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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.438 Almeda launched in 1926
12,838grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Almeda Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 96 off the Hebrides in 1941 Image attribution: Rick Andrews & Ross Robson via bluestarline.org
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Almeda, Almeda Star, birk, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U96
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No.439 Llandaff Castle launched in 1926
10,786grt for Union-Castle Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U 177 of Mozambique in 1942
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Llandaff Castle, Mozambique, torpedoed, U177, Union Castle, Workman Clark
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No.868 Saxonia launched in 1954
21,637grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Carmania 1962 Cunard Line Leonid Sobinov 1973 Soviet State Shipping Scrapped Alang 1999 Image attribution: Peter Fitzpatrick, Michael Robertson & Mike Cornwall
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Leonid Sobinov, Saxonia, Soviet State Shipping
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No.865 Munkedal launched in 1953 – Originally a tanker
11,674grt for Munkedals A/B from Götaverken, Gothenburg Heleanna 1966 C.S. Efthymiadis Scrapped La Spezia 1974 after a fire at Brindisi http://www.marenostrumrapallo.it
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Brindis, Brindisi, CS Efthymiadis, Götaverken, Gothenburg, Heleanna, La Spezia
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No.864 Badger Mariner launched in 1953
14,138grt for US Maritime Commission from Sun SB & DD Co, Chester Atlantic 1957 American Banner Line Universe Campus 1971 CY Tung Group Universe 1976 CY Tung Group Arrived at Alang on April 6th, 1996 Masato Nishiguchi at Kobe
No.180 Deseado launched in 1911
11,477grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Japan 1934
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Deseado, Harland & Wolff, Japan, royal Mail Line
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No.179 Arlanza launched in 1911
15,044grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Olympic, Arlanza & Empress of Britain at Southampton in the early 1930s
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arlanza, Belfast, Blyth, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.178 Medina launched in 1911
12,350grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 31 off Devon 1917 Between November 1911 and February 1912 Medina took King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar.
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Caird, Greenock, Medina, P&O, Royal Yacht, torpedoed, UB31
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No.177 Indrapura launched in 1911
10,286grt for Indra Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Port Adelaide 1916 Commonwealth & Dominion Torpedoed by U 81 off Fastnet 1917 David Little collection
No.176 Talthybius launched in 1911
10,224grt Blue Funnel Line from Scott’s, Greenock Taruyasu Maru 1942 Japan Empire Evenlode 1947 Ministry of War Transport Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1949 An interesting history, sank in Singapore and raised by the Japanese, later mined, sank and raised by … Continue reading
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