Category Archives: passenger ship

No.911 Infante dom Henrique launched in 1960

23,306grt for Cia Colonial from Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) IMO 5160805 Vasco da Gama 1988 Star Sea Vasco da Gama 1991 Seawind Cruise Line Seawind Crown 1995 Seawind Cruise Barcelona 2003 Barcelona IMO 5160805 Scrapped Guangzhou 2004 Image attribution: Nuno Bartolemieu, … Continue reading

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No.1182 Karl Carstens launched in 1986

12,829GT for Bundesminister für Verkehr Deutsche Bundesbahn from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel IMO: 8420115 Karl 2001 whilst awaiting sale Helix Producer I 2008 Storage Ship Completely transformed now into an Offshore Vessel Images from Pieter Inpyn and Dragec

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No.1183 Konstantin Chernenko launched in 1986

12,798GT for USSR Far East Shipping Co from Stocznia Szczecinska, Szczecin IMO: 8325432 Russ 1988 Pacific Cruise Line SC Atlantic 2010 S Continental Ocean Atlantic 2012 Ocean Atlantic Partners Despite the news that she was renamed Polar Angel for Positive Polar, … Continue reading

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No.1184 Astor launched in 1986

20,159GT for the Marlan Corp Ltd from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel IMO: 8506373 Fedor Dostoevskiy 1988 Black Sea Shipping Astor 1995 Transocean Tours Was to be Jules Verne in 2021 for CMV but was cancelled Arrived Aliaga to be broken up 23 … Continue reading

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No.1235 La Fayette launched in 1988

14,745GT for Club Med from Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre IMO: 8700785 Club Med 1 1989 Club Med Wind Surf 1998 Windstar Cruises Image attribution: Peter Ferrary, John Gibbard & Tony Davis

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No.1236 Palladio launched in 1989

10,977GT for Adriatica di Navigazione SpA by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 8705694 Scrapped Aliaga 2016 Image attribution: Massimiliano Cortese & 3 other named images from Marine Traffic

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No.1237 Bretagne launched in 1989

25,015GT for Brittany Ferries from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8707329 Rosalind Franklin 2025 Baleària (Named for a woman who contributed to our understanding of the molecular structure of DNA.) Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, RichardCD and Ethan Gigg

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No.1238 Olau Hollandia launched in 1989

33,336GT for Olau Line by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven IMO: 8712518 Pride of Le Havre 1994 P&O European Ferries SNAV Sardegna 2005 SNAV GNV Cristal 2017 GNV GNV Image: airaviation2000

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No.1351 is 50 Let Pobedy (50 Years of Victory) launched in 1993

23,439GT for Rosatomflot from Baltiyskiy Zavod, St Petersburg IMO: 9152959 A passenger carrying ice breaker. Accommodation for 128 Image attribution: Photo from Wikipedia, D Lobusov and Poseidon

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No.1353 Ferry Shirakaba launched in 1994

20,554GT for Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co Ltd by I H I Tokyo IMO: 9066784 Golden Pearl 6 2017 Mongolian Flag Mutiara Ferindo 7 2017 Atosim Lampung Pelayaran PT ALP Image attribution: TKS & 4 other named images on Marine Traffic

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