Category Archives: ocean liner

No.31 Saxon launched in 1899

12,970grt for the Union Steam Ship Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Blyth 1935 A Union-Castle liner for nearly all her career after the merger

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No.30 Grosser Kurfürst launched in 1899

13,182grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Aeolus 1917 US Navy City of Los Angeles 1922 Los Angeles SS Co Scrapped Japan 1937

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No.29 König Albert launched 1899

10,643grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan,Stettin Ferdinando Palasciano 1915 Hospital ship Italia 1923 Navigazione Generale Italiana Scrapped Italy 1926

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No.528 Reina del Pacifico launched in 1930

17,707grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1958 You can see she had 4 screws in the breakers photo. She was in my father’s convoy in WW2. Leaving Greenock in Nov 1940 via … Continue reading

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No.28 Patricia launched 1899

13,023grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Scrapped England 1921

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No.853 Henri-Poincaré launched in 1952

11,349 Chargeurs Réunis from Penhoët, St Nazaire Galileo Ferraris 1957 ‘Italia’ SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1979 Image attribution: Collection – jfm.fr & Walter E Frost

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No.1027 Prinsessan Birgitta launched in 1973

Prinsessan Birgitta 1973 13,289 Rederi Ragne, Wärtsilä, Turku Stena Scandinavica 1982 Stena Scandinavica 1988 Sealink Tarek L 1989 Cotunav Scandinavica 1989 Venus 1990 Color Line King of Scandinavia 1994 DFDS Cesme 2002 Wind Ambition 2010 Prince 2018 IMO: 7347548 Arrived Chittagong … Continue reading

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No.527 Monte Pascoal launched in 1930

13,870 Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scuttled Skagerrak 1946 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Image from Rich Turnwald

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No.27 Winifredian launched in 1899

10,405 F.Leyland by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Genoa 1929

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No.1992 Silver Dawn floated out 14 Jan 2021

40,844GT for Silversea Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9857937 Image attribution: Silversea Cruises, Claudio Ritossa & Tony Davis

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