Category Archives: ocean liner

No.88 Marmora launched in 1903

10,509grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by UB 64 off Ireland 1918 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection Imperial War Museum photo

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Columbus launched in 1903

15378grt for Dominion Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast 178.3m x 20.6m 16kts and accommodation for 2000 passengers First voyage as the Republic 1903 White Star Line Sank Nantucket 1909 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Republic_(1903) Steve Walker Color White Star Line’s ill-fated REPUBLIC, seen … Continue reading

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No.587 City of Benares launched in 1936

11,081get for Ellerman Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed by U48 N Atlantic 1940 A most tragic event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares 1st image from Shipping Magazine

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No.87 Mongolia launched in 1903

13,639grt for Pacific Mail SS Co by New York SB, Camden President Fillmore 1929 Dollar Line Panamanian 1940 Cia Transatlantica Scrapped Hong Kong 1946

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No.464 Duchess of Atholl launched in 1927

20,119grt for Canadian Pacific from Beardmore, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 178 off Ascension Island in 1942 The ship took my father to Suez via Freetown and Durban in Dec 1940 in Convoy WS 4B

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No.586 Pretoria launched in 1936

17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy Scrapped Taiwan 1987 … Continue reading

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No.86 Minnesota launched in 1903

20,602grt for Great Northern SS Co from Eastern SB, New London Troy 1919 US Navy Minnesota 1919 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped Germany 1924

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No.585 Dunvegan Castle launched in 1936

15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 46 off Ireland 1940 Sister ship of the Dunnottar Castle which sailed for 68 years Image attribution: BandcStaffRegister

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No.85 United States launched in 1903

10,095grt for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Leghorn 1935 UNITED STATES in New York for Copenhagen on her final voyage, November 1934. Percy L Sperr

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No.465 Nieuw Holland launched in 1927

10,903grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam IMO: 5606875 Scrapped in Hong Kong 1958

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