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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.375 Mooltan launched in 1923
20,847grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1954 Mooltan in Aden Mooltan in the Suez Canal
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Faslane, Harland & Wolff, Mooltan, P&O
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No.376 Minnewaska launched in 1923
21,716grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Port Glasgow 1934
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Minnewaska, Port Glasgow
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No.283 Yorkshire launched in 1919
10,184grt for Bibby Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed U37 off Cape Finisterre 1939 Sister of the more successful Lancashire
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Bibby Line, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U371, Yorkshire
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No.285 Old North State launched in 1920
10,533 gross registered tons for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden 157.3m x 19m 14 kts 78 passengers in 1st class President van Buren 1922 United States Lines President Fillmore 1940 American President Lines Marigold 1944 US … Continue reading
Posted in Hospital ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged American President, Camden, Marigold, New York SB, Old North State, President Fillmore, President van Buren, United States Line, US Army, US Shipping Board
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No.286 Panhandle State launched in 1920
10,533grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Monroe 1922 United States Lines President Buchanan 1940 American President Lines Emily H.M. Weder 1944 US Army President Buchanan 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped San Francisco 1956 http://www.navsource.org/archives/30/08/0806.htm
Posted in Hospital ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged American President, Camden, Emily H M Weder, New York SB, Panhandle State, President Buchanan, President Monroe, San Francisco, United States Line, US Army, US Maritime Commission, US Shipping Board
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No.377 California launched in 1923
16,792grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow One funnel as HMS California Bombed off the coast of Spain 1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_California_(1923)
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Bombed, California, Stephen Glasgow
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No.378 Maloja launched in 1923
20,837grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1954 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & Harry Issell / State Library of Victoria Maloja in Sydney Harbour. Taken from the Sydney Harbour Bridge William J. … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Inverkeithing, Maloja, P&O
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No.379 Deutschland launched in 1923
20,607grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Lubeck 1945
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Deutschland, Hamburg, Hamburg-America
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The World's Passenger Ships 