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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.1491 Explorer of the Seas floated out 1999
137,308GT for Royal Caribbean International from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9161728 Image attribution: Eirik Kvale Stensland, Tom Gulbrandsen & Francis Ferro
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Explorer of the Seas, Kvaerner Masa, Royal Caribbean International, Turku
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No.1556 New Rainbow Bell launched in 2001
11,410GT for Kyuetsu Ferry by Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Shiretoko 2007 Shosen Mitsui Ferry IMO: 9236717 Image copyright: Yosshii on Marine Traffic credits on photos
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Kyuetsu Ferry, Mitsubishi, new Rainbow Bell, Shimonoseki, Shosen Mitsui, Sun Flower Shiretoko
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No.556 Washington launched in 1932
29,627grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Mount Vernon 1941 US Navy Washington 1945 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Kearny 1965 (Stern view – Washington at Wilmington. August 8, 1940 by Pacific National) Daryl LeBlanc color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny, Mount Vernon, New York SB, United States Line, US Navy, Washington
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No.2028 P&O Pioneer launched 2 Jan 2022
47,394GT for P&O Ferries by Guangzhou Shipyard International In Service on the Dover – Calais route IMO: 9895161 Image attribution: GSI, Nawaf Abdulla, Ruelle Fabian from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Guangzhou Shipyard International, P&O Ferries, P&O Pioneer
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No.56 Runic launched in 1900
12,482grt for White Star Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast New Sevilla 1930 Sevilla Whaling (converted into a whaling ship- registered in London) Torpedoed by U 138 off Galway 1940 Image copyright: Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Harland & Wolff, New Sevilla, Runic, torpedoed, U138, White Star Line
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No.492 Rangitata launched 1929
16,737grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from John Brown, Clydebank Rang 1962 Breakers Scrapped in Split 1962 Image attribution: Barry Parsons & Dedge, 4th image at Curacao
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, New Zealand Shipping Co, Rangitata, Split
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No.992 Ferry Hamanasu launched 1972
13,407grt for Shin Nipponkai Ferry KK from Koyo Dockyard Co, Mihara Lissos 1987 Anek Lines IMO: 7220269 Scrapped Alang 2011 Image from Henry Casciaro Lissos at Alang
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, ANEK, Gerry Hamanasu, Koyo Dockyard, Lissos, Mihara, Shin Nihonkai
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No.1492 Millennium floated out 1999
90,228GT for Celebrity Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Celebrity Millennium 2009 Celebrity Cruises IMO: 9189419 Image attribution: Joost Keesing, Stephen Lane, Bridge Valley & Domagoj Mulanovi
No.1555 Olympia Palace launched in 2001
36,825GT for Minoan Line by Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente Bonaria 2012 Tirrenia Cruise Bonaria 2018 Tirrenia Knossos Palace 2021 Minoan Line IMO: 9220330 Image copyright: Josemaria Dominguez
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bonaria, Cruise Bonaria, fincantieri, Minoan Line, Olympia Palace, Sestri Ponente, Tirrenia
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