Category Archives: passenger liner

No.844 Pierre Loti launched in 1952

Posted on May 4, 2023 by donships

10,945grt for Messageries Maritimes from Arsenal de Brest Olympia 1970 CS Efthymiadis Patra 1972 CS Efthymiadis Chrysovalandou II 1978 Vanieros Ultramar Eros 1979 Amelia Martin Cia Nav Scrapped Kynosoura, Salamina Image attribution: Bunts & Chris Howell on Ship Spotting Eros

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No.170 Cap Finisterre launched in 1911

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14,503grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg USS Cap Finisterre & then a Japanese War Prize Taiyo Maru 1920 Toyo Kisen KK Torpedoed US submarine Grenadier off Japan 1942 Image from Rich Turnwald

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No.169 Ballarat launched in 1911

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11,120grt for P & O Line Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 32 off Wolf Rock 1917 Image attribution: Australian War Memorial

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No.168 Zealandic launched in 1911

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10,898grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mamilius 1926 Aberdeen Line Mamari 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion HMS Hermes 1940 Royal Navy ( a dummy ship for the aircraft carrier) Bombed Cromer 1941 Maamilius Mamari HMS Hermes

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No.167 Laconia launched in 1911

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18,099grt for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 50 off Fastnet 1917 Image attribution: http://gjenvick.com

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No.166 Rochambeau launched in 1911

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12,678grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Scrapped in Dunkirk 1934

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No.165 Remuera launched in 1911

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11,276 New Zealand Shipping Company by Denny, Dumbarton Bombed off Rattray Head 1940, Aberdeenshire

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No.164 Demosthenes launched in 1911

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11,233 Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Newcastle 1931

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No.842 Braemar Castle launched in 1952

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

17,029grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1966 2nd Image attribution: John Gibbard Braemar Castle in Aden Braemar Castle in the Suez Canal

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No.790 Rio Tunuyan launched in 1949

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

11,317 Flota Mercante del Estado by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Evita 1952 Flota Mercante del Estado Rio Tunuyan 1955 FANU Scrapped in San Pedro 1977 RIO TUNUYAN (ex. EVITA) a Victor Scriven slide from Rich Turnwald

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