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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.1817 Copenhagen launched in 2012
25,527 Scandlines from Fayard, Odense IMO: 9587867 Images from Matti Block
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Copenhagen, Fayard, IMO: 9587867, Odense, Scandlines
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No.1818 Stavangerfjord launched in 2012
31,678GT for Fjord Line from Gdansk Shipyard, Gdansk & Bergen Group Fosen, Rissa IMO: 9586605 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bergen Group, Fjord Line, Gdansk, IMO: 9586605, Rissa, Stavangerfjord
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No.1819 Chang Shan Dao launched in 2012
24,572GT for China Shipping from Guangzhou Shipyard IMO: 9520297
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Chang Shan Dao, China Shipping, Guangzhou Shipyard, IMO: 9520297
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No.1820 Blue Star Patmos launched in 2012
18,498GT for Blue Star Ferries from Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo IMO: 9565041 Image attribution: Marios Prekos & Tony Davis
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Star Ferries, Blue Star Patmos, Daewoo Shipbuilding, IMO: 9565041, Okpo
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No.1221 Greifswald launched in 1988
21,980grt for VEB Deutfracht from VEB Mathias Thesen, Wismar IMO: 8311912 Antey 2024 Russian Flag Image attribution: UKRFERRY & 3 named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Greifswald, IMO: 8311912, VEB Deutfracht, VEB Mathias Thesen, Wismar
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No.1222 Sassnitz launched in 1988
20,276GT built for GDR State Railways by Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg IMO: 8705383 Then Stena Line Arrived Aliaga 19 Oct 2021 Image attribution: Just Ferries, Peter Ferrary & Tony Davis
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aalborg Vaerft, GDR Tate Railways, IMO: 8705383, Sassnitz, Stena Line
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No.1223 Repubblica di Genova launched in 1988
35,638grt for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione by Fincantieri Navali, Castellammare Daewoo Frontier 2008 Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione Frontier 2009 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2010 Originally carried 57 passsengers Image attribution: Nautic4ever
No.903 Leonardo da Vinci launched in 1958
33,340grt ‘Italia’ SAN by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente 1978 returned to La Spezia, Italy to be laid up. Fire started on board on 4 July 1980. The burnt-out hull was later righted and towed to the scrapyard at La Spezia in 1982. … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Fire, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Leonardo da Vinci, Sestri Ponente
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No.742 Modjokerto launched in 1946
10,116grt for Rotterdam Lloyd from Caledon, Dundee Dona Rita 1963 Socrates Nav Co Atlas Promoter 1968 Korea Atlas Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Only 36 passengers
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Atlas Promoter, Caledon, Dona Rita, Dundee, Modjokerto, Rotterdam Lloyd
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No.743 Argentina Star launched in 1946
10,716grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Argentina Star in her last time in Santos. July 1972 Luiz Fernando Horstien
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