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                                    UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
              placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
              directly with a market maker
  
  <S>                                                              <C>                      <C>
  1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                      (b) IRS IDENT. NO.        (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  General Maritime Corporation                                         06-159-7083                001-16531
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  1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                 STREET                CITY             STATE  ZIP CODE      (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                     35 West 56th Street       New York           NY     10019         AREA CODE   NUMBER
                                                                                                         212      763-5600
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  2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.  (c) RELATIONSHIP TO   (d) ADDRESS STREET     CITY    STATE  ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD                             ISSUER
           John P. Tavlarios                                      Director          35 West 56th Street   New York   NY     10019
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  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the
  S.E.C. File Number.
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  <S>              <C>                      <C>            <C>           <C>              <C>         <C>             <C>
  3 (a)             (b)                      SEC USE ONLY  (c)            (d)             (e)           (f)             (g)
    Title of the   Name and Address of Each                Number of      Aggregate      Number of     Approximate     Name of Each
     Class of      Broker Through Whom the                 Shares or      Market         Shares or     Date of Sale    Securities
    Securities     Securities are to be                    Other Units    Value          Other Units   (See instr.     Exchange
    To Be Sold     Offered or Each Market                  To Be Sold     (See instr.    Outstanding    3(f))          (See instr.
                   Maker who is Acquiring                  (See instr.    3(d))          (See instr.   (MO. DAY YR)    3(g))
                   the Securities                          3(c))                         3(e))
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    Common Stock   Mellon Investment Services               7,500        $296,250.00      37,692,745     11/12/2004        NYSE
                   LLC                                                   (11/10/2004)
                   44 Wall Street,
                   6th Floor
                   New York, NY
                   10005
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. (a)  Name of issuer
     (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
  
     (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b)  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
          stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d)  Such person's address, including zip code
  
   3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
      (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
          to be sold
      (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
          aggregate face amount)
      (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
          date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
      (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
          securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
          recent report or statement published by the issuer
      (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
      (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
          intended to be sold
  
  
   Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
         in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
                       a currently valid OMB control number.
  
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                           TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
   Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
   and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
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       Title of           Date you           Nature of Acquisition Transaction                Name of Person from Whom Acquired
       the Class          Acquired                                                        (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
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     Common Stock        11/12/2003          Grant of restricted common stock                General Maritime Corporation
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        Amount of        Date of Payment         Nature of Payment
   Securities Acquired
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          7,500               N/A                     N/A
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  INSTRUCTIONS:  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was
                 not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or
                 in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the
                 consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if
                 payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
                 state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or
                 the last installment paid.
  
  
                 TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
            during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                             securities are to be sold.
  
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                                                                                                Amount of
         Name and Address of Seller          Title of Securities Sold       Date of Sale      Securities Sold   Gross Proceeds
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                   N/A
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  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
               11/12/2004                                                   /s/ John P. Tavlarios
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              DATE OF NOTICE                                                    (SIGNATURE)
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      The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
     are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
       Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
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  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 144
  
                        NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
                PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
              placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
              directly with a market maker
  1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                      (b) IRS IDENT. NO.        (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
  General Maritime Corporation                                         06-159-7083                001-16531
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  1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER                 STREET                CITY             STATE  ZIP CODE      (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                                     35 West 56th Street       New York           NY     10019         AREA CODE   NUMBER
                                                                                                         212      763-5600
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  2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT  (b) IRS IDENT. NO.  (c) RELATIONSHIP TO   (d) ADDRESS STREET     CITY    STATE  ZIP CODE
        THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD                             ISSUER
           John P. Tavlarios                                      Director          35 West 56th Street   New York   NY     10019
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  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the
  S.E.C. File Number.
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  3 (a)             (b)                      SEC USE ONLY  (c)            (d)             (e)           (f)             (g)
    Title of the   Name and Address of Each                Number of      Aggregate      Number of     Approximate     Name of Each
     Class of      Broker Through Whom the                 Shares or      Market         Shares or     Date of Sale    Securities
    Securities     Securities are to be                    Other Units    Value          Other Units   (See instr.     Exchange
    To Be Sold     Offered or Each Market                  To Be Sold     (See instr.    Outstanding    3(f))          (See instr.
                   Maker who is Acquiring                  (See instr.    3(d))          (See instr.   (MO. DAY YR)    3(g))
                   the Securities                          3(c))                         3(e))
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    Common Stock   Mellon Investment Services               7,500        $296,250.00      37,692,745     11/12/2004        NYSE
                   LLC                                                   (11/10/2004)
                   44 Wall Street,
                   6th Floor
                   New York, NY
                   10005
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  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1. (a)  Name of issuer
     (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
  
     (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2. (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b)  Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
     (c)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
          stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (d)  Such person's address, including zip code
  
   3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
      (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
          to be sold
      (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
          aggregate face amount)
      (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
          date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
      (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
          securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
          recent report or statement published by the issuer
      (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
      (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
          intended to be sold
  
   Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
         in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays
                       a currently valid OMB control number.
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
   Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
   and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Title of           Date you           Nature of Acquisition Transaction                Name of Person from Whom Acquired
       the Class          Acquired                                                        (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Common Stock        11/12/2003          Grant of restricted common stock                General Maritime Corporation
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        Amount of        Date of Payment         Nature of Payment
   Securities Acquired
   --------------------- ----------------- -------------------------------
          7,500               N/A                     N/A
   --------------------- ----------------- -------------------------------
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was
                 not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or
                 in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the
                 consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if
                 payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
                 state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or
                 the last installment paid.
  
                 TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  
      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
            during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                             securities are to be sold.
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                                                                                                Amount of
         Name and Address of Seller          Title of Securities Sold       Date of Sale      Securities Sold   Gross Proceeds
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  N/A
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  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
               11/12/2004                                                   /s/ John P. Tavlarios
     ---------------------------------------------                ---------------------------------------------
              DATE OF NOTICE                                                    (SIGNATURE)
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities
     are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
       Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
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  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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