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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.
Author Archives: donships
No.112 Kronprinzessin Cecilie launched in 1906
19,360grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Mount Vernon 1917 US Shipping Board Scrapped Baltimore 1940 Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor, Maine with black funnel tops painted in order to imitate the British liner Olympic USAT Mount Vernon at … Continue reading
No.111 Mauretania launched in 1906
31,938 tons for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Rosyth 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Daryl LeBlanc
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Mauretania, Newcastle, Rosyth, Swan Hunter
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No.408 Monte Olivia launched in 1924
13,750grt for for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1945 Her wreck was refloated on June 12th, 1946 and scrapped in 1948 MS Monte Olivia sailing out of Antwerp. circa 1928 Image from Rich Turnwald Kungsholm … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Kiel, Monte Olivia
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No.407 Razmak launched in 1924
10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime
No.405 Antenor launched in 1924
11,174grt for Blue Funnel Line by Palmers, Newcastle Scrapped in Blyth 1953 Image from Kevin Blair
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Alfred Holt, Antenor, Blue Funnel Line, Newcastle, Palmers
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No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924
16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, La Spezia, Newcastle, P&O Line, Ranpura
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No.2040 Viking Saturn floated out 23 Jun 2022
47,800GT for Viking Ocean by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9845922 Image attribution: Jan Schwabe, Nicolo Lovadina, Peter Blance, Umberto & Marco Fambrini on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, dubrovnic, fincantieri, IMO: 9845922, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Saturn
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