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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.61 Celtic launched in 1901
20,904grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Stranded Cobh 1928 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Celtic, Cobh, Harland & Wolff, White Star Line
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No.487 Milwaukee launched in 1929
16,699grt Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Waveney 1945 Ministry of Transport Fire in Liverpool 1946, scrapped Dalmuir & Troon 1947
No.987 Svealand launched in 1971
15,879grt for Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea from Helsingör Vaerft, Helsingör Saga Wind 1984 TT Saga Line Sea Wind 1989 Silja Line, & TALLINK under the same name A Wind 2022 and operating in the Black Sea. Registered in Cameroon IMO: … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Helsingor, Helsingor Vaerft, Saga Wind, Silja Line, Stockholms Rederi, Svealand, Tallink, TT saga Line
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No.1060 Bass Trader launched in 1975
16,537grt for Australian National Line by NSW Govt, Engineering & Ship Building, Newcastle Australia Ionian Bridge 1997 Strintzis Blue Bridge 1999 Blue Ferries Mercedes del Mar 2004 Iscomar Bridge 2010 European Seaways Duba Bridge Arrived Alang 2 Jun 2021 IMO: 7356252 … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Ro-pax
Tagged Alang, Australia, Australian National, Bass Trader, Blue Bridge, blue Ferries, Bridhe, Duba Bridge, European Seaways, Ionian Bridge, Iscomar, Mercedes de Mar, Newcastle, Strintzis
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No.60 Rijndam launched in1901
12,527grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Netherlands 1929
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Netherlands, Rijndam
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No.2029 Viking Neptune floated out 13 Jan 2022
47,800GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9845910 Image attribution: Marco Fambrini, Dimitris Alipasalis, Geoff Eade & Graham Flett on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, fincantieri, Viking Neptune, Viking Ocean Cruises
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No.988 Sun Viking launched in 1971
18,559grt for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki Superstar Sagittarius 1998 Star Cruises Hyundai Pongnae 1998 Hyundai Merchant Marine Pongnae 2002 Actinor Shipping Omar III 2003 Kong Way Shipping Long Jie 2007 Asian Cruise Oriental Dragon 2011 Capital Dragon … Continue reading
No.1488 R Five launched 1999
30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Blue Dream 2002 Pullmantur Nautica 2004 Oceania Cruises IMO: 9200938 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Benoit Donne, Martin Melzer & Andy Humbert
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Dream, Chantiers de l´Atlantique, Nautica, Oceania, Pullmantur, R Five, Renaissance, St Nazaire
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