Category Archives: passenger liner

No.338 Hobsons Bay launched in 1921

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

13,837grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow Esperance Bay 1936 Aberdeen & Commonwealth Scrapped in Faslane 1955 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection

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No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944

Posted on May 21, 2023 by donships

17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping Funtastica 1992 Ares … Continue reading →

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No.649 Steel Artisan launched in 1941

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

12,464grt for US Navy by Western Pipe & Steel Co, San Francisco Barnes 1941 US Navy Attacker 1942 Royal Navy Castel Forte 1952 Sitmar Fairsky 1958 Fairline Shipping Corp (Sitmar) Destroyed by fire 1980, scrapped Hong Kong USS Barnes/HMS Attacker … Continue reading →

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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick

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No.339 Cristóbal Colón launched in 1921

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

10,833grt for Cia Trasatlantica by Soc Espanola de Construction Naval, Ferrol Stranded Bermuda 1936

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No.340 Andania launched in 1921

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

13,950grt for Cunard Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by UA 70 off Iceland 1944 Image attribution: Old Ship Picture Galleries

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No.621 Argentina Maru launched in 1938

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

12,755grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Kaiyo 1943 Japanese Navy Bombed Beppu Bay 1945

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No.623 Panama launched in 1938

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

10,603grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy James Parker 1941 US Army Panama 1946 Panama Railroad President Hoover 1957 American President Lines Regina 1964 Chandris Line Regina Prima 1973 Chandris Scrapped Aliaga 1985 Image attribution: Jack P Lewis … Continue reading →

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No.624 Chrobry launched in 1939

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

11,442grt for Gdynia-America Line by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Bombed Norway 1940 Image attribution: Naviearmatori Chrobry – Bombed Norway 1940

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No.625 Cristobal launched in 1939

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

10,021grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy Scrapped in Brownsville 1981

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