http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11281/tmp2BB-150x200.jpg Built as a freighter/bulkcarrier under yard no 1982 by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan for Asia Merchant Marine Co., South Korea. 06 February 1978 keel laid down 28 May 1978 launched under the name ASIA YUKHO. Tonnage 11.685 gr...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11277/tmp2B8-200x152.jpg Built in 1784 at the Astillero Real at (the yard has gone a long time ago, and the Soviet-built on this site the Puerto Pesquero (fishing port) in Havana, Cuba as a third-rate ship of the line of three decks for the Spanish Nav...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11273/tmp2B7-154x200.jpg The “caique” is used in Mozambique Island area in the north for the transport of cargo and passengers. Carvel-planked; sweeps up to a sharp bow, straight vertical stem; wineglass transom. Often has a castellated ornamentation o...

I have an abandoned shipwreck in the Falkland Islands under the name PROTECTOR III,( as given by Mr. Peter Crichton) which is depict in the margin of this MS. The other vessel is a junk She is mentioned in Lloyds Register 1955/56: Built by Wagstaff & Hatfield, Port Grenville, Nova Scotia, Canada...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11264/SG556-200x126.jpg Name: RMS Viceroy of India Owner: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Ltd. (P & O) Port of Registry: Great Britain Route: London - Bombay and cruising Builder: Alexander Stephen & Sons of Glasgow Yard nu...

EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA 21,850t. A handsome and luxurious liner launched in 1913 as Tirpitz, the largest of a trio ordered by the Hamburg–American Line for a new River Plate service. They were designed as miniature Vaterlands and the two effective funnels similarly split at main-deck level. Tirpitz, ho...

She was wrecked and sank in the Solomon Islands in 2001. All 99 passengers and crew aboard the US-owned World Discoverer were evacuated amid fears the ship was about to capsize. It had struck a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean. The passengers were ferried from the 3,274-tonne World Discoverer to near...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11251/tmp27D-137x200.jpg http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11251/tmp27E-200x140.jpg Built as a wooden sloop-of-war by Bailey at Ipswich for the Royal Navy. 30 July 1805 ordered, October 1805 her keel was laid down. 04 February 1806 launche...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11246/tmp12D-156x200.jpg http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11246/tmp12E-160x200.jpg Our knowledge of the Norse gods has been gleaned from ancient stories, usually called myths. These myths take place in the remote past and often describe t...

Built as a transport under yard No 477 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead for the Government of Argentine. 11 December 1879 launched as the VILLARINO. Tonnage 649 gross, 365 net, displacement 1.192 ton, dim 56.37 x 9.14 x 4.56m., draught 3.20m. Powered by a compound steam engine 800hp., one screw, speed 1...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11237/tmp12A-200x142.jpg Built under yard no 418 as a cargo vessel by the Howaldtswerke at Kiel for M.Jebsen at Alpenrade. 20 December 1904 Launched under the name "MICHAEL JEBSEN". Tonnage 1.521 BRT, dim. 251.1 x 36.1ft. One triple expansion...

Built as an aircraft carrier under yard No 732 by Vicker-Armstrongs, Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy. 27 April 1937 laid down. 05 April 1939 launched as the HMS ILLUSTRIOUS (87) one of the Illustrious class, she was the fourth ship which carried the name ILLUSTRIOUS in the Royal Navy. Displacem...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11223/SG583-200x145.jpg Builder: New York Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down: 1 May 1941 Launched: 22 August 1942 Commissioned: 14 January 1943 Decommissioned: 28 August 1946 Fate: Sunk in weapons testing 1951 General characteristics Class and type: In...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11219/SG581-200x142.jpg Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company, Baltimore, Maryland Launched: 8 July 1939 Sponsored by: Mrs. Harold R. Stark Commissioned: 1 December 1939 Fate: Sold for scrapping, 14 May 1971 General characteristics Class and type: Cimarron-...

http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/11215/tmp11F-200x151.jpg The stamp issued by Cuba gives the SAN PEDRO ALCÁNTARA, there were 2 ships in the Spanish Navy which carried this name, and I am not sure which one is depict. Watercraft Philately give that the first is depict, which could be r...