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No.1327 Europa launched in 1993

59,914GT for Silja Line from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 8919805 Silja Europa 1993 Silja Line Ordered as the Europa for Slite, then chartered to Viking Line’s rival, Silja Line. Sold to TALLINK in 2006 Image attribution: Kevin McGroarty & Michael Girvan

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No.831 Europa launched in 1951

11,430grt for Lloyd Triestino from Ansaldo, La Spezia Blue Sea 1976 Freighter Fire, sank Jeddah 1976 Image attribution: Les Pivnic, Trevor Jones & my photo My photo, Aden

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No.362 Mongolia launched in 1922

16,385grt for P&O Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Rimutaka 1938 New Zealand Shipping Co Europa 1950 Cia de Nav Incres Panama Nassau 1951 Incres SS Co Acapulco 1961 Cia Nav Turistica Mexicana Scrapped in Osaka 1964 ACAPULCO from Richard MacGregory

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No.852 Kungsholm launched in 1952

21,141grt for Swedish America Line from De Schelde, Vlissingen Europa 1965 North German Lloyd Columbus C 1981 Costa Armatori Sank Cadiz 1984 after hitting the harbour wall, scrapped Barcelona 1985 During her world cruise in 1962 when I first saw … Continue reading

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No.1129 Europa launched in 1980

33,819GT for Hapag-Lloyd by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack IMO: 7822457 Superstar Europe 1999 Star Cruises SuperStar Aries 2000 Star Cruises Holiday Dream 2004 Pullmantur Bleu de France 2008 CDF Croisieres Saga Sapphire 2012 Saga Cruises Blue Sapphire 2020 Anex Tour Image attribution: … Continue reading

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No.473 Europa launched in 1928

51,839grt for North German Lloyd from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Liberté 1946 CGT French Line Scrapped in La Spezia 1962 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color USS Europa Dec 1946 the Liberte broke free from her moorings and hit the wreck … Continue reading

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No.1479 Europa launched in 1999

28,437GT Hapag-Lloyd from Kværner-Masa, Helsinki IMO: 9183855 Image attribution: Christopher Brindle, Darren Simmonds, Peter Ferrary & Tony Davis

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No.535 Europa launched in 1931

10,224grt for East Asiatic Co by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen Bombed Liverpool 1941

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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017

I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading

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