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Messageries Maritimes ordered three identical ships to be built around the late 1940s to provide passenger and mixed-freight service on a route between
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and SS Laos (all three were nicknamed 'les blancs'/the 'whites' by their crews, because of their colour). She mainly provided passenger service between
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461:Parsons geared turbines
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201:General characteristics
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900:Steamships of France
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657:cruise ship
600:Six-Day War
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578:. In 1961,
560:Philippines
357:Middle East
349:SS Cambodge
333:Ocean Liner
282:Twin screws
214:Cruise Ship
210:Ocean Liner
166:12 May 1974
18:SS Viet Nam
880:1951 ships
874:Categories
824:. Reuters.
808:"Viet Nam"
792:2009-12-27
778:"Cambodge"
711:References
625:. Renamed
480:Suez Canal
408:Marseilles
279:Propulsion
235:(as built)
175:IMO number
838:"5380118"
701:Kaohsiung
693:Singapore
679:in 1972.
611:Pacifique
564:Hong Kong
544:Singapore
540:Sri Lanka
504:Port Said
398:in 1976.
392:Kaohsiung
388:Singapore
384:Pacifique
376:Pacifique
343:in 1953.
335:built in
194:Kaohsiung
190:Singapore
74:Pacifique
649:Cambodge
642:Viet-Nam
634:pilgrims
623:Abeto SA
615:Viet-Nam
607:Viet-Nam
596:Viet-Nam
584:Viet-Nam
580:Viet-Nam
572:Yokohama
524:Djibouti
476:Viet-Nam
465:Viet-Nam
449:Viet-Nam
436:Cambodge
419:Viet-Nam
412:Yokohama
372:Viet-Nam
345:Viet-Nam
328:Viet-Nam
298:Capacity
196:in 1976.
147:Launched
125:Abeto SA
109:Operator
101:Abeto SA
80:Viet-Nam
844:20 June
552:Vietnam
536:Colombo
484:Red Sea
431:Vietnam
423:Dunkirk
337:Dunkirk
331:was an
220:Tonnage
179:5380118
177::
141:Dunkirk
133:Builder
33:History
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640:. The
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556:Manila
548:Saigon
528:Bombay
471:Career
396:Taiwan
382:. The
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355:, the
353:France
255:Length
665:India
661:Alang
653:Greek
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638:Mecca
576:Japan
532:India
520:Yemen
512:Egypt
380:Mecca
365:Japan
313:Notes
292:knots
287:Speed
88:Owner
846:2024
761:ISBN
736:ISBN
683:Fate
619:Laos
570:and
568:Kobe
516:Aden
508:Suez
506:and
457:beam
442:Laos
439:and
427:Nord
410:and
370:The
263:Beam
206:Type
185:Fate
49:Name
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453:GRT
415:via
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240:GRT
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