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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.1636 Birka Paradise launched in 2004
34,728GT Birka Line by Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9273727 Birka Stockholm 2013 Birka Line Birka Gotland 2024 Gotlandsbolaget. Rederi AB Gotland announced that they bought the Birka Stockholm. August 2023, Viking Line announced that a deal had been made to acquire 50% of … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aker Finnyards, Birka Line, Birka Paradise, Birka Stockhom, Gotlandsbolaget, IMO: 9273727, Ruma
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No.1635 Smyril launched in 2004
12,320grt for Strandfaraskip Landsins from IZAR, San Fernando, Spain IMO: 9275218 A Faroe Island ferry From Sigmund on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9275218, IZAR, San Fernando, Smyril, Strandfaraskip Landsins
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No.1632 New Camellia launched in 2004
19,961grt for Camellia Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki IMO: 9304497 3 named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Camellia Line, IMO: 9304497, Mitsubishi, New Camellia, Shimonoseki
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No.770 Magdalena launched 1948
17,547grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Aground near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage 1949
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Aground, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Magdalena, Rio de Janeiro, royal Mail Line
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No.769 Paraguay Star launched in 1948
10,722grt for Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Fire, scrapped Hamburg 1969 Photos: Ken Smith bluestarline.org and for the keen eyed, Himalaya and Orcades in the background
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, Fire, Hamburg, Paraguay Star
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No.768 Elisabethville launched in 1948
10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken Fire, scrapped in Ghent 1968
No.767 Angola launched in 1948
12,975grt for Cia Nacional from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in Hualien 1974 A Portuguese liner to Africa Image attribution: Uli Wessmann & Trevor Jones (from Rich Turnwald)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Angola, Cia Nacional, Hawthorn Leslie, Hualien, Newcastle, Portuguese
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No.1631 Nuraghes launched in 2004
39,798GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare IMO: 9293404 Moby Vinci 2023 Moby Line GNV Sirio 2025 GNV Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli & Just Ferries GNV Sirio from Corrado Botti
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Castellammare, fincantieri, IMO: 9293404, Moby, Moby Vinci, Nuraghes, Tirrenia
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No.2047 Express 5 launched 26 Sep 2022
13859GT for Mols Line from Austal, Philippines IMO 9913286 Image attribution: Austal; Rudi Larsen & Henrik Schmidt on Marine Traffic
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Austal Philippines, Express 5, IMO 9913286, Mols Line
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