Category Archives: passenger liner

No.347 Diomed launched in 1922

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

10,354grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Photo by Basil Feilden

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No.348 Jervis Bay launched in 1922

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

13,839grt for Commonwealth Government from Vickers, Barrow Sunk North Atlantic 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Jervis_Bay Image attribution: http://museumsvictoria.com.au Jervis Bay loading cargo at Adelaide’s Outer Harbour in 1937; Frank and Chris Finney

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No.349 Bendigo launched in 1922

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

13,039grt for P&O Branch Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Barrow 1936 Image attribution: Gordy on Shipspotting Bendigo and Strathnaver at Malta in 1938 From the Old P&O

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No.350 Athenia launched in 1922

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

13,465grt Anchor-Donaldson Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U30 off the Hebrides on the day war was declared 3 September 1939 My father’s photo from the 1930s Athenia departing from Glasgow on her fateful voyage in 1939

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No.718 Vassar Victory launched in 1945

Posted on May 24, 2023 by donships

10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica Scrapped in Castellon 1974

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No.896 Pendennis Castle launched in 1957

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

28,582grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Ocean Queen 1976 Ocean Queen Sindbad 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Sindbad 1 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Iain Jenkins & Chris Howell Ocean Queen … Continue reading →

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No.644 Rio de la Plata launched in 1941

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

13,432grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun Shipbuilding & DD Co, Chester Charger 1941 US Navy Fairsea 1949 Alvion SS Corp (Sitmar) Fire scrapped La Spezia 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/030.htm Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller

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No.642 Vaterland launched in 1940

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

41,000grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Never completed – bombed in Hamburg 1943 In the background on 2nd photo

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No.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm

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No.648 Empire Grace launched in 1941

Posted on May 23, 2023 by donships

13,478grt for Ministry of Transport by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Wairangi 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Ran aground on 14 August 1963 at Kanholmsfjärden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss. Arrived on 25 October 1963 at Faslane for scrapping … Continue reading →

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