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No.1051 Nils Holgersson launched in 1974

12,527grt for TT-Line GmbH & Co by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg Abel Tasman 1985 Transport Tasmania Pollux 1994 Ventouris Ferries Theofilos 1995 Maritime Co Lesvos Laid up for some time Ilos 2022 Breakers Arrived Aliaga 16 May 2022 Nils Holgersson from Hans … Continue reading

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No.551 Manhattan launched in 1931

24,289grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Wakefield 1941 US Navy Scrapped Kearny, NJ 1965 Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color – MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach Florida 12 Jan 1941 Manhattan outbound for Europe Oil painting … Continue reading

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No.51 Prinzess Irene launched in 1900

10,881grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Pocahontas 1917 US Navy Bremen 1923 North German Lloyd Karlsruhe 1928 North German Lloyd Scrapped Germany 1932

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No.997 Orion launched in 1972

14975grt for Taiyo Ferry from Hayashikane, Shimonoseki Ferry Nishiki Maru 1980 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry Orion 1984 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry View of Nagasaki 1989 Glory Shipping Daedalus 1989 Minoan Line Riviera Adriatica 2005 Adria Ferries Claudia Prima 2012 Adria Ferries Caribbean … Continue reading

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No.1496 Blue Star 1 launched 1999

29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9197105 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco

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No.1978 Aura Seaways launched 31 Aug 2020

54,900GT for DFDS from Guangzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou IMO: 9851036 Image attribution: Manfred Sesemann, Nils Herforth & Gena Anfimov on Marine Traffic

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No.1550 Golfo dei Delfini launched in 2001

17,150GT for Lloyd Sardegna by Szczecin Shipyard, Stettin Dana Sirena 2002 22382 DFDS Seaways Sirena Seaways 2013 DFDS Seaways Baie de Seine 2015 Brittany Ferries Sirena Seaways 2020 Image copyright: Meijer on Marine Traffic Image Vitor Francisco

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No.1050 Cunard Conquest launched 1975

17,586 tons for Cunard Line by Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen. Interior fittings were subsequently installed at the Navali Mechaniche Affini in La Spezia, Italy Cunard Princess 1976 Cunard Line Rhapsody 1995 StarLauro Golden Iris 2009 Mano Maritime Gold Club 2021 … Continue reading

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No.550 Georgic launched in 1931

27,759grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1956 Originally with 2 funnels, rebuilt after significant war damage Rich Turnwald photo Georgic 1952 Photo Louis O. Gorman Steve Walker color

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No.50 Vaderland launched in 1900

12,018 Red Star Line by John Brown, Clydebank Southland 1915 Red Star Line Torpedoed by U 70 off Tory Island, Ireland Renamed during the Great War as the Dutch word Vaderland was considered too similar to the German Vaterland. Image … Continue reading

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