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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.914 Principe Perfeito launched September 22, 1960
19,393grt for Companhia Nacional de Navegação from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO : 5285045 Al Hasa 1976 Global Transportation Fairsky 1980 Fair Line Shipping (Sitmar) Vera 1981 Sitmar Marianna IX 1982 Sappho Shipping (Latsis Group) Marianna 9 1984 Accommodation … Continue reading
No.819 Rhodesia Castle launched in 1951
17,041grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 (First two photos from Aden)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Rhodesia Castle, Union Castle
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No.899 Argentina Maru launched in 1958
10,864grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Kobe IMO 5023215 Nippon Maru 1972 Osaka Shosen KK Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Barry Davis
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Argentina Maru, IMO 5023215, Kobe, Mitsubishi, Nippon Maru, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.703 General H B Freeman launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Newark 1968 Madison Transportation Scrapped Taiwan 1986 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22143.htm
Posted in Container Ship, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General H B Freeman, Kaiser, Newark, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.704 General H F Hodges launched in 1945
10,654grt for US Navy by Kaiser, Richmond California James 1968 James River Transport Scrapped Kaohsiung 1979 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22144.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General H F Hodges, James, Kaiser, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.705 Admiral W S Sims launched in 1945
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen William O Darby 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 2004
No.676 General S D Sturgis launched in 1943
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Green Port 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22137.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General S D Sturgis, Green Port, Kaiser, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.382 Hakusan Maru launched in 1923
10,380grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Flier off Iwojima 1944
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakusan Maru, Iwojima, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Flier
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No.383 Talma launched in 1923
10,000GT for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1949 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, Inverkeithing, Newcastle, Talma
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No.295 Montcalm launched in 1920
16,418grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank HMS Wolfe 1939 British Admiralty Scrapped in Faslane 1952
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British Admiralty, Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Faslane, HMS Wolfe, John Brown, Montcalm
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