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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.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939
10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hokoku Maru, Osaka Shosen KK, sunk, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano
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No. 632 Brasil Maru launched in 1939
12,733grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Greenling 1942 Photo from Colombo 1940 by the late Jim Arnold – in my collection BRASIL MARU at Hong Kong in January 1940, shot by the late Don … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Brasil Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Osaka Shosen KK, torpedoed, USS Greenling
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No.635 Kasuga Maru launched in 1940
17,127grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Taiyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944 by USS Rasher off the Philippines The ship as intended
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Japanese Navy, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Philippines, Taiyo Ferry, torpedoed, USS Rasher
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No.634 Mormacmail launched in 1940
11,086grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA Long Island 1941 US Navy Nelly 1949 Caribbean Land & Shipping Seven Seas 1953 Europa-Canada Line Scrapped in Belgium 1977
No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939
10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aikoku Maru, Bombed, Osaka Shosen KK, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano, Truk Atoll
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No.638 Mormacland launched in 1939
13,399grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA HMS Archer 1941 Royal Navy Empire Lagan 1946 Ministry of Transport Anna Salén 1946 Sven Salén Tasmania 1955 Cia Nav Tasmania Union Reliance 1961 China Union Lines Scrapped … Continue reading
No.639 Stockholm launched in 1940
29,307grt intended for Swedish-America Line from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Sabaudia 1941 Italia SAN Bombed Trieste 1944, scrapped by 1949
No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950
17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell
