Category Archives: troopship

No.33 Hamburg launched in 1899

10,532grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Red Cross 1914 US Red Cross Hamburg 1914 Hamburg-America Line Powhatan 1917 US Navy New Rochelle 1920 Baltic SS Corp Hudson 1921 United States Lines President Fillmore 1922 Dollar Line Scrapped USA 1928

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No.32 Persic launched in 1899

11,973grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Netherlands 1937

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No.531 Victoria launched in 1930

13,062grt for Lloyd Triestino by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Bombed Gulf of Sidra off Libya in 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color a Joe Wilhelm painting Image from Fausto Iacono‎ Victoria in Aden

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No.31 Saxon launched in 1899

12,970grt for the Union Steam Ship Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Blyth 1935 A Union-Castle liner for nearly all her career after the merger

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No.30 Grosser Kurfürst launched in 1899

13,182grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Aeolus 1917 US Navy City of Los Angeles 1922 Los Angeles SS Co Scrapped Japan 1937

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No.529 Worcestershire launched in 1930

11,45grt for Bibby Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Kannon Maru 1961 C Itoh Scrapped in Osaka 1961 Image from Paul Stathdee

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No.1028 Norland launched in 1973

12,988grt for North Sea Ferries Ltd by AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven SNAV Sicilia 2002 26290 SNAV Scrapped Alang 2010 IMO 7333822 Veteran of the Falklands Conflict Snav Sicilia photo by Mike Temple

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No.528 Reina del Pacifico launched in 1930

17,707grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1958 You can see she had 4 screws in the breakers photo. She was in my father’s convoy in WW2. Leaving Greenock in Nov 1940 via … Continue reading

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No.28 Patricia launched 1899

13,023grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Scrapped England 1921

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No.27 Winifredian launched in 1899

10,405 F.Leyland by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Genoa 1929

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