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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.718 Vassar Victory launched in 1945
10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica Scrapped in Castellon 1974
No.719 Marine Tiger launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Oakland 1966 Litton Industries Scrapped Taiwan 1987
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, troopship
Tagged Kaiser, Marine Tiger, Oakland, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.1741 Stena Hollandica launched in 2008
64,039GT for Stena Line from Nordic Yards, Wismar IMO: 9419163 Image attribution: Rob de Visser & Vitor Francisco Note the change in funnel top Malte Kopfer’s image
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9419163, Nordic Yards, Stena Hollandica, Stena Line, Wismar
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No.1742 Northern Expedition launched in 2008
17,729GT for British Columbia Ferries from Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg IMO: 9408413 Three named images from Marine Traffic
No.1743 AIDAluna floated out 2008
69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334868 Image attribution: Neil Hopper & Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged AIDA cruises, AIDAluna, Dover, IMO: 9334868, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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No.896 Pendennis Castle launched in 1957
28,582grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Ocean Queen 1976 Ocean Queen Sindbad 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Sindbad 1 1977 Kinvara Bay Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Iain Jenkins & Chris Howell Ocean Queen … Continue reading
No.644 Rio de la Plata launched in 1941
13,432grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun Shipbuilding & DD Co, Chester Charger 1941 US Navy Fairsea 1949 Alvion SS Corp (Sitmar) Fire scrapped La Spezia 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/030.htm Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alvion, Charger, Fairsea, La Spezia, Moore McCormack, Rio de la Plata, Sitmar, Sun Shipbuilding, US Navy
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No.1744 Carnival Dream launched in 2008
128,251GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9378474 Image from Angelo Hromin Image from Tony Davis New colours – images from Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Dream, fincantieri, IMO: 9378474, Monfalcone
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No.1745 Bo Hai Zhen Zhu launched in 2008
24,024GT for Shandong Bohai by HuangHai Shipbuilding, Rongcheng IMO: 9508328 Image attribution: Ata Bilgili
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bo Hai Zhen Zhu, Huanghai Shipyard, IMO: 9508328, Rongcheng, Shandong Bohai
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No.1302 Crown Dynasty launched in 1992
19,089GT Crown Cruise Line by Union Naval, Valencia IMO: 9000699 Crown Majesty 1997 24344GT Majesty Cruise Line Norwegian Dynasty 1997 Norwegian Cruise Line Crown Dynasty 1999 Crown Cruise Line Braemar 2001 Fred Olsen Line Odyssey for Villa Vie Residences 2024, a … Continue reading
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