Category Archives: ocean liner

No.308 Achilles launched in 1920

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11,426grt for Blue Funnel Line by Scott’s, Greenock Blenheim 1940 British Admiralty Scrapped in Barrow 1948

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No.309 Pittsburgh launched in 1920

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16,332grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Pennland 1926 Red Star Line Bombed Athens 1941 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Pennland

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No.310 Oroya launched in 1920

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12,257grt for Pacific Steam Nav Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in La Spezia 1939

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No.825 Alberto Dodero launched in 1951

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11,521grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero from De Schelde, Vlissingen Cormoran 1969 Transportes Oceanicos Etaiwi 1 1980 Ahmed Awad Etaiwi Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1985 Image attribution: Chris Finney, Edson de Lima Lucas & Tony Martin

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No.826 La Bourdonnais launched in 1951

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10,944grt for Messageries Maritimes by Arsenal de Lorient, Lorient Knossos 1968 CS Efthymiadis Scrapped in Spain 1976 Image attribution: Bernie Hasler & Trevor Jones

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No.748 Accra launched in 1947

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11,599grt for Elder Dempster Line from Vickers Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Cartagena 1967 B&W image from The Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand

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No.739 President Cleveland launched in 1946

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15,359grt for American President Lines from Bethlehem Shipyard, Alameda, California Oriental President 1973 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 PRESIDENT CLEVELAND photo by Walter E. Frost

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No.311 Samaria launched in 1920

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19,602grt for Cunard Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1956 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Image attribution: Geli Colorations Cruising off Dubrovnik

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No.312 Silver State launched in 1920

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14,123grt in US Shipping Board from Newport News, Newport News President Jackson 1922 Admiral Oriental USS Zeilin 1940 US Navy President Jackson 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1948 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03003.htm

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No.908 Oriana launched in 1959

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41,915grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow IMO: 5264742 In P&O white from 1964, left the fleet in 1986 Static attraction initially in Japan then China. Scrapped Zhangjiagang, China 2005 after typhoon damage Four Aden views from Steve … Continue reading →

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