Category Archives: passenger ship

No.907 Aragon launched in 1959

20,362grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast IMO 5024518 Aranda 1969 Shaw, Savill & Albion Hoegh Traveller 1971 Leif Hoegh Traveller 1980 Leif Hoegh Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1981 Images; Wolfgang Fricke, Mike Cornwall, Tony Price & B … Continue reading

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No.875 Cabo San Roque launched 1955

14,491grt for Ybarra y Cia from Soc Española de Constructions Navales, Bilbao Golden Moon 1977 Growth Maritime Africa-Cuba 1978 Empresa Nacional Mambisa Scrapped in Barcelona 1982 Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Hans-Wilhelm Delfs

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No.839 Monasterio de Guadalupe launched in 1951

10,226grt for Empresa Nacional Elcano by Soc Española de Constructions Navales, Bilbao Guadalupe 1952 Cia Trasatlantica Scrapped in Castellon 1973

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No.708 Admiral Hugh Rodman launched in 1945

17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Maurice Rose 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1997 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22126.htm

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No.709 General C C Ballou launched in 1945

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Brooklyn 1968 Sea Land Service Humacao 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Eastern Light 1981 Eastern Star Maritime Scrapped Kaohsiung 1981 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22157.htm

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No.710 General J C Breckinridge launched in 1945

17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22176.htm

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No.1774 Celebrity Eclipse floated out in 2010

121,878GT for Celebrity Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9404314 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Tony Davis, David Sky & Rob Foy

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No.912 Empress of Canada launched in 1960

27,284grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mardi Gras 1972 Carnival Cruise Line Star of Texas 1994 Gold Star Cruises Lucky Star 1994 Gold Star Cruises Apollon 1995 Royal Olympic Apollo 2003 In lay up and final voyage Scrapped Alang … Continue reading

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No.678 General W F Hase launched in 1943

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Transidaho 1969 Hudson Waterways Carolina 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Scrapped Kaohsiung 1985 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22146.htm

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No.387 Slamat launched in 1923

11,406grt for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Bombed Nauplia 1941 in the Battle of Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Slamat

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