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No.442 Alcantara launched in 1926

Posted on April 29, 2023 by donships

22,181grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, BelfastKaisho Maru 1958 Japanese BreakersScrapped in Osaka 1958 In Funchal, Madeira Rio de Janeiro Wartime photo from IWM At Port Said Photo from John Winters Alcantara in Southampton 8.6.58 after her … Continue reading →

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No.447 Vulcania launched in 1926

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

23,970grt for Cosulich Soc Triestina by Cant Nav Triestino, Monfalcone Caribia 1966 Sicula Oceanica IMO: 5384059 She hit a rock off Cannes in 1972, was damaged and was laid up at La Spezia. She arrived in Barcelona on 18 September … Continue reading →

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No.947 Pasteur launched in 1966

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

17,986grt Messageries Maritimes by Atalies et Chantiers de Dunquerque, Dunkirk Chidambaram 1973 Shipping Corp of India Ltd Damaged fire, Scrapped Bombay 1985 IMO 6614683 Image attribution: Luka Arabuli, Brian Fisher & Mike Griffiths

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No.603 Oslofjord launched in 1937

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

18,673grt for Norwegian America Line by Deschimag AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Mined off Newcastle 1940 Image from Gamle skipsbilder Oslofjord from Gamle skipsbilder

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No.103 Amerika launched in 1905

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

22,225grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast America 1917 US Navy Edmund B Alexander 1941 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1958 Another vessel that sailed in both World Wars USAT EDMUND B. ALEXANDER. ex AMERIKA in New York … Continue reading →

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No.448 Virgilio launched 1926

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

11,718grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia Blown up Toulon in 1944 Images from naviearmatori & agenziabozzo Image from naviearmatori Image from agenziabozzo

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No.602 Cilicia launched in 1937

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden

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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.449 Arandora launched in 1927

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

12,847 Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Arandora Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 47 off Ireland in 1940 with tragic loss of lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star (Arandora Star and Stavangerfjord in Geiranger 1932 by Allan Marshall colour)

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No.101 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1905

Posted on April 28, 2023 by donships

16,967 Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Osaka 1932

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