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No.138 Megantic launched in 1908

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14,878grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Osaka 1933 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc & Steve Walker Color

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No.137 Otway launched in 1908

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12,077grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by UC 49 off the Hebrides 1917

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No.136 Minnewaska launched in 1908

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14,317grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined Suda Bay 1916

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No.762 Gothic launched in 1947

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15,902grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969 Three photos of her as the Royal Yacht in 1954 Gothic, after the devastating bridge fire

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No.134 Laurentic launched in 1908

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14,892grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined Malin Head 1917 with significant loss of life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Laurentic_(1908)

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No.133 Cleveland launched in 1908

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16,960grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Mobile 1919 US Navy King Alexander 1920 Byron SS Co Cleveland 1923 United American Lines Scrapped Hamburg 1933 The Cleveland in Manila in 1913

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No.132 Berlin launched in 1908

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17,323grt for North German Lloyd from A.G. ‘Weser’, Bremen Arabic 1921 White Star Line Scrapped in Genoa 1931 Postcard from Rudolf Kämmereron the auxiliary cruiser Berlin, interned at Trondheim in Norway. Arabic

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No.131 Cincinnati launched in 1908

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16,339grt for Hamburg-America Line from Schichau, Danzig Covington 1917 US Navy Torpedoed by U 86 in the Atlantic 1918 From Liverpool Museums

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No.810 Kenya launched in 1950

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14,464 British India Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 Sister of the more famous Uganda. Incidentally British India’s Kenya of 1930, later SITMAR’s Castel Felice, was broken up in 1970. Image attribution: Ben Ayre & mine … Continue reading →

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No.809 Augustus launched in 1950

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27,090 ‘Italia’ SAN from Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico, Trieste Great Sea 1976 Great Shipping Ocean King 1980 Ocean King Philippines 1983 Ocean King President 1985 Philippine President Line Asian Princess 1987 Philippine President Line Philippine 1999 Philippine President Line Scrapped … Continue reading →

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