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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.58 Zeeland launched in 1900
11,905grt for Red Star Line by John Brown, Clydebank Northland 1915 UK Shipping Controller Zeeland 1920 Red Star Line Minnesota 1927 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped Inverkeithing 1930 Image copyright: http://alchetron.com/SS-Zeeland
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Clydebank, Inverkeithing, John Brown, Minnesota, Northland, red Star Line, Zeeland
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No.490 General Osorio launched 1929
11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936. Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at … Continue reading
No.489 Southern Prince launched in 1929
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Anna C 1947 Costa fu Andrea Scrapped in La Spezia 1971 Image attribution: Roger Scozzafava, IWM, Emerson Franco Rocha & Ship2Shore
No.990 Shiretoko Maru launched in 1972
17,261grt Nihon Enkai Ferry from Kanasashi Zosensho, Shimizu N Kazantzakis 1989 Minoan Line Ming Fai Princess 2001 Pacific Cruises Metropolis 2007 Metropolis Cruises Ropolis 2020 IMO: 7215161 Arrived Alang 4 Jan 2021 Image attribution: Ken Murayama, Georgos Fyllad, Dirk Septer … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Kanasashi Zosensho, Mang Fair Princess, Metropolis, Minoan, N Kazantzakis, Nihon Enkai Ferry, Ropolis, Shimizu, Shiretoko Maru
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No.1490 Silver Shadow launched 1999
28,258GT for Silversea Cruises from Cantieri Navale, Porto Viro & Mariotti, Genoa IMO: 9192167 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Manuel Fernandez in Malaga & PTZtv
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Cantieri Navale, Genova, Geoa, Mariotti, Porto Viro, Silver Shadow, Silversea Cruise
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No.1557 Norwegian Star, originally ordered as the Superstar Libra in 2001
91,740GT for Star Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Norwegian Star 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Star by Neven Jerković John Kennedy photo John Henry Rigaud photo John Henry Rigaud photo
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Jos L Meyer, NCL, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Star, Papenburg, Star Cruise, Superstar Libra
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No.57 Suevic launched in 1900
12,531grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Skytteren 1928 Y Hvistengahl Scuttled off Maseskjner 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color In 1907 she was wrecked, the ship was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, rebuild, Skytteren, Suevic, White Star Line, Y Hvistengahl
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No.491 Chichibu Maru launched in 1929
17,498grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama Titibu Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Kamakura Maru 1939 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Gudgeon off Lagayan, Philippines 1943
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chichiby Maru, Kamakura Maru, Lagayan, Nippon Yusen, Philippines, titibu Maru, USS Gudheon, Yokohama
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No.991 Erimo Maru launched in 1972
10164grt for Nihon Enkai Ferry from Kanasashi Zosensho, Shimizu King Minos 1988 Minoan Line Mawaddah 2004 Namma Lines IMO: 7214521 Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan 2019 Credits on Marine Traffic photos
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Erimo Maru, Gadani Beach, Kanasashi Zosensho, King Minos, Mawaddah, Minoan, Namma, Nihon Enkai Ferry
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