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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.1949 Enchanted Princess floated out 6 Aug 2019
145,281GT Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9807126 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen & Marjan Stropnik
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Enchanted Princess, fincantieri, IMO: 9807126, Monfalcone, Princess Cruises
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No.1101 Pride of Free Enterprise 1979
13,601grt for Townsend Thoresen by Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven Pride of Bruges 1987 P&O European Ferries P&OSL Picardy 1999 P&O Stena Line Oleander 2001 TransEuropa Ferries Sherbatskiy 2013 Novgorod Shipping IMO: 7820497 Scrapped Alang 2015 IMO: 7820497 Image from John Jones … Continue reading
No.101 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1905
16,967 Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Osaka 1932
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Nieuw Amsterdam, Osaka
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No.450 Sibajak launched in 1927
12,040 for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Scrapped in Hong Kong 1959 Image attribution: Rhett Young Joubert & John Gibbard Image attribution: John Gibbard, taken at Southampton 18 May 1958
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged de Schelde, Hong Kong, Rotterdam Lloyd, Sibajak, Vlissingen
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No.950 HMAS Stalwart launched in 1966
15,500grt for the Royal Australian Navy from Cockatoo D & E Co, Sydney Her Majesty M 1990 SeaRoyal Ferries Tara II 1997 Panama She never entered commercial service, & on 19 February 2003, Tara II arrived at Alang, India for … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Navy Ship
Tagged Cockatoo, Her Majesty M, HMAS Stalwart, IMO 8828903, Royal Australian Navy, SeaRoyal Ferries, Sydney, Tara II
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No.1450 Sea Princess launched 1998
77,499GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Adonia 2003 P&O Cruises Sea Princess 2005 Princess Cruises Charming 2021 Sanya International Cruise Dream 2023 IMO: 9150913 Image attribution: Mine, Eirik Kvale Stensland & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Adonia, Charming, Dream, fincantieri, IMO: 9150913, Monfalcone, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Sea Princess
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No.1950 Norwegian Encore floated out 17 Aug 2019
167,725GT for Norwegian Cruise Line from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9751511 Image attribution: Tony Davis, LH Fotografie & Jan Czonstke Fotografie
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9751511, Meyer Werft, Norwegian Cruise, Norwegian Encore, Papenburg
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No.1100 Dmitriy Shostakovich launched in 1979
12,586grt for Black Sea Shipping by Stocznia Szczecinska, Stettin Paloma I 2000 Macro Maritime Royale Star 2007 Everis Travel New Imperial Star 2013 Casino Ship Scrapped Alang 2016 IMO: 7625794 Labelled images from Marine Traffic
No.100 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria launched in 1905
24,581grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Empress of Scotland 1921 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Blyth 1931
No.451 Cheshire launched 1927
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, GlasgowScrapped in Newport 1957 Image from Gordy on Ship Spotting Image from Pamela Ross
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bibby Line, Cheshire, Fairfield, Glasgow
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