Category Archives: Passenger/Cargo

No.266 Mahana launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,796grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: ClydeMaritime

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No.267 Minnekahda launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

17,221grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1936 Minnekahda in dazzle camouflage, approaching New York on 4 December 1918 with 3,010 U.S. troops aboard

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No.268 Ormonde launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

14,853grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Late WW1 photo ORMONDE Melbourne circa 1950 ORMONDE (1917) on her last voyage through the Suez Canal on 9th November 1952

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No.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action

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No.634 Mormacmail launched in 1940

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,086grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA Long Island 1941 US Navy Nelly 1949 Caribbean Land & Shipping Seven Seas 1953 Europa-Canada Line Scrapped in Belgium 1977

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No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm

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No.638 Mormacland launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

13,399grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA HMS Archer 1941 Royal Navy Empire Lagan 1946 Ministry of Transport Anna Salén 1946 Sven Salén Tasmania 1955 Cia Nav Tasmania Union Reliance 1961 China Union Lines Scrapped … Continue reading →

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No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell

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No.272 Minnedosa launched in 1917

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

15,186grt for Canadian Pacific from Harland & Wolff, Belfast and Barclay Curle, Glasgow Piemonte 1935 Lloyd Triestino Bombed Messina 1943 Image attribution: Gordy on Shipspotting

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No.275 Orca launched in 1918

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

16,063grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Calgaric 1927 White Star Line Scrapped in Rosyth 1934 Orca as built in 1918, as a cargo ship Orca in 1921 Calgaric From a frog to a princess

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