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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.1055 Green Arch launched in 1975
12,891grt for Hiroshima Green Ferry by Kanda SB Co, Kure Okudogo 8 1982 Kurushima Dock Kydon 1991 ANEK Talos 1995 ANEK Ierapetra L 1999 LANE Lines Aqua Blue 2017 IMO: 7429669 Image copyright for the Ierapetra L: Stamatis Gianniotis Nikos Chatzipetros … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged ANEK, Aqua Blue, Green Arch, Hiroshima Green Ferry, Ierapetra, Kure, Kurushima, Kydon, LANE Line, Okudogo, Talos
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No.55 Deutschland launched in 1900
16,502grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Victoria Luise 1911 Hamburg-America Line Hansa 1921 Hamburg-America Line Scrapped Hamburg 1925 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Deutschland, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Hansa, Victori Luise, Vulcan Stettin
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No.493 Highland Princess launched in 1929
14,128grt Nelson Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Marianna 1959 John S Latsis Slapy 1960 Czechoslovak Ocean Guanghua 1960 Chinese Republic IMO: 5136983 Scrapped 1981 Some 1959 images from John Gibbard
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged China, Guanghua, Highland Princess, John S Latsis, Marianna, Nelson Line, royal Mail Line, Slapy
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No.993 launched as the Sun Rise Jan 1972
11,314grt for Nippon Kosoku Ferry by Kawasaki, Kobe Delivered as Sun Flower 2 in May 1972 for Nippon Kosoku Ferry Ltd Dynamo 1 1999 Orientalis 2000 Cambodia IMO:7206469 Scrapped Chittagong 2003 Images from: idyllicocean Image:Koji Ueda
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Chittagong, Dynamo, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Kosoku, Orientalis, Sun Flower 2, Sun Rise
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No.1493 Costa Atlantica launched 1999
85,619GT for Costa Cruises from Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9187796 MAS Islander 2024 Margaritaville at Sea Image attribution: Tom Pixsson, Tony Davis & Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Atlantica, Costa Cruises, Helsinki, Kvaerner Masa
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No.1554 Ariadne launched in 2001
28,007GT for Minoan Line by Samsung Heavy Industries, Koje Ariadne Palace 2002 Minoan Line Moby Tommy 2007 Moby Lines IMO: 9221310
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Ariadne Palace, Ariandne, Heavy Industries Koje, Minoan Line, Moby Line, Moby Tommy, Samsung
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No.1054 Azerbaydzhan launched in 1975
16,631grt for USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Arkadiya 1996 Blasco UK Island Holiday 1998 Norsong Enchanted Capri 1998 Commodore Cruise Line Aground in Mexico 2021 Photo by Ben Ayre Arkadiya photo by Dr. Allan Ryszka-Onions ISLAND HOLIDAY photo by Wolfgang Kramer … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aground, Arkadiya, Azerbaydzhan, Blasco UK, Commodore Cruise, Enchanted Capri, Island Holiday, Mexico, Norsong, Turku, USSR, Wärtsilä
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No.554 Caribia launched in 1932
13,101grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Ilitch 1946 USSR Ilyich 1983 Education ship of Fishing fleet Scrapped 1993 CARIBIA photo from DDGHANSA Caribia seen from sister ship ms Cordillera ILICH photo by Bunts ILYICH photo by Vitaliy … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Caribia, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Ilitch, Ilyich, USSR
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No.54 Neckar launched in 1900
10,085grt for North German Lloyd by Tecklenborg, Geestemunde Antigone 1917 US Navy Scrapped Netherlands 1928
