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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.629 Nitta Maru launched in 1939
17,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Chuyo 1942 an aircraft carrier with the Japanese Navy Torpedoed by US submarine Sailfish 1943 Nitta Maru as she pulls into Pier 8 in Honolulu harbor on May 26, 1940 From Rich … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged aircraft carrier, Chuyp, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Nitta Maru, Sailfish
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No.630 Baudouinville launched in 1939
13,761grt for Compagnie Maritime by Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Lindau 1942 German Navy Sunk Nantes 1944, raised 1946. scrapped Antwerp 1947 Image attribution: Ships Nostalgia Frederik Janssens
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Antwerp, Baudouinville, cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, German Navy, Hoboken, Lindau, Nantes
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No.243 Cap Polonio launched in 1914
20,576grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Vineta 1915 Auxiliary Cruiser Cap Polonio 1915 Hamburg-South America Scrapped Bremerhaven 1935 CAP POLONIO leaving Santos
No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914
10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island
No.246 Ile de Cuba launched in 1914
11,953grt for CGT French Line from Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence at Port de Bouc Lafayette 1914 CGT French Line Mexique 1928 CGT French Line Mined Le Verdon 1940 Lafayette as a hospital ship Lafayette in Le Havre before 1928
No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914
11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Hindi name meaning Empress of India KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Caird, Cunard Line, Emperor of India, Greenock, Kaisar-I-Hind, P&O
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No.248 Tuscania launched in 1914
14,348grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by UB 77 off Rathlin Island 1918
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Rathlin Island, Stephen Glasgow, Tuscania, UB77
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No.1132 Saga Star launched in 1981
17,672grt for Scandinavian Ferry Lines from FEAB Marstrandsverken, Uddevalla IMO: 7931997 Girolata 1989 DFDS Saga Star 1993 TT Line Dieppe 2002 Transmanche Ferries Baltivia 2003 Polferries Dioscuria 2024 Georgian Owners Image attribution: simonwp on Ship Spotting
The World's Passenger Ships 