| | Name of ship | GRT | | | L.A. Christensen | 4,362 | | | L.J. Drake | 6,693 | | | La Brea | 6,665 | | | La Carriere | 5,685 | | | La Cordillera | 5,185 | | | La Estancia | 5,185 | | | La Paz | 6,548 | | | La Salle | 5,462 | | | Labud | 5,334 | | | Lackenby | 5,112 | | | Laconia | 19,695 | | | Laconikos | 3,803 | | | Lady Drake | 7,985 | | | Lady Glanely | 5,497 | | | Lady Hawkins | 7,988 | | | Lady Nelson | 7,970 | | | Ladylove | 230 | | | Laertes | 5,825 | | | Lafian | 4,876 | | | Lagaholm | 2,818 | | | Lages | 5,472 | | | Lagosian | 5,449 | | | Laguna | 6,466 | | | Lahore | 5,304 | | | Lake Osweya | 2,398 | | | Lalande | 7,453 | | | Lalita | 65 | | | Lammot Du Pont | 5,102 | | | Lancastrian Prince | 1,914 | | | Lancing | 7,866 | | | Langleeford | 4,622 | | | Languedoc | 9,512 | | | Laplace | 7,327 | | | Lapland | 1,330 | | | Lapwing | 1,348 | | | Lark | 148 | | | Larpool | 3,872 | | | Lars Magnus Trozelli | 1,951 | | | Las Choapas | 2,005 | | | Lassell | 7,417 | | | Lavington Court | 5,372 | | | Lawton B. Evans | 7,197 | | | Leadgate | 2,125 | | | Leana | 4,742 | | | Lebore | 8,289 | | | Leda | 8,546 | | | Ledbury | 3,528 | | | Lehigh | 4,983 | | | Leiesten | 6,118 | | | Leif | 1,582 | | | Leikanger | 4,003 | | | Leise Mærsk | 3,136 | | | Leiv Eiriksson | 9,952 | | | Lemuel Burrows | 7,610 | | | Lenda | 4,005 | | | Lennox | 1,904 | | | Lennox | 50 | | | Leo Dawson | 4,330 | | | Leonidas M. | 4,573 | | | Leonidas M. Valmas | 2,080 | | | Leonidas Z. Cambanis | 4,274 | | | Leopoldville | 11,509 | | | Les Barges II | 296 | | | Leslie | 2,609 | | | Leticia | 2,580 | | | Letitia Porter | 15 | | | Leto | 4,712 | | | Leukos | 216 | | | Liana | 1,646 | | | Liberator | 7,720 | | | Libertad | 5,441 | | | Liebre | 7,057 | | | Lifland | 2,254 | | | Liguria | 1,751 | | | Lihue | 7,001 | | | Lillian | 80 | | | Lily | 1,281 | | | Lily | 5,719 | | | Lily | 132 | | | Lima | 3,764 | | | Limbourg | 2,483 | | | Linaria | 3,385 | | | Lincoln Ellsworth | 5,580 | | | Linda | 1,213 | | | Lindenhall | 5,248 | | | Lindvangen | 2,412 | | | Linnea | 40 | | | Lise | 6,826 | | | Lissa | 1,511 | | | Lister | 1,366 | | | Litiopa | 5,356 | | | Liverpool Packet | 1,188 | | | Livingston | 2,140 | | | Ljubica Matkovic | 3,289 | | | Llanarth | 5,053 | | | Llanashe | 4,836 | | | Llandaff Castle | 10,799 | | | Llandilo | 4,966 | | | Llanfair | 4,966 | | | Llangibby Castle | 11,951 | | | Llanover | 4,959 | | | Loch Don | 5,249 | | | Loch Lomond | 5,452 | | | Loch Maddy | 4,996 | | | Loch Ranza | 4,958 | | | Lochavon | 9,205 | | | Lochgoil | 9,462 | | | Lochkatrine | 9,419 | | | Loire | 4,285 | | | Longtaker | 1,700 | | | Lord Minto | 295 | | | Lord Strathcona | 7,335 | | | Lorient | 4,737 | | | Lornaston | 4,934 | | | Lot | 4,220 | | | Lotos | 1,327 | | | Louhi | 776 | | | Louis Kossuth | 7,176 | | | Louise Lykes | 6,155 | | | Louise Moller | 3,764 | | | Louisiana | 8,587 | | | Louisiane | 6,903 | | | Lubrafol | 7,138 | | | Lucerna | 6,556 | | | Lucille M. | 54 | | | Lucrecia | 2,584 | | | Luimneach | 1,074 | | | Luna | 959 | | | Lurigethan | 3,564 | | | Luxembourg | 5,809 | | | Lynton Grange | 5,029 | | | Lynx II | 250 | | | Lysefjord | 1,091 | | means we have a picture of this vessel. |
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