Category Archives: passenger liner

No.113 Corsican launched in 1907

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

11,436grt for Allan Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Marvale 1922 Canadian Pacific On May 21, 1923, the Marvale , with 437 passengers and crew, ran aground in thick fog at the entrance to Trepassey Bay at Cape Pine, about 25 … Continue reading →

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No.112 Kronprinzessin Cecilie launched in 1906

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19,360grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Mount Vernon 1917 US Shipping Board Scrapped Baltimore 1940 Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor, Maine with black funnel tops painted in order to imitate the British liner Olympic USAT Mount Vernon at … Continue reading →

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No.111 Mauretania launched in 1906

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31,938 tons for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Rosyth 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Daryl LeBlanc

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No.410 Comorin launched in 1924

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15,116grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Fire mid-Atlantic Apr 1941. As the fire was out of control she was shelled and sunk by HMS Lincoln Image from Norman Stewart Two images from Rich Turnwald

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No.409 Cathay launched in 1924

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15,104grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Bombed Bougie 1942 Image attribution: Allan C. Green State Library of Victoria In Aden

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No.408 Monte Olivia launched in 1924

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13,750grt for for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1945 Her wreck was refloated on June 12th, 1946 and scrapped in 1948 MS Monte Olivia sailing out of Antwerp. circa 1928 Image from Rich Turnwald Kungsholm … Continue reading →

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No.407 Razmak launched in 1924

Posted on May 1, 2023 by donships

10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime

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No.405 Antenor launched in 1924

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11,174grt for Blue Funnel Line by Palmers, Newcastle Scrapped in Blyth 1953 Image from Kevin Blair

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No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924

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16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

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No.403 Statendam launched in 1924

Posted on April 30, 2023 by donships

29,511grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Bombed Rotterdam 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Percy Loomis Sperr

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