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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.79 Ionic launched in 1902
White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Osaka 1937 Like the Corinthic, No.76, mainly Shaw, Savill & Albion. She was built for the combined companies of White Star & Shaw Savill Lines, operating passenger and cargo services to … Continue reading
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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928
20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954 Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color Algiers Nov 1942 Image from Peter Roach
No.1470 Varuna launched in 1998
13,654 Blue Highway Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Sapporo 2005 Shosen Mitsui Ferry Queen Mary 2017 Sea World Express Ferries Mar 2022 Breakers IMO: 9184574 Arrived Chittagong 13 Oct 2022 Image from Yosshii
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Tagged Blue Highway Line, Chittagong, Mitsubishi, Queen Mary, Sea World Express, Shimonoseki, Shosen Mitsui, Sun Flower Sapporo, Varuna
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No.1970 Badji Mokhtar III launched 6 Apr 2020
43,551GT for Algerie Ferries from Guangzhou IMO: 9827889 Image attribution: Pascal Bredel & Mladen Krce
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Tagged algerie Ferries, Badji Mokhtyar III, Guangzhou, IMO: 9827889
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No.1578 Yuukari launched in 2001
18,229GT for Shin Nihonkai by Ishikawajima, Yokohama IMO: 9257436 Images from Islands and TKS on Marine Traffic
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Tagged IMO: 9257436, Ishikawajima, Shin Nihonkai, Yokohama, yuukari
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No.1078 Stena Trader launched in 1978
18,732grt for Stena Container Line by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan Stena Transporter 1978 Stena Line Finnrose 1979 Finnlines O/Y Baltic Ferry 1980 Townsend Car Ferries Ltd Pride of Suffolk 1992 P&O European Ferries European Diplomat 2001 P&O Irish Sea Diplomat … Continue reading
No.578 Batory launched in 1935
14,287grt for Gdynia-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Scrapped in Hong Kong 1971 BATORY in Aden during her India-UK service in the 1950s. An Adeni friend said the crew would buy every item of silk in his father’s shop
No.78 Carpathia launched in 1902
13,564 Cunard Line by Swan Hunter, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 55 off Bishop Rock 1918 In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line’s RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Rock, Carpathia, Cunard Line, Swan Hunter, Titanic, torpedoed
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No.1971 Zhong Hua Fu Qiang launched 10 Apr 2020
37,883GT for Bohay Ferry Group from Huanghai Shipyard, Weihai Haida IMO: 9899404 Image attribution: Huanghai Shipyard Suffered an explosion in Apr 21. Marine traffic reports her name as Bo Hai Heng Sheng Image: DENİZ HABER AJANSI
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Tagged Bohay Ferry Group, China, Huanghai Shipyard, Weihai Haida, Zhong Hua Fu Qiang
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No.1972 Valiant Lady launched 19 May 2020
108,192GT for Virgin Voyages from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9805336 Image attribution: Keith L. Mock & Maritime Photographic https://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk
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Tagged fincantieri, IMO: 9805336, Sestri Ponente, Valiant Lady, Virgin Voyages
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