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No.249 Orbita launched in 1914

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

15,678grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1950

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No.359 Doric launched in 1922

Posted on May 20, 2023 by donships

16,484grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & a photo from Geirangerfjord DORIC & RELIANCE in Copenhagen 1934 Doric in Geirangerfjord

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No.250 Statendam launched 1914

Posted on May 19, 2023 by donships

32,234grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Renamed Justicia 1917 & managed by White Star Line for service as a troopship Torpedoed by UB 64 & UB 124 off Skerrymore 1918 Image: Steve Walker Color As intended – … Continue reading →

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No.393 Minnetonka launched in 1924

Posted on May 18, 2023 by donships

21,998grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Bo’ness 1934 Like her sister, short-lived due to the Depression

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No.256 Belgenland launched in 1914

Posted on May 17, 2023 by donships

27,132grt for Red Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Belgic 1917 White Star Line Belgenland 1923 Red Star Line Columbia 1935 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped in Bo’ness 1936 Image from Steve Walker Color Belgic in early service Belgenland leaving … Continue reading →

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No.265 Lancashire launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

10,391grt in Bibby Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Barrow 1956 This British troopship brought my parents back from Singapore in 1952. Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & one with the Queen Mary Lancashire in Singapore 1952

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No.266 Mahana launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

11,796grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: ClydeMaritime

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No.267 Minnekahda launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

17,221grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1936 Minnekahda in dazzle camouflage, approaching New York on 4 December 1918 with 3,010 U.S. troops aboard

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No.269 Regina launched in 1917

Posted on May 16, 2023 by donships

16,500grt for Dominion Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Westernland 1930 Red Star Line Scrapped in Blyth 1947 Image: Roelant Verhoeven Westernland Antwerp 1930

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No.271 Melita launched in 1917

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

13,967grt for Canadian Pacific by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and Barclay Curle, Glasgow Liguria 1935 Lloyd Triestino Bombed Tobruk 1941 Liguria in Port Said – Library of Congress, Washington

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