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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.1981 Havila Castor floated out 5 Sep 2020
15,812GT Havila Kystruten from Tersan shipyard in Turkey IMO: 9865582 Image attribution: Erlend Karlsen, Ali Sari, Gunder Falck & Sonder M Pettersen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Havila Castor, Havila Kystruten, Tersan, Turkey
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No.1540 The World launched in 2001
43,188GT for ResidenSea by Bruces Verkstads, Landskrona & Fosen Mek, Rissa Image copyright: The late Neven Jerković from Dubrovnik Next two images from Wayne A’Court in NZ
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bruces Verstads, Fosen Mek, Landskrona, ResidenSea, Rissa, The World
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No.1040 Mette Mols launched in 1974
11,907grt for Mols Line by Helsingör Vaerft, Helsingör Mette Mo 1996 Mols Line Banassa 1996 Comarit Ferries Banasa 1996 Comarit Ferries Galaxy 2015 European Seaways Moby Kiss 2015 Moby Lines Mehdo Azhari’s image Moby Kiss – image from Tony Davis
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Banasa, Banassa, Comarit, European Seaways, Galaxy, Helsingör, Helsingor Vaerft, Mette Mo, Mette Mols, Moby Kiss, Moby Lines, Mols Line
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No.40 Rhein launched in 1899
10,058grt for North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Susquehanna 1917 US Navy Scrapped Japan 1928 Rhein from Norway Heritage
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Japan, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Rhein, Susquehanna, US Navy
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No.1982 Aurora Botnia launched 11 Sep 2020
24,036GT for Wasa Line by Rauma Marine Construction IMO: 9878319 Image attribution: Rauma Marine Constructions, Antti Lehto & Mats Sjogren
No.1539 Bithia launched in 2001
36,475GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare Bithia by Nicolas Crossman 1539a Moby Ale Due 2025 Moby Lines 1539b GNV Pegsus 2,025 GNV IMO: 9222522 Bithia by Tom Gulbrandsen
No.1039 Svea Corona launched in 1974
12,576grt for Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Sundancer 1984 Sundance Cruises Pegasus 1984 Epirotiki Line Ionian Express 1994 Strintzis Fire, scrapped Aliaga 1995 Image from Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Epirotiki, Fred Olsen Dubigeon, Ionian Express, Nantes, Normandie, Pegasus, Strintzis, Sundancer, Svea, Svea Corona
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