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No.636 Yawata Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

17,128grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Unyo 1942 Japanese Navy Torpedoed by USS Barb in the China Sea 1944 Image attribution: Larry & Harlan Rief (Mrs Rief in the photo at San Francisco 1941) The carrier Unyo

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No.634 Mormacmail launched in 1940

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,086grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA Long Island 1941 US Navy Nelly 1949 Caribbean Land & Shipping Seven Seas 1953 Europa-Canada Line Scrapped in Belgium 1977

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No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm

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No.638 Mormacland launched in 1939

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13,399grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA HMS Archer 1941 Royal Navy Empire Lagan 1946 Ministry of Transport Anna Salén 1946 Sven Salén Tasmania 1955 Cia Nav Tasmania Union Reliance 1961 China Union Lines Scrapped … Continue reading →

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No.639 Stockholm launched in 1940

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29,307grt intended for Swedish-America Line from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Sabaudia 1941 Italia SAN Bombed Trieste 1944, scrapped by 1949

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No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell

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No.614 Mauretania launched in 1938

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

35,738grt for Cunard-White Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1965 Coloured by Daryl LeBlanc Mauretania as a troopship Mauretania in cruising green

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No.2055 Sun Princess floated out 9 Mar 2023

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

175,000GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO:9000259 Sun Princess is the largest ship built so far in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri Image attribution: Fincantieri Image attribution:Kyrylo Nikiforenko

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No.1708 Zhong Tie Bohai 3 Hao launched in 2007

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

25,380GT for Sinorail Bohai Train from Xingang Shipyard, Tianjin IMO: 9399375 Image attribution: Gena Anfimov

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No.1709 Costa Pacifica launched in 2007

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

114,288GT for Costa Crociere SpA from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9378498 Image attribution: Luiz Fernando Hornstein, Peter Ferrary, Tony Davis & David Sky

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