501. LYTTELTON II (1939/303grt/LR No. 5215521) - Lyttelton II's engines, boilers and engineroom section of her hull have all been removed intact after acquisition by the Melbourne Steam Traction... Date: 21 February 2007 Image ID 3796
502. LYTTELTON II (1939/303grt/LR No. 5215521) as the scrappers torches relentlessly cut away her plating, the massive boilers of the steam tug are revealed. Date: 21 January 2007 Image ID 3668
503. LYTTELTON II (1939/303grt/LR No. 5215521) now rapidly falling victim to the scrapper torches, reveals her massive boilers on the slipway in Geelong, Australia. Date: 21 January 2007 Image ID 3669
504. LYTTELTON II (1939/303grt/LR No: 5215521) - the final section of Lyttelton II's hull lies sad and forlorn on the slip at Geelong, Australia as the scrappers torches bring to a close a long and... Date: 28 January 2007 Image ID 3676
505. MADAME BUTTERFLY (1981/50681grt/IMO 7917551) berthing in Southampton, England in fog on a cold autumn day as the general cargo vessel LOMZA (1980/3127grt/IMO 7725570. Renamed FLIPPER, NAZMI ABI.... Date: September 1999 Image ID 2499
507. MAERSK PELEPAS (2000/32214grt/IMO 9225419, ex-SAFMARINE IBHAYI, HEIKE. Renamed OOCL BANGKOK, HEIKE P), outbound from Auckland, New Zealand. Scrapped 2016. Date: 27 February 2005 Image ID 517
508. MAERSK PELEPAS (2000/32214grt/IMO 9225419, ex-SAFMARINE IBHAYI, HEIKE. Renamed OOCL BANGKOK, HEIKE P) sailing from Auckland, NZ. Scrapped October 2016. Date: 27 February 2005 Image ID 518
509. MAGIC WAVE (1980/51770grt/IMO 7907532, ex-MAERSK WAVE. Scrapped 2010) berths at Capt. Cook Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 9 September 2004 Image ID 2507
510. MAGIC WAVE (1980/51770grt/IMO 7907532, ex-MAERSK WAVE. Scrapped 2010) assisted by the tugs WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) and WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084), berths in Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 9 September 2004 Image ID 2508
511. MAGIC WIND (1981/23304grt/IMO 7907544, ex-MAERSK WIND. Broken up 2011), Auckland, NZ. Date: 27 August 2004 Image ID 2509
512. MAGIC WIND (1981/23304grt/IMO 7907544, ex-MAERSK WIND. Scrapped 2011) outbound from Auckland, NZ. Date: 27 August 2004 Image ID 2510
513. MAGIC WIND (1981/23304grt/IMO 7907544, ex-MAERSK WIND. Scrapped 2011) sailing from Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 27 August 2004 Image ID 2511
514. MAGIC WIND (1981/23304grt/IMO 7907544, ex-MAERSK WIND. Scrapped 2011), berthing Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 21 March 2006 Image ID 3281
515. MAHINABANK (1983/18633grt/IMO 8013077, ex-SPEYBANK, OKHA). Scrapped 2009. Date: 11 June 2007 Image ID 4002
516. MAHINABANK (1983/18633grt/IMO 8013077, ex-SPEYBANK, OKHA). Scrapped 2009. Date: 11 June 2007 Image ID 4003
517. MAHINABANK (1983/18633grt/IMO 8013077, ex-SPEYBANK, ex-OKHA. Scrapped 2009) arrives in Auckland, New Zealand from Tahiti for the final time, bringing to a close a service which began over 100 years... Date: 1 September 2009 Image ID 5805
518. MAHINABANK (1983/18633grt/IMO 8013077, ex-SPEYBANK, ex-OKHA. Scrapped 2009) arrives in Auckland, New Zealand from Tahiti for the final time, bringing to a close a service which began over 100 years... Date: 1 September 2009 Image ID 5806
519. MAHINABANK (1983/18633grt/IMO 8013077, ex-SPEYBANK, ex-OKHA. Scrapped 2009) arrives in Auckland, New Zealand from Tahiti for the final time, bringing to a close a service which began over 100 years... Date: 1 September 2009 Image ID 5807
