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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.448 Virgilio launched 1926
11,718grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia Blown up Toulon in 1944 Images from naviearmatori & agenziabozzo Image from naviearmatori Image from agenziabozzo
No.1448 Pasiphae launched in 1997
30,018GT for Minoan Line by Bruces Verkstad, Landskrona & Fosen M V Fevag, Rissa Pasiphae Palace 2001 Minoan Line Jean Nicoli 2009 SNCM Ferryterranee (now with CORSICA linea) IMO: 9161948 Image attribution: Αλεξανδρος Αξαρλης & Pascal Bredel
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Corsica Line, Ferryterranee, IMO: 9161948, Jean Nicoli, Minoan Line, Pasiphae, Pasiphae Palace, SNCM
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No.1948 Settsu launched 2 Aug 2019
16,292GT for Hankyu Ferry from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding IMO: 9860831 Image attribution: LikaJzuchiN, M Kinoshita & Egawa Tomoki
No.1102 Viking Saga 1980
14,330GT for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Sally Albatross 1986 Rederi A/B Sally Fire partially scrapped & rebuilt at Mäntyluoto in 1990 Leeward 1995 Norwegian Cruise Line Superstar Taurus 2000 Star Cruises Silja Opera 2002 Silja Line … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Celestyal, Celestyal Crystal, Cristal, IMO: 7827213, Leeward, Louis Cristal, Louis Cruise, NCL, Opera, Rederi A/B Sally, Sally Albatross, Silja, Silja Opera, Star Cruises, Superstar Taurus, Turku, Viking Saga, Wartsila
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No.602 Cilicia launched in 1937
11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bilbao, Cilicia, Fairfield Glasgow, Jan Backx, Stichting Rotterdam
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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905
13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, French Navy, La Provence, Mediterranean, Penhoet, Provence II, St Nazaire, torpedoed, U35
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No.449 Arandora launched in 1927
12,847 Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Arandora Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 47 off Ireland in 1940 with tragic loss of lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star (Arandora Star and Stavangerfjord in Geiranger 1932 by Allan Marshall colour)
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arandora, Arandora Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U47
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No.949 Finlandia launched in 1966
12,456grt for Finska Angfartygs A/B from O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Helsinki Finnstar 1978 Enso-Gutseit Innstar 1981 Det Forenede D/S Pearl of Scandinavia 1982 Loke Shipping Ocean Pearl 1988 Ocean Cruise Lines Ltd Pearl 1994 Sodimarit S.A Costa Playa 1995 Costa Crociere … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry
Tagged Costa Crociere, Costa Playa, DFDS, Finlandia, Finnstar, Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsinki, IMO. 6622458, Innstar, Joy Wave, Ocean Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Pearl, Pearl of Scandinavia, Wartsila
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No.1449 Deutschland launched 1998
22,496GT for Peter Deilmann from Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel World Odyssey 2015 Semester at Sea Deutschland 2016 Phoenix Reisen IMO: 9141807 She alternates between Deutschland & World Odyssey Images: Wayne A’Court & Mika Baucheron
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Deutschland, Howaldswerke, IMO: 9141807, Kiel, Peter Deilmann, Phoenix Reisen, Semester at Sea, World Odyssey
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