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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.20 Graf Waldersee launched in 1898
12,830grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scrapped Hamburg 1922
Posted in passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Graf Waldersee, Hamburg, Hamburg-America
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No.19 Brasilia launched in 1897
10,336grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Norseman 1900 Dominion Line 22 Jan 1916 torpedoed by German submarine U-39 in Gulf of Salonika Scrapped in Italy in 1920 Image from Norwayheritage
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Brasilia, Dominion, Hamburg-America, Harland & Wolff, Norseman, Salonika
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No.1517 European Ambassador launched in 2000
24,206GT for P&O European Ferries by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki Stena Nordica 2004 Stena Line Malo Seaways 2015 DFDS Seaways Stena Nordica 2016 Stena Line IMO: 9215505 Image by Simonwp Image LPX on Ship Spotting Image copyright: Gena Anfimov
Posted in ferry, Uncategorized
Tagged DFDS, European Ambassador, Malo Seaways, Mitsubishi, P&O European Ferries, Shimonoseki, Stena, Stena Nordica
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No.1518 Kriti IV launched in 2000
2000 32,694 ANEK by Fosen Mek, Rissa Delivered as Hellenic Spirit 2001 ANEK IMO: 9216030 Image copyright: Florian 1860
No.518 Morro Castle launched 1930
11,520grt for Ward Line by Newport News at Newport News Destroyed by fire off New Jersey 1934 More details at http://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/morro-castle/ Morro Castle departing Miami. 1934. Photo Courtesy Bill Price Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Fire, Morro Castle, New Jersey, Newport News, Ward Line
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No.18 Cymric launched 1897
12,552 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U20 in the English Channel 1916
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Tagged Belfast, Cymric, English Channel, Harland & Wolff, Torpedoed U20, White Star Line
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No.1996 Celebrity Beyond floated out 31 Mar 2021
129,500GT for Celebrity Cruises from STX France (then Chantiers de l’Atlantique), St Nazaire IMO: 9838395 Image attribution: Christophe Dedieu & John Kennedy
Posted in Cruise ship
Tagged Celebrity Beyond, Celebrity Cruises, Chantiers, St Nazaire, STX France
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No.1515 Carnival Spirit launched 2000
85,920GT for Carnival Cruise Line by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki Images by Wayne A’Court Images by Mike Burke
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Tagged Carnival, Carnival Spirit, Helsinki, Kvaerner Masa
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No.1017 Ferry Tenryu launched 1973
15,771 Tokyo Ferry by Koyo Dockyard Co, Mihara Ferry Suzuran 1978 Shin Nihonkai Ferry KK Utopia 3 1995 Nishinippon Kisen Manila Bay 1 2003 Gothong Lines Scrapped 2019 IMO: 7326609 Image copyright: Mike Baylon
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Tagged Ferry Suzuran, Ferry Tenryu, Gothong, Manila, Philippines, Shin Nihonkai, Tokyo, Utopia
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