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Puzzle #17 was MS Achille Lauro.
MS Achille Lauro was a cruise ship based in Naples, Italy. It was built between 1939 and 1947 as the ocean liner Willem Ruys for Royal Rotterdam Lloyd. In 1965 Achille Lauro bought the ship, had it converted into a cruise ship, and renamed it after himself.
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What the record says
Puzzle 17 ran on 26 Jul 2026 and the answer was MS Achille Lauro, played with 6 guesses against 7 columns. On the record: Type - cruise; Status - wreck; Builder - Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. The numbers: Launched - 1940; Length - 196 m. 2 of the 7 columns are blank in the source (Flag and Tonnage), so nobody could score them either way.
The photograph is by Archivi C.N.R. PALERMO, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Type
- cruise
- Flag
- Not recorded
- Launched
- 1940
- Tonnage
- Not recorded
- Length
- 196 m
- Status
- wreck
- Builder
- Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding