Category Archives: passenger liner

No.735 Empire Mercia launched in 1946

11,861grt for Ministry of Transport from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Empire Star 1946 Blue Star Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1971 Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Richard Clack

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No.736 Del Mar launched in 1946

10,073grt for Delta SS Lines by Ingalls, Pascagoula Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 The youngest of the 3 sisters

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No.737 Port Pirie launched in 1946

10,561grt for Port Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Castellon 1972

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No.738 Corinthic launched in 1946

15,682grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection

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No.740 Willem Ruys launched in 1946

23,629grt for Rotterdamsche Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen Achille Lauro 1965 Flotta Lauro Fire, sank Indian Ocean 1994 Named after the grandson of the owner of Rotterdamsche Lloyd, who was killed in the war Willem Ruys in Aden Malta Christmas … Continue reading

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No.902 Rotterdam launched 1958

38,645grt for Holland-America Line by Rotterdamsche DD Mij, Rotterdam Rembrandt 1997 Premier Cruise Line Rotterdam 2004 De Rotterdam Hotel & Museum in Rotterdam Image attribution: Ian Shiffman, Mick Auvache, Tony Davis & me Me with the Compendium of the World’s … Continue reading

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No.821 Vera Cruz launched in 1951

21,765grt for Companhia Colonial de Navegação by Cockerill, Hoboken Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Manuel Albergaria de Santaclara VERA CRUZ of Companhia Colonial de Navegação from Manuel Albergaria de Santaclara

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No.822 Andrea Doria launched 1951

29,083grt for ‘Italia’ SAN Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Collided with the Stockholm, sank off Nantucket 1956 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria Images coloured by Daryl LeBlanc and Steve Walker

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No.824 United States launched 1951

53,329grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News Laid up at Philadelphia Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Steve Walker

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No.903 Leonardo da Vinci launched in 1958

33,340grt ‘Italia’ SAN by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente 1978 returned to La Spezia, Italy to be laid up. Fire started on board on 4 July 1980. The burnt-out hull was later righted and towed to the scrapyard at La Spezia in 1982. … Continue reading

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