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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.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941
11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Caroline Islands, Miike Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Trigger
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No.646 launched as the Izumo Maru 1941
27,500 Nippon Yusen by Kawasaki, Kobe Proposed Japanese ocean-liner of 27,000 tons and 722 feet long. Ordered late 1938, completed as an aircraft carrier in 1942 Hiyō, launched 1941 She was sunk by a US torpedo in the Battle of … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger ship
Tagged aircraft carrier, Hiyo, Izumo Maru, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.647 launched as Kashiwara Maru 1941
24,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Completed as aircraft carrier Junyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944, hulked & broken up 1947 Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō moored at Sasebo, Japan, in 1945
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger ship
Tagged aircraft carrier, Junyo, Kashiwara Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, torpedoed
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No.648 Empire Grace launched in 1941
13,478grt for Ministry of Transport by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Wairangi 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Ran aground on 14 August 1963 at Kanholmsfjärden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss. Arrived on 25 October 1963 at Faslane for scrapping … Continue reading
No.650 Frederick Funston launched in 1941
11,971grt for US Army from Seattle-Tacoma SB, Tacoma Scrapped 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03089.htm
Posted in Class C3-S-A1, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship, US Army
Tagged Frederick Funston, Seattle-Tacoma SM, Tacoma, US Army
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No.351 Diogenes launched in 1922
12,341grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mataroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & The Alexander Turnbull Library Mataroa departing Wellington 1957
No.352 Hakozaki Maru launched in 1922
10,413grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine off Balao East China Sea 1945
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakozaki Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.355 Cap Norte launched in 1922
13,615grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Hamburg Sierra Salvada 1932 North German Lloyd Cap Norte 1934 Hamburg-South America Line Empire Trooper 1940 Ministry of Transport Scrapped Inverkeithing 1955 Image – Hans Flugge. NDL’s Sierra Salvada was taken in Funchal, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Cap Norte, Empire trooper, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Inverkeithing, Ministry of Transport, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Sierra Salvada, Vulcan
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