The World's Passenger Ships

The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2026 is the latest edition of the most up-to-date passenger ship database currently available anywhere online or in bookstores.

The Compendium lists 2200 (2100 past and present, 100 in build or on order) liners, troopships, ferries and cruise ships, listing every passenger carrying ship over 10000 gross tons, dating from 1858 to the new-builds currently on order with launch dates projected out to 2028.

Included in The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships:

-Launch name and subsequent names where applicable

-Dates in service,

-Length, beam, speed

-Number of passengers

-Shipping company, builder and launch location,

-IMO number to help you search for more details and the vessel’s ultimate fate, if not still in service.

The Compendium of The World’s Passenger Ships comprises 170 pages, including the listing of an additional 100 ships currently on order or under construction.

Who is the target reader for The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships?

Ship historians, researchers, serving and retired seafarers, cruise passengers, lovers of passenger ships, & specifically followers of my ship posts who want the information in a quick searchable format.

I list ships, often under different names and after rebuilds; for example the Dutch liner WILLEM RUYS was converted into the liner, then cruise ship, ACHILLE LAURO

The entry reads:

Here is an example of the Franconia https://ship-history.com/2023/06/01/no-364-franconia-launched-in-1922/

Email me at don.hazeldine@btinternet.com

A snapshot from the database and a link

Don Hazeldine served as an army officer & pilot and then as an aviation executive in industry for forty years in total. Before retirement he was involved with fast jets, warships and submarines in a project management role. He has been a ship enthusiast since the early 1960s after living in Cyprus, Singapore, Aden and Dover.