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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.454 Laurentic launched in 1927
18,724grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 99 off Ireland in 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Daryl LeBlanc Color Laurentic in Haifa, 1936 during the Palestine disturbances Philippe Martin added – “Môle du … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bordeaux, Harland & Wolff, Ireland, Laurentic, Palestine, torpedoed, U99, White Star Line
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No.954 Patricia launched in 1966
10,034grt Rederi A/B Svenska Lloyd from A/B Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Stena Oceanica 1978 Stena Line Stena Saga 1979 Stena Line Lion Queen 1988 Lion Ferries Crown Princess Victoria 1990 Stena Line Crown Princess 1990 Stena Line Pacific Star 1990 Starlite … Continue reading
Posted in Casino, Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Amusement World, Crown Princess, Crown Princess Victoria, IMO: 6620773, Lindholmmens Varv Gothenburg, Lion Ferries, Lion Queen, Pacific Star, Patricia, Putri Bintang, Starlite Cruises, Stena Line, Stena Oceanica, Stena Saga, Sun Fiesta, Svenska Lloyd
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No.1454 Sun Flower Tsukuba launched in 1998
38,261GT Blue Highway Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Ferry Tsukuba 2007 Higashi Nihon Elyros 2007 ANEK IMO: 9178599 Image attribution: Ian Boyle
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged algerie Ferries, ANEK, Blue Highway Line, Elyros, Ferry Tsukuba, Higashi Nihon, Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki, Sun Flower Tsukuba
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No.1954 Ciudad de Valencia launched 14 Oct 2019
32,581GT for Trasmediterránea by Cantieri Visentini IMO: 9869722 Images from Celso Hdez & Tony Capa on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Cantiere Navale Visentini, Ciudad de Valencia, IMO: 9869722, Trasmediterranea
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No.1596 MSC Lirica, floated out in 2002
59,058GT MSC Crociere by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Damaged by fire 12 Mar 2021 in Corfu, subsequently repaired IMO: 9246102 Image attribution: The late Neven Jerković & Giannis Mavronas Image from JWF Smallegange
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, Corfu, IMO: 9246102, MSC Crociere, MSC Lirica, St Nazaire
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No.1097 Scandinavia launched in 1979
25,122 Rederi A/B Nordö by Kockums Varv, Malmo Tzarevetz 1982 SOMAT Fiesta 1988 Sealink UK Ltd Fantasia 1990 Sealink UK Ltd Stena Fantasia 1990 Sealink Stena Line P&OSL Canterbury 1998 Sealink Stena Line P&O Canterbury 2002 P&O Ferries Alkmini A … Continue reading
No.96 Dakota launched in 1904
20,714 Great Northern SS Co by Eastern SB, Groton, Connecticut Aground Yokohama 1907 Image from Rich Turnwald Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
No.455 Conte Grande launched in 1927
25,661grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste Monticello 1942 US Navy Conte Grande 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Rhett Young Joubert Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Conte Grande, Itaalia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, Monticello, Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste, US Navy
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No.955 Shota Rustaveli launched in 1967
20,146grt USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Assedo 2000 Kaalbye Shipping (Assedo is Odessa backwards) IMO:6707753 Scrapped Alang 2003 Named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Carlo Martinelli, me, Tony Davis & Neven Jerkovic
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Assedo, Black Sea Shipping, IMO:6707753, Mathias-Thesen Yard, Odessa, Shota Rustaveli, USSR, Wismar
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