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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.552 Highland Patriot launched 1931
14,130grt for Nelson Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Taken over by Royal Mail in 1932 Torpedoed by U 38 off Bishop Rock 1940
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bishop Rock, Highland Patriot, Nelson Line, royal Mail Line, torpedoed, U38
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No.52 Kiautschou launched in 1900
10,911grt for Hamburg-America Line from Vulcan, Stettin Prinzess Alice 1904 North German Lloyd Princess Matoika 1917 US Shipping Board President Arthur 1922 United States Lines City of Honolulu 1927 Los Angeles SS Co Scrapped Japan 1933
No.1551 Star Princess launched in 2001
108,977GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Pacific Encounter 2021 P&O Australia Carnival Encounter 2025 Carnival Cruise Line Star Princess David Rolfe’s photo in the Beagle Channel Tony Davis’ image
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Monfalcone, Pacific Encounter, Princess Cruises, star Princess
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No.1051 Nils Holgersson launched in 1974
12,527grt for TT-Line GmbH & Co by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg Abel Tasman 1985 Transport Tasmania Pollux 1994 Ventouris Ferries Theofilos 1995 Maritime Co Lesvos Laid up for some time Ilos 2022 Breakers Arrived Aliaga 16 May 2022 Nils Holgersson from Hans … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Abel Tasman, Aliaga, Nils Holgersson, Pollux, Rendsburg, Theofilos, Transport Tasmania, TT Line, Ventouris, Werft Nobiskrug
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No.551 Manhattan launched in 1931
24,289grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Wakefield 1941 US Navy Scrapped Kearny, NJ 1965 Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color – MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach Florida 12 Jan 1941 Manhattan outbound for Europe Oil painting … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny NJ, Manhattan, New York, United States Line, US Navy, Wakefield
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No.51 Prinzess Irene launched in 1900
10,881grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Pocahontas 1917 US Navy Bremen 1923 North German Lloyd Karlsruhe 1928 North German Lloyd Scrapped Germany 1932
No.997 Orion launched in 1972
14975grt for Taiyo Ferry from Hayashikane, Shimonoseki Ferry Nishiki Maru 1980 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry Orion 1984 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry View of Nagasaki 1989 Glory Shipping Daedalus 1989 Minoan Line Riviera Adriatica 2005 Adria Ferries Claudia Prima 2012 Adria Ferries Caribbean … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Adria, Caribbean Galaxy, Claudia Prima, Daedalus, Ferry Nishiki Maru, Kyushu Kyuko, Minoan, Orion, Riviera Adriatica, Taiyo Ferry, View of Nagasaki
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No.1496 Blue Star 1 launched 1999
29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9197105 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Star, Blue Star Ferries, Krimpen, Van der Giessen
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No.1978 Aura Seaways launched 31 Aug 2020
54,900GT for DFDS from Guangzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou IMO: 9851036 Image attribution: Manfred Sesemann, Nils Herforth & Gena Anfimov on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Aura Seaways, DFDS, Guanghzou, Guangzhou Shipyard
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