Category Archives: troopship

No.320 Vandyck launched 1921

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13,233grt for Lamport & Holt by Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed Norway 1940

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No.240 Almanzora launched in 1914

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16,034grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1948

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No.440 Andalucia launched 1926

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12,846grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Andalucia Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 107 off Monrovia 1942 Image attribution: A. Duncan, Fraser Darragh Collection & Peter Stacey illustration

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No.880 Nevasa launched in 1955

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20,527grt for British India Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Built as a troopship (yellow funnel), then in late 1962 trooping by sea ended and she was converted into a schools’ cruise ship. (1964 after a long … Continue reading →

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No.720 Marine Jumper launched in 1945

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12,420GT for US Maritime Commission by Kaiser, Vancouver Panama 1966 Litton Industries Scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1987

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No.680 General George M Randall launched 1944

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17,833grt US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1975 From Rich Turnwald

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No.321 Blue Hen State 1921

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10,588grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Garfield 1922 Dollar Line President Madison 1940 American President Lines Kenmore 1942 US Navy Refuge 1942 US Navy President Madison 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Vancouver 1948 … Continue reading →

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No.281 Arundel Castle launched in 1919

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18,980grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hong Kong 1959 Originally built with 4 funnels Image attribution: Ian Shiffman & Jeremy Day

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No.560 Président Doumer launched in 1933

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11,898grt for Messageries Maritimes by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Torpedoed by U 604 off Madeira 1942 http://messageries-maritimes.org/pdtdoumer.htm Image copyright: P Ramona President Doumer on the way to Narvik in WWII

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No.181 Demerara launched in 1911

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11,484grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1st July 1917 torpedoed off La Rochelle but reached port and repaired Scrapped in Japan 1933 Image attribution: https://benjidog.co.uk

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