Category Archives: passenger ship

No.756 Pretoria Castle launched in 1947

Posted on May 28, 2023 by donships

28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast S.A. Oranje 1966 South African Marine Corp Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Don Hazeldine & Beken of Cowes

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No.759 Leopoldville launched in 1947

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10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken P.E. Lumumba 1967 Cie Mar Congolaise Scrapped in Rio Grande 1974 Image attribution: JP Hack on Ship Nostalgia

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No.677 Admiral W S Benson launched in 1943

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17,100grt for US Navy Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Daniel I Sultan 1947 US Army Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22120.htm

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No.384 Stuttgart launched in 1923

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13,325grt for North German Lloyd from Vulcan, Stettin Bombed Gdansk/Gdynia 1943

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No.385 Voltaire launched in 1923

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13,248grt for Lamport & Holt by Workman Clark, Belfast Sunk mid-Atlantic by the German raider Thor 1941 General Von Steuben (Norddeutscher Lloyd), SS Voltaire (Lamport and Holt Line) and SS Atlantis (Royal Mail Lines) anchored at Stockholm, Sweden. 1934.

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No.296 Bay State launched in 1920

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14,187grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Madison 1922 Admiral Oriental President Quezon 1939 Philippine Mail Line Ran aground on ship’s delivery voyage (oops), later raised & scrapped Japan 1940

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No.297 Golden State launched in 1920

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14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Newport News, Newport News President Cleveland 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Tasker H. Bliss 1941 US Army Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942 U-130 sank 3 US troopships; Edward Rutledge, Hugh L. Scott … Continue reading →

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No.876 Reina del Mar launched in 1955

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20,234grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Initially chartered, then purchased, by Union-Castle Line, converted and operated as a cruise ship. Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Images: Peter J. Fitzpatrick & Beken of Cowes

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No.1879 Norwegian Joy floated out in 2016

Posted on May 27, 2023 by donships

167,725GT for Norwegian Cruise Line from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9703796 Image attribution: Richard MacGregory

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No.1854 Koningsdam launched in 2015

Posted on May 27, 2023 by donships

99,836GT for Holland-America Line from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9692557 Image attribution: Robert J Azoparda, Peter Ferrary, Erik Ask & Tony Davis

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