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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.133 Cleveland launched in 1908
16,960grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Mobile 1919 US Navy King Alexander 1920 Byron SS Co Cleveland 1923 United American Lines Scrapped Hamburg 1933 The Cleveland in Manila in 1913
No.132 Berlin launched in 1908
17,323grt for North German Lloyd from A.G. ‘Weser’, Bremen Arabic 1921 White Star Line Scrapped in Genoa 1931 Postcard from Rudolf Kämmereron the auxiliary cruiser Berlin, interned at Trondheim in Norway. Arabic
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged AG Weser, Arabic, Berlin, Bremen, Genoa, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, White Star Line
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No.131 Cincinnati launched in 1908
16,339grt for Hamburg-America Line from Schichau, Danzig Covington 1917 US Navy Torpedoed by U 86 in the Atlantic 1918 From Liverpool Museums
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cincinnati, covington, Danzig, Hamburg-America, Schichau, torpedoed, U86, US Navy
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No.1931 Le Bougainville, launched 1 Oct 2018
In service 2019, 9,988GT for Compagnie du Ponant by Vard Group IMO: 9814040 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Eugene Gillet, Marino Teobaldo & Mladen Krce
Posted in Cruise ship, Expedition, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponent, IMO: 9814040, Le Bougainville, Vard Group
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No.1932 Carnival Panorama floated out 6 Dec 2018
In service 2019, 133,868GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9802384 Image attribution: Fincantieri, Peter Ferrary & Giuseppe Boato
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Panorama, fincantieri, IMO: 9802384, Marghera
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No.1933 Honfleur floated out 14 Dec 2018
42,200GT ordered by Brittany Ferries from Somanor Flensburger – cancelled contract Also referred to as FSG 774, completed 2022 at Fosen Yards, Trondheim IMO: 9832119 Rusadir 2023 on charter to Balearia Image attribution: Oskar Nilsen Osmundsen, Roger Borseth, Marta Fabiszewska & … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Balearia, Brittany Ferries, Fosen Yards, FSG774, Honfleur, Rusadir, Somanor Flensburger, Trondheim
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No.1934 MSC Grandiosa floated out 5 Jan 2019
181,541GT for MSC Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9803613 Image attribution: Alf Kåre Aasebø & Steve Carrett
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9803613, MSC Cruises, MSC Grandiosa, St Nazaire
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No.1122 Kronprinsessan Victoria launched in 1980
24828GT for Sessan Line by Goteverken Arendal, Gothenburg IMO: 7901760 Stena Saga 1988 Stena Line Stena Europe 1994 Stena Line Lion Europe 1994 Lion Ferry Stena Europe 1998 Stena Line Image attribution: Michael Thomas, Ian Greenwood, Sean Boyce & T Nahlinder … Continue reading
No.809 Augustus launched in 1950
27,090 ‘Italia’ SAN from Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico, Trieste Great Sea 1976 Great Shipping Ocean King 1980 Ocean King Philippines 1983 Ocean King President 1985 Philippine President Line Asian Princess 1987 Philippine President Line Philippine 1999 Philippine President Line Scrapped … Continue reading