520. MAIRANGI BAY (1978/43674grt/IMO 7417563), final call at Auckland, NZ. She was scrapped in 2002. Date: 14 May 2002 Image ID 519
521. MAIRANGI BAY (1978/43674grt/IMO 7417563), final call at Auckland, NZ before being scrapped. The Ports of Auckland tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) assists. Date: 14 May 2002 Image ID 520
522. MAIRANGI BAY (1978/43674grt/IMO 7417563), final call, Auckland, NZ. She was scrapped in 2002. Date: 14 May 2002 Image ID 521
523. MAIRANGI BAY (1978/43674grt/IMO 7417563) arriving in Auckland, New Zealand. She was scrapped in 2002. Date: 1995 Image ID 522
524. MAJESTY OF THE SEAS (1992/74077grt/IMO 8819512. Renamed MAJESTY OF OCEANS) on her delivery voyage, berths at Southampton, England prior to her naming ceremony. As of December 2021 she is laid up in... Date: 1992 Image ID 1466
525. MARBLE HIGHWAY (1984/33131grt/IMO 8316455. Scrapped 2009) inbound at Southampton, England, makes for her berth at the western docks vehicle terminal. Date: November 2000 Image ID 2514
526. MARCO POLO (1979/3197grt/IMO 7821051) working in conjunction with CRISTOFORO COLOMBO (1994/8123grt/IMO 9055929. Grounded in 2004. Total loss), both owned by Jan de Nul of Belgium, seen during channel... Date: October 1996 Image ID 808
527. MARCO POLO (1979/3197grt/IMO 7821051) working in conjunction with CRISTOFORO COLOMBO (1994/8123grt/IMO 9055929. Grounded 2004. Total loss), both owned by Jan de Nul of Belgium, seen during channel... Date: October 1996 Image ID 809
528. MARGARET HILL (1974/71804grt/IMO 7368841, ex-HOEGH GALLEON, MYSTIC LADY, ASAKE MARU, POLLENGER, LNG CHALLENGER. Renamed CHILL in 2010) - seen here laid up in Southampton, England. She is equipped to... Date: 1 April 2009 Image ID 5308
529. MARIA ASSUMPTA seen moored at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. At 137 years old, she was the world's oldest operational square-rigger when she sank with the loss of three lives in May 1995 off Pentire... Date: August 1992 Image ID 2177
530. MATA K (1983/16320gt/25570dwt/IMO 8203361/ex-CLARE, CORATO. Renamed MATROSE, KATERINA, MAGDA T, CUSTODIA HELLAS, SWIFT CRO, D OCEAN) at right, and JUNE S (1977/21107gt/37528dwt/IMO 7420247/ex-NINA S,... Date: 1990's Image ID 221
531. MATA K (1983/16320gt/25570dwt/IMO 8203361/ex-CLARE, CORATO. Renamed MATROSE, KATERINA, MAGDA T, CUSTODIA HELLAS, SWIFT CRO, D OCEAN) on right, and JUNE S (1977/21107gt/37528dwt/IMO 7420247/ex-NINA S,... Date: 1990's Image ID 222
533. MATHILDE SCHULTE (2015/IMO 9676709/27279gt/30337dwt/2339TEU/ex-CMA CGM Brazil) departs Auckland bound for Tauranga near to the close of racing during Auckland’s Anniversary Day Regatta. She is... Date: 29 January 2024 Image ID 13352
534. MATUA (1982/2657grt/IMO 8120868, ex-MANU SAMOA, FORUM RAROTONGA, RAROTONGAN ROVER II, MAELIFELL, KATYA, ALEX, STENHOLM. Renamed SDK ITALY, DAGGER. Broken up 2012) alongside at Auckland's Freyberg... Date: 17 February 2007 Image ID 3791
535. MATUA (1982/2657grt/IMO 8120868, ex-MANU SAMOA, FORUM RAROTONGA, RAROTONGAN ROVER II, MAELIFELL, KATYA, ALEX, STENHOLM. Renamed SDK ITALY, DAGGER) outbound from Auckland bound for the Pacific Islands. Date: 27 October 2008 Image ID 4928
536. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II) bathed in early morning sun, arrives in Auckland, NZ from Rarotonga for a three... Date: 3 March 2001 Image ID 1469
537. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II) bathed in early morning sun, arrives in Auckland, NZ from Rarotonga for a three... Date: 3 March 2001 Image ID 1470
538. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II) bathed in early morning sun, arrives in Auckland, NZ. As of 30 November 2008,... Date: 4 March 2006 Image ID 3225
539. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II) bathed in early morning sun, arrives in Auckland, NZ. As of 30 November 2008,... Date: 4 March 2006 Image ID 3226
540. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II), makes an evening departure from Southampton, England, passing the reefer GREEN... Date: 1997 Image ID 7127
541. MAXIM GORKIY (1969/24220grt/IMO 6810627, ex-MAKSIM GORKIY, HANSEATIC, HAMBURG. Was to have been renamed MARCO POLO II), makes an evening departure from Southampton, England. As of 30 November 2008,... Date: 1997 Image ID 7128
542. MELANESIAN CHIEF (1990/10352gt/13387dwt/IMO 8809191, ex-CORAL CHIEF, PACIFIC HARMONY) sails from Auckland in the twilight of her career. She was broken up soon after this picture. Date: 15 May 2020 Image ID 12177
543. MELANESIAN CHIEF (1990/10352gt/13387dwt/981TEU/IMO 8809191, ex-CORAL CHIEF, PACIFIC HARMONY) - owned, managed and operated by Swire Shipping of Singapore, departs Auckland at the end of her career.... Date: 15 May 2020 Image ID 12395
544. MELBOURNE STAR (1971/24907grt/IMO 7108162, ex-ACT 4) - Blue Star Line's 31 year-old veteran outbound from Auckland, New Zealand after her final visit before scrapping in 2003. Ahead of her is the... Date: 7 January 2003 Image ID 528
545. MERCURY ACE (1985/44979grt/IMO 8315243. Scrapped 2010) manoeuvres onto her 201-berth in Southampton's western docks, to load caravans donated to aid Turkish earthquake victims. Date: March 2000 Image ID 2515
546. METHANE PRINCESS (1964/24607grt/IMO 5412583) and her sister METHANE PROGRESS (1964/24607grt, IMO 5424744) laid up in the River Fal, Cornwall. Both were LNG carriers operating between Algeria and... Date: 1984 Image ID 2268
547. MILLENNIUM (2000/90288grt/IMO 9189419. Renamed CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM in 2009), on her delivery voyage, inbound to Southampton, England passes the outbound Queen Elizabeth 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418).... Date: 25 June 2000 Image ID 7377
548. MIRAFLORES LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL - The tanker VESTFOLD (1967/42439grt/renamed CANTO) can be seen entering the Gatun Locks. Viewed from the Cogedar liner FLAVIA (1947/15495grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA.... Date: July 1967 Image ID 1825
549. MOL WELLINGTON (1979/31767grt/IMO 7820095, ex-WELLINGTON MARU, CANBERRA MARU). Crew members wave as the Auckland pilot launch pulls away after taking off the pilot. MOL WELLINGTON was scrapped in 2009... Date: June 2003 Image ID 535
550. MOL WELLINGTON (1979/31767grt/IMO 7820095, ex-WELLINGTON MARU, CANBERRA MARU. Scrapped in 2009 and replaced by MOL RENAISSANCE.) outbound from Auckland, New Zealand. Date: June 2003 Image ID 537
551. MOL WELLINGTON (1979/31767grt/IMO 7820095, ex-WELLINGTON MARU, CANBERRA MARU. Scrapped in 2009 and replaced by MOL RENAISSANCE.) inbound to Auckland, NZ. As at the date of this picture, this vessel... Date: 22 June 2006 Image ID 3432