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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.
Author Archives: donships
No.1602 Carnival Glory launched in 2002
110,239GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Image attribution: Richard McGregory Image attribution: Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival cruise, Carnival Glory, fincantieri, Monfalcone
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No.2025 Adora Magic City floated out 17 Dec 2021
133,500GT for Adora Cruise Line by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co, Shanghai. The vessel was built under a venture from CSSC/Carnival & Fincantieri based on Vista-class of Carnival Cruise Line. IMO: 9871036 Images from Hiroshi Miyaji and Kawamura Akifumi
No.1919 Costa Venezia floated out 22 Jun 2018
135,500GT for Costa Asia by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Carnival Venezia 2023 Carnival Cruise Line IMO: 9801689 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Birdy Tsao, Neven Jerković, Giannis Mavronas & Chris Bromley Carnival Venezia (formerly Costa Venezia) in Grand Turk by Chris Bromley
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carival Venzia, Carnival cruise, Costa Asia, Costa Venezia, fincantieri, Monfalcone
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No.1921 MSC Bellissima floated out 2 Jul 2018
171,598GT for MSC Cruises from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9760524 Image attribution: Jez Morgan, Andy Amor, Tony Davis and Vitor Francisco
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged MSC Bellissima, MSC Cruises, St Nazaire, STX France
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No.1881 Lavender launched in 2016
14,125GT for Shin Nihonkai from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries IMO: 9810824
No.1920 Saint John Paul II launched 2018
10,000GT for Virtu Ferries from (Incat 089) Derwent, Tasmania IMO: 9817274 Image attribution: Walter Pless & Matthew Portelli on Marine Traffic
Posted in Fast Ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Derwent, Incat, Saint John Paul II, Tasmania, Virtu Ferries
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No.1880 MSC Meraviglia floated out 2016
171,589GT for MSC Cruises from STX Europe, St Nazaire IMO: 9760512 Image attribution: Eirik Kvale Stensland, Nicholas Canepa & Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged MSC Cruises, MSC Meraviglia, St Nazaire, STX Europe
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No.1545 European Dream launched in 2001
58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Delivered as European Stars 2002 65542 Festival Cruises MSC Sinfonia 2015 MSC Crociere Image copyright: Ken Malcolm, EUROPEAN STARS photo by Manuel Moreno Martínez Image from Joost Keesing
No.1045 Wellamo launched in 1974
12,348 Finska Angfartygs by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Dana Gloria 1981 Det Forenede D/S Svea Corona 1984 DFDS Dana Gloria 1985 DFDS King of Scandinavia 1988 DFDS Color Viking 1994 Color line Jupiter 1998 Fjord Line Sank Vietnam 2017
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Color Line, Color Viking, Dana Gloria, DFDS, Dubigeon-Normandie, Finska Angfartygs, Fjord Line, Jupiter, King of Scandinavia, Nantes, Svea Corona, Vietnam, Wellamo
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No.46 Main launched in 1900
10,067grt for North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Scrapped 1925 An interesting history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Main_(1900) particularly with the lucky escape after the fire
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Main, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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