Category Archives: passenger liner

No.590 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1937

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

36,982grt for Holland-America Line by Rotterdamsche DD Mij, Rotterdam Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Daryl LeBlanc & Ben Ayre

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No.589 Orcades launched in 1936

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

23,456grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Torpedoed by U 172 off South Africa 1942 Sister ship was the Orion (No.565) Orcades model from David Gilbert

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No.89 Macedonia launched in 1903

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

10,512grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Japan 1931

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No.462 Ausonia launched in 1927

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

12,955grt for Società Italiana di Transporti Marittimi Raggio & Co from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Fire 1935, scrapped Trieste Owned at the time of her loss by Lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in … Continue reading →

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No.588 Windhuk launched in 1936

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

16,662grt for Woermann Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Lejeune 1943 US Navy Scrapped in Portland 1966 Sister of the Pretoria, later Empire Orwell (No.586) Windhuk, two paintings by Klaus Roskam USS Lejeune

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No.88 Marmora launched in 1903

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10,509grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by UB 64 off Ireland 1918 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection Imperial War Museum photo

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Columbus launched in 1903

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

15378grt for Dominion Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast 178.3m x 20.6m 16kts and accommodation for 2000 passengers First voyage as the Republic 1903 White Star Line Sank Nantucket 1909 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Republic_(1903) Steve Walker Color White Star Line’s ill-fated REPUBLIC, seen … Continue reading →

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No.587 City of Benares launched in 1936

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

11,081get for Ellerman Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed by U48 N Atlantic 1940 A most tragic event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares 1st image from Shipping Magazine

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No.87 Mongolia launched in 1903

Posted on April 26, 2023 by donships

13,639grt for Pacific Mail SS Co by New York SB, Camden President Fillmore 1929 Dollar Line Panamanian 1940 Cia Transatlantica Scrapped Hong Kong 1946

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No.464 Duchess of Atholl launched in 1927

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

20,119grt for Canadian Pacific from Beardmore, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 178 off Ascension Island in 1942 The ship took my father to Suez via Freetown and Durban in Dec 1940 in Convoy WS 4B

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