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No.233 Britannic launched in 1914

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48,158 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined Aegean 1916 Younger sister of the Olympic and Titanic Image attribution: Steve Walker Color By Darly LeBlanc color

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No.235 Zeppelin launched in 1914

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14,167grt for North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Ormuz 1920 Orient SN Co Dresden 1927 North German Lloyd Stranded Stavanger 1934 Ein Matrose der kaiserlichen Kriegsmarine, with the Zeppelin bhind

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No.236 Missanabie launched in 1914

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12,469grt for Canadian Pacific from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed UB 87 off Cobh 1918

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No.237 Transylvania launched in 1914

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14,315 Cunard Line (later Anchor Line) by Scott’s, Greenock Torpedoed U63 off Genoa 1917 Transylvania sinking in 1917

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No.238 Sphinx launched in 1914

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11,375grt for Messageries Maritimes from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Subiaco 1940 Italian capture Bombed Genoa 1942 (Kludas). May 1943 : transferred to Germans. Sent to Genoa and became Italian ship Subiaco. Bombed in night 4 – … Continue reading →

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No.239 Massilia launched in 1914

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15,147grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer Sunk Marseille 1944, scrapped at La Seyne Massilia was the Roman city on the site of what is now Marseille

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No.222 Orduña launched in 1913

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15,507grt for Pacific Steam Nav Co and built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1951 My photos and Stephen Carey’s – My parents waving off Orduna, Singapore Model photo from Stephen Tindle

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No.223 Ulysses launched in 1913

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14,499grt for Blue Funnel Line by Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U160 off Palm Beach 1942

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No.224 André Lebon launched in 1913

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13,682grt for Messageries Maritimes from Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Scrapped La Ciotat 1952 http://messageries-maritimes.org/alebon.htm The André Lebon as a  hospital ship 1916-18 – P Ramona The André Lebon in August 1918 in Vladivostok – P Ramona

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No.225 Patria launched in 1913

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11,885grt for Cyprien Fabre by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne Sabotaged Haifa 1940 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color Fabre Line’s PATRIA R.A. Snook via Rich Turnwald Fabre Line’s PATRIA, mid-1930s. from Rich Turnwald

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