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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.473 Europa launched in 1928
51,839grt for North German Lloyd from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Liberté 1946 CGT French Line Scrapped in La Spezia 1962 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color USS Europa Dec 1946 the Liberte broke free from her moorings and hit the wreck … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT, Europa, French Line, La Spezia, Liberte, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.973 Sea Venture launched in 1970
19,903grt for Norwegian Cruiseships A/S from Nordseewerke, Emden Pacific Princess 1975 P&O Line Pacific 2002 Pullmantur Cruises Acif 2013 Breakers IMO:7018563 Scrapped Aliaga 2013 Image attribution: HJ Reinecke, Mike Cornwall, Wayne A’Court & Rainer Buch
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Acif, Aliaga, Emden, IMO:7018563, Nordseewerke, Norwegian Cruise, P&O, Pacific, Pacific Princess, Pullmantur, Sea Venture
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No.1473 Taurus launched in 1998
11,350GT for Tirrenia from Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso Scrapped Turkey 2011 IMO:9144287 Image attribution: Michael Koefoed-Hansen & Gianpaolo Pesarini
Posted in ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO:9144287, Riva Trigoso, Taurus, Tirrrenia
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No.1973 Cote D’Opale launched 20 May 2020
40,331GT for DFDS from AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China IMO: 9858321 Image attribution: Maritime Photographic https://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged AVIC Weihai, China, Cote D'Opale, DFDS, IMO: 9858321
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No.1574 Carnival Legend floated out 2001
85,942GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9224726 Images 2-4 from Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Legend, Helsinki, IMO: 9224726, Kvaerner Masa
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No.1074 Merzario Espania launched in 1978
18,732 Stena Container Line Ltd by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan Accommodation for 140 passengers Merzario Hispania 1978 Merzario Nordic Ferry 1979 Townsend Thoresen Pride of Flanders 1992 P&O Ferries Flanders 2002 Stena Line Stena Transporter 2002 Stena Line Strada Corsa … Continue reading
No.574 Canada launched in 1935
11,108grt for East Asiatic Co by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Mined, Spurn Head 1939 (off the port of Hull)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Canada, East Asiatic Co, Hull, Mined, Nakskov, Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Spurn Head
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No.74 Kroonland launched 1902
12,760grt for for Red Star Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Scrapped Genoa 1927 More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kroonland 2nd image – Panama Pacific Line steamer SS Kroonland 1923 from James Gordon Steese
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cramp, Genoa, Kroonland, Philadelphia, red Star Line
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No.1573 Seong Hee launched in 2001
16,875GT for Pukwan Ferry by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan IMO: 9241700 Images on Vladimir Tonic & Yuichi Morita on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Hyundai Mipo, Pukwan Ferry, Seong Hee, Ulsan
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No.1073 Alpha Enterprise launched in 1978
21,162grt for Stena Line by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan 180 passengers apparently Syria 1979 Hellas Ferries Stena Transporter 1983 Stena Line Cerdic Ferry 1985 European Ferries European Freeway 1992 P&O European Ferries Freeway 2002 Stena Line Stena Partner 2003 Stena … Continue reading
