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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.1546 Aeolos Kenteris launched in 2001
11,705GT for NEL Lines by Alstom Leroux Naval, Lorient Red Sea 1 2007 Pictor Shipping Aeolos Kenteris 2009 NEL Lines Sunk in Augusta, Italy 2020 after a long period of lay up Image copyright: Flo L
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aeolos Kenteris, Alstom, NEL Lines, Pictor, Red Sea
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No.1046 Bohemund launched in 1974
12,618grt for Fred Olsen Line Ankerlokken Verft, Floro (a ferry – 154 passengers) Isola Delle Stelle 1987 Sardenia Compagnia di Nav Giuseppe SA 2007 Moby Lines Med Star 2022 Med Lines
Posted in ferry, Ro-pax, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Ankerlokken, Bohemund, Fred Olsen, Giuseppe, Isola Delle Stelle, Med Star, Moby Lines, Sardenia Compagnia di Nav
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No.780 Helenus launched in 1949
10,125grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Harland & Wolff, Helenus, Kaohsiung
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No.779 Oslofjord launched in 1949
16,844grt for Norwegian America Line from Nederlandsche Sb Mij, Amsterdam Fulvia 1969 Costa Armatori Fire, sank Canary Islands 1970 Roger Aves added: Launched by N.V. Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouv, Amsterdam for NAL. 11.1949 delivered. 11.1966 Refit started by shipbuilders. 2.1967 … Continue reading
No.778 Rio de la Plata launched in 1949
11,317grt for Flota Mercante del Estado by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Fire, scrapped in Buenos Aires 1968
No.47 Tunisian launched in 1900
10,576grt for Allan Line from Stephen, Glasgow Marburn 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Genoa 1928 Images from Clydeships
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Allan line, Canadian Pacific, Glasgow, Marburn, Stephen, Tunisian
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No.163 Titanic, launched 1911
46,329grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sank North Atlantic April 1912 with huge loss of life. Posted on the 111th anniversary of her loss. Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Harland & Wolff, Iceberg, Titanic, Tragedy, White Starr line
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No.402 Oronsay launched in 1924
20,001grt for Orient Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by Italian submarine Archimede off West Africa 1942. She survived an attack at St Nazaire when the Lancastria was lost. My father was aboard when she was bombed off Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Archimede, Clydebank, John Brown, Lancastria, Orient SN Co, Oronsay, St Nazaire, torpedoed
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