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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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No.272 Minnedosa launched in 1917

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

15,186grt for Canadian Pacific from Harland & Wolff, Belfast and Barclay Curle, Glasgow Piemonte 1935 Lloyd Triestino Bombed Messina 1943 Image attribution: Gordy on Shipspotting

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No.273 Conte Rosso launched in 1917

Posted on May 15, 2023 by donships

15,000grt for Lloyd Sabaudo by Beardmore, Glasgow Converted to an aircraft carrier HMS Argus 1918 Royal Navy Sold to Thos. W. Ward Dec 1946 & arrived at Inverkeithing to be broken up

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No.424 Conte Biancamano launched in 1925

Posted on May 13, 2023 by donships

24,416grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow USS Hermitage 1942 US Navy Conte Biancamano 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Biancamano Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Don Gammon USS Hermitage Image attribution: Don Gammon

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No.236 Missanabie launched in 1914

Posted on May 12, 2023 by donships

12,469grt for Canadian Pacific from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed UB 87 off Cobh 1918

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No.221 Llandovery Castle launched in 1913

Posted on May 12, 2023 by donships

11,423 Union-Castle Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 86 off Fastnet 1918

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No.207 Alsatian launched in 1913

Posted on May 10, 2023 by donships

18,485grt for Allan Line from Beardmore, Glasgow Empress of France 1919 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Dalmuir 1934 Image from George Duncan

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No.140 Osterley launched in 1909

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

12,129grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co by London & Glasgow Ship Building, Govan Scrapped in Glasgow 1930

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No.810 Kenya launched in 1950

Posted on May 3, 2023 by donships

14,464 British India Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 Sister of the more famous Uganda. Incidentally British India’s Kenya of 1930, later SITMAR’s Castel Felice, was broken up in 1970. Image attribution: Ben Ayre & mine … Continue reading →

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No.128 Orcoma launched in 1908

Posted on May 2, 2023 by donships

11,533grt for Pacific Steam Navigation Co by Beardmore, Glasgow Scrapped in Blyth 1933

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