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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.1891 Carnival Horizon launched in 2017
133,956GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9767091 Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Cliff Saunders, JD Schwartz & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Horizon, fincantieri, IMO: 9767091, Monfalcone
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No.300 Buckeye State launched in 1920
1920grt for 14,123 US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Taft 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Williard A. Holbrook 1941 US Army Scrapped Maryland 1952 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22044.htm Willard A. Holbrook in Australia
No.389 Camranh launched in 1923
10,193grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes Brazza 1927 Chargeurs Réunis Torpedoed by U 37 off Oporto in 1940 Images from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Brazza, Camranh, Chargeurs Reunis, Nantes, Oporto, torpedoed
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No.390 Ascania launched in 1923
14,013grt for Cunard Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Scrapped in Newport 1957 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color – ASCANIA & CARINTHIA Montreal 1956
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Armstrong Whitworth, Ascania, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Newport
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No.679 General E T Collins launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California New Orleans 1969 Containership Chartering Guayama 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Eastern Kin 1981 United Southern Shipping Sank in the Pacific 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22147.htm
No.701 General C H Muir launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy by Kaiser, Richmond California Chicago 1969 Pacific Far East Line San Juan 1976 Farrell Lines Scrapped 1988 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22142.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chicago, General C H Muir, Kaiser, Richmond California, San Juan, US Navy
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No.702 Admiral H T Mayo launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy Bethlehem Steel Co from Alameda, California Gen Nelson M Walker 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 2004 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22125.htm Image attribution: Rene Beauchamp
No.891 Sylvania launched in 1956
21,989grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Fairwind 1968 Fairwind Shipping (Sitmar) Sitmar Fairwind 1988 Sitmar Cruises Dawn Princess 1988 Princess Cruises Albatros 1993 Phoenix Reisen Genoa 2004 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2004 Image: Vincent Neale, Brian Fisher, Masato Nishiguchi … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Albatros, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Dawn Princess, Fairwind, Genoa, John Brown, Phoenix Reisen, Princess Cruises, Sitmar, Sitmar Fairwind, Sylvania
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No.892 Theodor Herzl launched in 1957
10,596grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Carnivale 1969 New Horizons Freeport 1975 New Horizons Veracruz I 1976 Freeport Cruise Liners Sun Ambassador 1990 Festival Shipping The Fiesta 1991 Festival Shipping Fire, sank Piraeus 1991 Images: Frank … Continue reading
No.917 Galileo Galilei launched 2 Jul 1961
Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1963 27,907grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone IMO 5411254 Galileo 1984 Chandris Line Meridian 1990 Chandris subsidiary Celebrity Cruises (their first ship) Sun Vista 1997 Sun Cruises Fire, sank near Penang Island 1999 … Continue reading
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