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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.1774 Celebrity Eclipse floated out in 2010
121,878GT for Celebrity Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9404314 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Tony Davis, David Sky & Rob Foy
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Celebrity Cruises, Celebrity Eclipse, IMO: 9404314, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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No.912 Empress of Canada launched in 1960
27,284grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mardi Gras 1972 Carnival Cruise Line Star of Texas 1994 Gold Star Cruises Lucky Star 1994 Gold Star Cruises Apollon 1995 Royal Olympic Apollo 2003 In lay up and final voyage Scrapped Alang … Continue reading
No.678 General W F Hase launched in 1943
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Transidaho 1969 Hudson Waterways Carolina 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Scrapped Kaohsiung 1985 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22146.htm
No.387 Slamat launched in 1923
11,406grt for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Bombed Nauplia 1941 in the Battle of Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Slamat
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, de Schelde, Greece, Rotterdam Lloyd, Slamat, Vlissingen
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No.299 Empress of Canada launched in 1920
21,517grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci, South Atlantic 1943 Of approximately 1,800 people on board, 392 died. 149 of the fatalities were Italian prisoners of war Photo: Steve Walker Color & Edwin … Continue reading
No.1682 Costa Serena launched in 2006
114,147GT for Costa Crociere S.p.A from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO:9343132 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco & four named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner
Tagged Costa Crociere, Costa Serena, fincantieri, IMO: 9343132, Sestri Ponente
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No.1683 MSC Orchestra launched in 2006
92,409GT for MSC Crociere from Aker Yards, St Nazaire (as it was then – now Chantiers) IMO: 9320099 Image attribution: Philip Blackwell & Giannis Mavronas Two images from Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aker Yards, IMO: 9320099, MSC Crociere, MSC Orchestra, St Nazaire
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No.1684 Bo Hai Jin Zhu launched 2006
19,847grt for Bo Hai Ferry Co from Shandong Huanghai, Shidau IMO: 9486219
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bo Hai Ferry Co, Bo Hai Jin Zhu, IMO: 9486219, Shandong Huanghai, Shidau
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No.1685 Zhong Tie Bohai 1 Hao launched in 2006
24,975GT for Sinorail Bohai Train from Xingang Shipyard, Tianjin MMSI: 412328490 Image attribution: Kevin Wang
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged MMSI: 412328490, Sinorail Bohai Train, Tianjin, Xingang Shipyard, Zhong Tie Bohai 1 Hao
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