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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.1121 Apulia launched in 1980
17,961grt for Lloyd Triestino SpA by Italcantieri SpA, Genoa Capo Spartivento 1987 Tirrenia di Navigazione Da Long 2001 Dae Ryong Scrapped in China 2009 IMO:7902740 Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Apulia, Capo Spartivento, Da Long, Dae Ryong, Genoa, Italcantieri, Lloyd Triestino, Tirrenia
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No.1081 Cyrnos launched in 1978
11,819grt for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) from Dubigeon-Normandie SA, Nantes Ile de Beauté 1990 SNCM Beau 2013 Breakers Scrapped Aliaga 2013 IMO:7715379 CYRNOS photo by Stéphane Saissi Image copyright: Carlo Martinelli ILE DE BEAUTÉ photo by Julien Imbert
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Beau, Cyrnos, Dubigeon-Normandie, Ile de Beaute, Nantes, SNCM, Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée
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No.81 Hellig Olav launched in 1902
10,085grt for Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Blyth 1934 Image from Norway Heritage
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blyth, Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab, DFDS, Glasgow, Hellig Olav, Stephen
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No.1801 AIDASol launched in 2011
71,304GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9490040 Image attribution: Mário Camacho Image by Tom Gulbrandsen Funchal port. Photo by IRIA AGUIAR.
No.1401 Paul Gauguin launched in 1996
19,170GT for Services et Transports Tahiti from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9111319 Image attribution: Richard Francis, David Sky & Dirk Septer
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers, Paul Gauguin, Services et Transports Tahiti, St Nazaire, Tahiti
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No.1241 Cinderella launched in 1989
46,398 Viking Line from Wärtsilä Marine, Turku Viking Cinderella 2003 Viking Line Image attribution: Markus Mattila Image from Christer Gustafsson
No.561 Cordillera launched in 1933
12,931 Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Russ 1952 USSR Scrapped 1979 Sister of the Caribia Image copyright: Hapag-Lloyd & W A Schell Photo in Curacao
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Cordillera, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Russ, USSR
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No.2020 Moby Fantasy launched 6 Nov 2021
69500GT Moby Ferries from Guangzhou Shipyard Internationale IMO: 9837509 Image attribution: Moby, Jorge Truchon & Pietro Bartalini on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Guangzhou Shipyard, Moby Fantasy, Moby Ferries
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No.545 Rex launched in 1931
51,062grt for ‘Italia’ Flotta Riunite by Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Bombed south of Trieste 1944 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color The largest passenger liner to be lost by enemy action in wartime
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Italia, rex, Sestri Ponente, Trieste
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No.45 Minnehaha launched in 1900
13,403grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 48 off Fastnet 1917
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Fastnet, Harland & Wolff, Minnehaha, torpedoed, U48
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