Category Archives: passenger ship

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

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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.463 Beaverhill launched in 1927

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10,041grt for Canadian Pacific from Barclay Curle, Glasgow 159.3m x 18.8m 14kts 138 passengers Stranded off St John in 1944, broken up in 1946 Please see this blog, from where I have shared the photos http://thelostvalley.blogspot.com/2013/07/wrecked-in-harbour-loss-of-ss.html

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No.1463 Puyallup launched in 1998

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12,689GT for the State of Washington from Todd Pacific, Seattle IMO: 9137363 Image attribution: Jackie Pritchard, Timothy Kalweit, Neal Chism & Dustin Smith on Marine Traffic

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No.1963 Mardi Gras floated out 24 Jan 2020

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181,808GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Meyer Turku, Turku IMO: 9837444 Image attribution: Pedro Juan Bonilla Bello

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No.1587 Hjaltland launched in 2002

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11,486GT Northlink by Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9244958 Images by Robert MacInnes, George Saunders, John Marshall & Michael Leek on Marine Traffic

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No.1087 Diana II av Slite launched in 1979

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11,537GT Viking Line Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Diana II 1979 Rederi AB Slite Vironia 1994 Nordstrom & Thulin Mare Balticum 1994 Estline Meloodia 1996 Tallink ARV 1 2007 Equinox Offshore Bluefort 2013 Highclere IMO: 7816874 Alang for breaking 5 Oct 2021 … Continue reading →

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No.587 City of Benares launched in 1936

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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

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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.2035 Ferry Rokko launched 31 Mar 2022

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14,200GT for Miyazaki Car Ferry from Naikai Zosen Shipyard, Japan IMO: 9913456 Image attribution: Naikai Zosen; then ToraOyaji, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto & TM on Marine Traffic

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