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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.1565 Janas launched in 2001
36,475GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare GNV Altair 2026 GNV IMO: 9222534 Image copyright: Antonio Nuccio, Malcolm Millar, Luca Solinas & Volker Weidner on Marine Traffic
No.1065 St Columba launched 1976
11,690grt for Sealink by Aalborg Vaerft, Aalborg Stena Hibernia 1991 Stena Line Stena Adventurer 1996 Stena Express Aphrodite 1997 Agapitos Express Masarrah 2007 Namma Shipping Asarrah 2021 Breakers Broken up Gadani Beach 2021 Jennifer on Ship Spotting
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aalborg, Aalborg Vaerft, Agapitos Express, Express Aphrodite, Gadani Beach, Masarrah, Namma, Sealink, St Columba, Stena Adventurer, Stena Hibernia, Stena Line
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No.65 Kronprinz Wilhelm launched in 1901
14,908grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Von Steuben 1917 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1923 Colour photos by Steve Walker Color
No.565 Orion launched in 1934
23,696grt for Orient Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Antwerp 1963. Her final 6 months were spent in Hamburg on charter as a hotel ship for an exhibition Image copyright: The late Michael Sutcliffe, Allan Green and Steve Besford Foster … Continue reading
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No.483 Northern Prince launched 1928
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Sunk by German aircraft off Crete, whilst sailing in convoy from Liverpool for Piraeus with military stores. 1941 Image attribution: Clydeships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Crete, Furness Withy, Lithgows, Liverpool, Northern Prince, Port Glasgow
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No.1483 Ocean Princess launched 1999
77,449GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Oceana 2002 P&O Cruises Queen of the Oceans 2020 Seajets IMO: 9169550 Image attribution: Steve Carratt, Jan Czonstke Fotografie & Ioanna Moustaka
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Monfalcone, Ocean Princess, Oceana, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Queen of the Oceans, Seajets
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No.1564 Lilac launched in 2001
18,225GT for Shin Nihonkai from Ishikawajima, Yokohama Images from Marine Traffic Radar Islands Bridge Valley Shin on Marine Traffic
No.1064 Kareliya launched in 1976
16,631grt for USSR from Wärtsilä, Turku Leonid Brezhnev 1982 Black Sea Shipping Kareliya 1989 Black Sea Shipping Olvia 1998 Peace Boat ct neptune 2004 Walden Maritime Neptune 2006 Walden Maritime Starry Metropolis 2011 Metropolis Cruise Arrived Alang 25 Jun 2021 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Black Sea Shipping, ctt Neptune, Kareliya, Leonid Brezhnev, Neptune, Olvia, Peace Boat, Starry Metropolis, USSR
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No.564 Manoora launched in 1934
11,111grt for The Adelaide SS Co by Stephen, Glasgow Ambulombo 1961 Indonesian Government Affan Oceana 1965 PT Affan Raya Ambulombo 1966 PT Perusahaan Sank off Luzon 1972 Image copyright: Allan Green Collection and Don Ross The State Library of Victoria/Stephen … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Adelaide, Affan Oceana, Ambulombo, Indonesia, Luzon, Manoora, Stephen Glasgow
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No.64 Blücher launched in 1901
12,334grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Leopoldina 1917 Brazilian Government Suffren 1923 CGT French Line Scrapped Genoa 1929 Image copyright: Liverpool Maritime Museum
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Tagged Blücher, Blohm & Voss, Brazil, CGT, French Line, Genoa, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Leopoldina, Suffren
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