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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.658 USS Glacier launched in 1943
14,687grt for US Navy Seattle-Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma HMS Atheling 1943 Royal Navy Roma 1950 Flotta Lauro Scrapped in Savona 1967 Sistership SYDNEY was renamed ROMA 1967-1970 (to confuse matters) 2 images from Fremantle Ports Roma as a cargo ship
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Flotta Lauro, HMS Atheling, Roma, Royal Navy, Savona, Seattle-Tacoma SM, Tacoma, US Navy, USS Glacier
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No.659 Pass Christian launched in 1942
12,093grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula Fred C. Ainsworth 1943 US Army Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22181.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Fred C Ainsworth, Ingalls, Pascagoula, Pass Christian, US Army, US Government
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No.660 USS Jamaica launched in 1942
12053grt for US Navy by Seattle Tacoma SB Corp, Tacoma HMS Shah 1943 Royal Navy Salta 1949 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero Scrapped in Buenos Aires 1966 During the LAKONIA fire in Dec 1963, the Argentine passenger ship Salta arrived … Continue reading
No.661 Awa Maru launched in 1942
11,249grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Queenfish in the Pacific 1945
Posted in Hospital ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Awa Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, torpedoed, USS Queenfish
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No.662 Biloxi launched in 1942
12,090grt for US Government from Ingalls, Pascagoula Henry Gibbins 1943 US Army Empire State IV 1960 NY State Maritime College Bay State 1974 Massachusetts Maritime Scrapped in Kearny 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22183.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship, US Army
Tagged Bay State, Biloxi, Empire State, Henry Gibbins, Ingalls, Kearny, Massachusetts, NY State Maritime, Pascagoula, US Army
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No.302 Albania launched in 1920
12,768grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock California 1930 Nav Libera Triestina Torpedo bombed off Syracuse 1941 Image attribution: David Osmond
No.303 Ballarat launched in 1920
13,065grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1935
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Uncategorized
Tagged Ballarat, Belfast, Briton Ferry, Harland & Wolff, P&O Line
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No.304 Meduana launched in 1920
10,077grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Kerguelen 1928 Chargeurs Réunis Winrich von Kniprode 1940 German Navy Kerguelen 1945 Chargeurs Réunis Scrapped in Antwerp 1955
No.305 Alfonso XIII launched in 1920
10,551grt for Cia Trasatlantica from Soc Espanola de Construction Naval, Bilbao Habana 1931 Cia Trasatlantica Galicia 1964 Pescanova SA, Vigo Scrapped in Spain 1978 Completed after a fire in 1923, burned out in 1939, repaired & refitted as a cargo … Continue reading
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