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No.198 Nestor launched in 1912

14,501grt for Blue Funnel Line by Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1950

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No.197 Ixion launched in 1912

10,221grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Torpedoed by U 94 off Iceland 1941

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No.176 Talthybius launched in 1911

10,224grt Blue Funnel Line from Scott’s, Greenock Taruyasu Maru 1942 Japan Empire Evenlode 1947 Ministry of War Transport Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1949 An interesting history, sank in Singapore and raised by the Japanese, later mined, sank and raised by … Continue reading

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No.771 Peleus launched in 1948

10,096 Blue Funnel Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead IMO 5273298 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

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No.774 Pyrrhus launched in 1948

10,093grt for Blue Funnel Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972

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No.159 Anchises launched in 1911

10,046grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Ireland 1941 On 27th February 1941 she was damaged and lost power following an air attack by a Focke-Wolf FW200 Condor off Bloody Foreland, Ireland. A total of 134 … Continue reading

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No.156 Ascanius launched in 1910

10,048grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast San Giovannino 1949 Cia de Nav Florencia Scrapped in La Spezia 1953 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & John Oxley Library

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No.151 Aeneas launched in 1910

10,049grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Devon 1940

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No.789 Perseus launched in 1949

10,109grt for Blue Funnel Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image from Kevin Blair Image from Malcolm Cranfield Image from George Robinson

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No.786 Hector launched in 1949

10,125grt for Blue Funnel Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Image attribution: Fotoflite Image by Trevor Jones

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