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No.586 Pretoria launched in 1936

Posted on April 25, 2023 by donships

17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy Scrapped Taiwan 1987 … Continue reading →

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No.68 Athenic launched in 1901

Posted on April 22, 2023 by donships

12,234 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Pelagos 1928 Pelagos A/S (a whaling factory ship) Scrapped Hamburg 1962 She was captured by the German Raider SS Pinguin on Jan 15, 1941 along with other factory ship, one depot … Continue reading →

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No.591 Wilhelm Gustloff launched in 1937

Posted on April 21, 2023 by donships

25,484grt for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. A Strength Through Joy cruise ship. Torpedoed by Soviet submarine S 13 off Stolpmunde in 1945 with terrible losses Image attribution: Steve Walker Color

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No.64 Blücher launched in 1901

Posted on April 21, 2023 by donships

12,334grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Leopoldina 1917 Brazilian Government Suffren 1923 CGT French Line Scrapped Genoa 1929 Image copyright: Liverpool Maritime Museum

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No.63 Moltke launched in 1901

Posted on April 21, 2023 by donships

12,335grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Pesaro 1915 Lloyd Sabaudo Scrapped Italy 1925 Liverpool Maritime Museum Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command

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No.962 Hamburg launched in 1968

Posted on April 21, 2023 by donships

25,022grt for German Atlantic Line from Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Hanseatic 1973 German Atlantic Line Maxim Gorkiy 1974 Black Sea SS Co IMO:6810627 Scrapped Alang 2009 – renamed MAXIM M for her final voyage to the breakers yard. Was also the … Continue reading →

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No.487 Milwaukee launched in 1929

Posted on April 20, 2023 by donships

16,699grt Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Waveney 1945 Ministry of Transport Fire in Liverpool 1946, scrapped Dalmuir & Troon 1947

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No.1489 Olympic Voyager launched in 1999

Posted on April 19, 2023 by donships

24391GT for Royal Olympic Cruises from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Olympia Voyager 2001 Royal Olympic Cruises Voyager 2004 Iberojet Grand Voyager 2005 Iberocruceros Costa Voyager 2013 Costa Crociere SpA Chinese Taishan 2014 Bohai Cruise Company IMO: 9183506 Image attribution: Andreas … Continue reading →

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No.1058 Kronprins Harald launched in 1975

Posted on April 19, 2023 by donships

12,750grt for Anders Jahre by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg Hamburg 1987 Det Forenede D/S Admiral of Scandinavia 1997 Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) Caribbean Express 2003 Ferries del Caribe Scrapped Alang 2011 IMO 7400778 Image copyright: Wolfgang Barnitzke

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No.55 Deutschland launched in 1900

Posted on April 18, 2023 by donships

16,502grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Victoria Luise 1911 Hamburg-America Line Hansa 1921 Hamburg-America Line Scrapped Hamburg 1925 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color

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