Popular ships – The best of the rest

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Stuifdijk Dutch Stuifdijk was sold to Norway in 1992 and is now Croatian Nona Ana. Also in Dutch Seen 135 times	Melita Croatian catamaran Melita was built in 1985 in Norway as Helgelandsekspressen Seen 132 times	Prestol. Petar Jadranska Plovidba’s 1931-built flagship became Jadrolinija’s Partizanka in 1950 Seen 125 times	Nehaj The Nehaj, ex-Cowes Castle, was a former Red Funnel ferry sold to Jadrolinija in 1994 Seen 123 times	Nona Ana Little fast cat Nona Ana connects Dubrovnik with the isles of Mljet, Korčula and Lastovo Seen 114 times	Kosta Racin The last of Jadrolinija’s six ‘old poets’ became the Italian Campania Seconda in 1973 Seen 113 times


Dalmacija/Cres As Gödöllő she was built in 1902, as Cres she went to the breakers in 1968 Seen 112 times	Schellingerland The Schellingerland first sailed in Holland as Haringvliet. She started life as a Mersey ferry Seen 110 times	Lastovo The Beograd was air bombed in 1943, but re-emerged in 1953 as Jadrolinija’s Lastovo Seen 108 times	Lovrjenac Red Funnel’s Norris Castle was sold in 1994 to Jadrolinija to become the Lovrjenac Seen 101 times	Rüstringen German post-war newbuild Rüstringen served the Wadden Sea and Helgoland Seen 94 times	Korčula Jadrolinija bought this ferry from Greece for service to Vela Luka and Ubli in 2008 Seen 92 times


Hvar Built 1903 as Zara for company Zaratina, she became Jadrolinija’s Hvar in 1947 Seen 78 times	Sis Jadrolinija’s Sis is the former Netley Castle, bought in 1997 from English Red Funnel Seen 73 times	Hercegnovi The first owners of Jadrolinija’s Hercegnovi, then named the Arsa, were Istria-Trieste Seen 67 times	Zagreb The Yugoslav express steamer Zagreb was the ex Gödöllő, built in 1902 in England Seen 66 times	Karadjordje For over a decade the express steamer Karadjordje was Jadranska’s flagship Seen 63 times	Nordfriesland The first passenger/car ferry in the North German Wadden Sea was the Nordfriesland Seen 56 times