Popular ships – Past and present

Haringvliet
The thrifty Dutchmen turned a former Mersey ferry into a ro-ro. Her story is also in Dutch
Seen 483 times

Prinz Heinrich
The Prinz Heinrich (1909) is currently being restored. With English photo captions
Seen 388 times

Dominče
Mediteranska’s 1966- built ferry nearly sank in summer 2009 and was sold for scrap
Seen 375 times

Neraïda
1939-built Laurana, her war-time fate, and her years in Greece as Neraïda up till 2010
Seen 331 times

Noord-Nederland
Swedish Primula (1960) became Doeksen’s Noord-Nederland in 1976. Also in Dutch
Seen 322 times

Holland
Former H.M.S. Scaravay (1945) was a salvage tug, but a ferry in summer. Also in Dutch
Seen 267 times

Kraljica Marija
The Kraljica Marija, ex British Araguaya, was the pride of the fleet of Kingdom Yugoslavia
Seen 252 times

Rečina
Jadrolinija’s Rečina was the world’s first motor passenger ship,
the 1910-built Brioni
Seen 224 times

Proleterka
She was built in 1913 for Ungaro-Croata, mined in 1941, rebuilt for Jadrolinija in 1955
Seen 222 times

Zamošće
Mediteranska bought the Zamošće in 1971. Sold in 2010, she is now the Sveti Liberan
Seen 208 times

Laurana
1939-built ferry Laurana saw turbulent war-time years and is now Greek Neraïda
Seen 206 times

Partizanka
Nine years after she was mined she re- emerged in 1950 as Jadrolinija’s flagship
Seen 201 times

Abbazia
She was built in 1939 for Fiumana and may still be in service in Italy as Città d’Abbazia
Seen 178 times

Pidder Lyng
German Pidder Lyng (1962) went to Yugoslavija to become the Zamošćce in 1972. Seen 172 times

Petar Hektorović
Danish Langeland III was nine year old when Jadrolinija bought her in 1998
Seen 162 times

Kotor
This 1938-built ferry was a German hospital ship before joining Jadrolinija as Kotor
Seen 157 times

Vladimir Nazor
The first newly-built ship for Jadrolinija is still with us as the cruise yacht Seagull II
Seen 149 times

Jugoslavija
Jadranska Plovidba’s express steamer Jugoslavija was lost in an air raid in 1944
Seen 139 times