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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships
My blog contains mini-histories and photos of 2200 ships loaded in a random order. It is a data listing of liners, ferries, cruise and troop ships; every passenger carrying ship over 10000 tons dating from 1858 to the newbuilds of today.
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No.186 Vauban launched in 1912
10,660grt for Lamport & Holt from Workman Clark, Belfast Alcala 1913 Royal Mail Lines Vauban 1913 Lamport & Holt Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1932
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alcala, Belfast, Inverkeithing, Lamport & Holt, royal Mail Line, Vauban, Workman Clark
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No.185 Desna launched in 1912
11,484grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Japan 1933
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Desna, Japan, royal Mail Line
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No.184 Makarini launched in 1912
10,624grt for Tyser Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Port Nicholson 1914 Commonwealth & Dominion Mined Dunkirk 1917 Image attribution: Australian War Memorial
No.183 Beltana launched in 1912
11,120grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1933 Image attribution: Port Adelaide Nautical Museum
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Beltana, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.182 Wiltshire launched in 1911
10,390grt for Federal SN Co from John Brown, Clydebank Aground Rosalie Bay, Great Barrier Island whilst approaching Auckland in 1922
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, Federal Steam, John Brown, Rosalie Bay, Wiltshire
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No.870 Southern Cross launched in 1954
20,204grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Calypso 1973 Cia de Vap Cerulea SA Calypso I 1980 Eastern Steamship Lines Azure Seas 1980 Western Steamships OceanBreeze 1992 Dolphin Cruise OceanBreeze 1999 Imperial Majesty Scrapped Chittagong 2003 … Continue reading
No.869 Brazil Maru launched in 1954
10,100grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Kobe until 1972 IMO 5050866 Served as a maritime pavilion called the “Toba Brazil Maru” at Toba from 1974 until 1996 Since 1996 Museum Ship in Zhanjiang, China. She was called Hai Shang … Continue reading
No.1639 Arcadia 2004
82,972GT for P&O Cruises from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9226906 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Adam Walsh She was originally ordered/designed for Cunard as Queen Victoria. Then Carnival shuffled their strategy and assigned her to P&O
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadia, fincantieri, IMO: 9226906, Marghera, P&O
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No.1638 Akashia launched in 2004
16,810grt for Shin Nihonkai from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki IMO: 9288617 Image attribution: Kenro Oshita, Tamura Namihei & TM from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Akashia, IMO: 9288617, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Shin Nihonkai
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No.1637 Color Fantasy launched in 2004
75,027GT for Color Line by Kværner Masa Yard, Turku Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen & Schoenebein Image from PixelOpa
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Color Fantasy, IMO: 9278234, Kvaerner Masa, Turku
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The World's Passenger Ships 