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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.1282 Crown Jewel launched in 1991
19,154GT for Crown Cruise Line from Union Navale, Valencia IMO: 9000687 Superstar Gemini 1995 Star Cruises Vision Star 2009 Star Cruises Gemini 2009 Quail Cruises Celestyal Nefeli 2016 Celestyal Cruises Gemini 2017 Miray Cruises Image attribution: Janet Cook, Tony Davis and … Continue reading
No.1283 Radisson Diamond launched in 1991
20,295GT for Diamond Cruise Line from Rauma Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9008407 Omar Star 2005 Treasure Ocean Asia Star 2005 Casino Ship China Star 2011 Casino Ship Saipan Star 2017 Driven ashore 21 Sep 2022 Image attribution: Neven Jerković Tony Davis image … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Asia Star, China Star, IMO: 9008407, Omar Star, Radisson Diamond, Rauma, Rauma Finnyard, Saipan Star
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No.1284 Aurora af Helsingborg launched in 1991
10,918GT for Scandlines A/S from Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri, Tomrefjord IMO: 9007128 A short distance ferry Image attribution: Göran Olsson & Marc Pingoud
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Uncategorized
Tagged Aurora af Helsingborg, Båtbyggeri, IMO: 9007128, Langsten, Scandlines, Tomrefjord
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No.1285 Club Med 2 launched in 1991
14,475GT for Club Med from Ateliers & Chantiers, Le Havre IMO: 9007491 Image: Tony Davis Image: Tony Davis & Joost Keesing
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship, Uncategorized
Tagged Ateliers & Chantiers, Club Med 2, IMO: 9007491, Le Havre
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No.1287 Sun Flower Nishiki launched in 1991
19,468GT for Kansai Kisen Kaisha from Kanasahi Co, Toyohashi IMO: 9042764 Superferry 21 2010 Aboitiz Transport St Leo the Great 2012 2Go Travel Arrived Chittagong for breaking 18 Jan 2022 Image attribution: Vincent Paul Sanchez & Capt Turboboss ST LEO THE … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged 2Go Travel, Aboitiz, Chittagong, IMO: 9042764, Kanasahi, Kansai Kisen Kaisha, St Leo the Great, Sun Flower Nishiki, Superferry, Toyohashi
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No.1288 European Pathway launched in 1991
30,365GT for P & O European Ferries by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven IMO: 9007295 Pride of Canterbury 2003 P&O Ferries Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 16 January 2024 to be broken up My photo
No.687 General C G Morton launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Green Wave 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22138.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General C G Morton, Green Wave, Kaiser, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944
17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General W H Gordon, Kaohsiung, Kearny, US Navy
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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1999 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm
