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No.427 Llandovery Castle launched in 1925

10,609grt for Union-Castle Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped Inverkeithing in 1953

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No.2069 Unnamed floated out 31 October 2023

11,000GT for Unity Line from Remontowa, Gdansk. IMO: 

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No.2066 Ilma floated out 26 Sep 2023

46,750GT for Ritz-Carlton from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO:9967586 Ritz Carlton’s brand new ILMA – photo from Tony Davis

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No.2056 Ala’suinu floated out 28 Mar 2023

42,000GT for Marine Atlantic from CMI Jinling, Weihei, China  IMO: 9946257 Images from NI Ferry site and Jorge Truchom Currently (Apr 2024) being delivered to Canada

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No.1802 Celebrity Silhouette launched in 2011

122,210GT for Celebrity Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen, Tony Davis & Ian Collard

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No.1205 Repubblica di Pisa launched in 1987

39,294GT for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione from Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera IMO 8511691 Pacific Winner 2003 Car Carrier Sea Atef 2009 Abou Merhi Lines Scrapped Alang 2011 She originally carried 54 passengers  Rogério Cordeiro on Ship Spotting

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No.303 Ballarat launched in 1920

13,065grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1935

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No.664 General T H Bliss launched in 1942

10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California A troopship for 3000 troops Seamarr 1942 Calmar SS Co Caroni 1975 Cia An Venezolana Broken up in 1979 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22131.htm

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No.1246 Orange Ace launched in 1989

17,022Gt for Shikoku Kaihatsu Ferry from Imabari Zosen, Imabari IMO: 8819158 Ferry Nadeshiko 3 2005 Asia International Huadong Pearl II 2005 Asia International Shidau 2008 Chang Myung Scrapped Gadani Beach 2019 Image attribution: Austin Park

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No.1193 Finnsailor launched in 1986

20,783GT for Finnlines O/Y from Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk IMO: 8401444 Sailor 2015 Navirail, now Tallink Image attribution: Juhani Mehto

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