Peron name, photo from ‎Germán Symcha‎ Uruguay 1955 … Continue reading →

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No.785 Patroclus launched in 1949

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10,109grt for Blue Funnel Line from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Philoctetes 1972 Blue Funnel Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image by Kevin Blair Image from David Shackleton Image from Trevor Jones

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No.784 Rangitane launched in 1949

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21,867grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. from John Brown, Clydebank Jan 1968 Astroguardo Oriental Esmeralda 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Chris Howell

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