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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.276 Narkunda launched in 1918
16,118grt P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed, bombed Bougie 1942 The first two photos were sold on board during my grandparents’ posting to Gibraltar in 1924. They also returned to the UK on her in 1929. … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bougie, Gibraltar, Harland & Wolff, Narkunda, P&O, torpedoed
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No.277 Johan de Witt launched in 1919
10,355grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Neptunia 1949 Greek Line Scrapped Hendrik Ido Ambacht 1957 (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht is a village and municipality in the western Netherlands)
No.278 Wenatchee launched in 1919
14,174grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Jefferson 1922 Admiral Oriental Henry T. Allen 1941 US Navy President Jefferson 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1948 SS Wenatchee arrives in Seattle USS Henry T.Allen (APA-15) … Continue reading
No.279 Sea Girt launched in 1919
13,789grt for US Shipping Board 535ft Class from New York SB Corp, Camden Southern Cross 1921 Munson Line Wharton 1939 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1952 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr SOUTHERN CROSS. Oct.31, 1932, thanks to Yoshiaki Nishimura SOUTHERN CROSS … Continue reading
No.878 Bergensfjord launched in 1955
18,739grt for Norwegian America Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO 5042120 De Grasse 1972 CGT French Line Rasa Sayang 1973 Thoresen & Co Golden Moon 1978 Sunlit Cruises Rasa Sayang 1980 Greek Aphrodite Fire, sank Piraeus 1980 … Continue reading
No.879 Zion launched in 1955
10,195grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Amelia de Mello 1966 Soc Geral de Commercio Ithaca 1972 Cia Vapores Realma Dolphin IV 1978 Ulysses Cruises Scrapped at Alang, India in 2003 under the name ‘Khaw’ Image attribution: … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Amelia de Mello, Cia Vapores Realma, Deutsche Werft, Dolphin, Hamburg, Ithaca, Khaw, Ulysses, Zim Israel, Zion
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No.617 Oranje launched in 1938
24,377grt for Stoomvaart Mij by ‘Nederland’ Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Angelina Lauro 1964 Flotta Lauro Angelina 1977 Costa Line Fire St Thomas, Sank in the Pacific 1979 ORANJE in Cape Town Photo from Ben Ayre
No.1141 Song of America launched in 1981
37,584GT Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki IMO: 7927984 Sunbird 1999 Airtours Thomson Destiny 2005 Thomson Cruises Louis Olympia 2012 Louis Cruise Line Celestyal Olympia 2015 Celestyal Cruises Bella Fortuna 2024 Voyage Shipping Fortu 2025 Breakers Arrived Alang 2 Feb … Continue reading
No.1142 Olau Britannia launched in 1981
14,983grt for Olau Line by AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven Bayard 1990 Fred Olsen Christian IV 1991 Color Line Julia 2008 Stella Naves Wind Perfection 2012 C Bed Moby Zaza 2015 Moby Lines 22161GT World Legacy 2026 World Cruises Sustained a fire … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged AG Weser, Bayard, bremerhaven, Christian IV, Color Line, Fred Olsen, IMO: 8020642, Julia, Moby Lines, Moby Zaza, Olau Britannia, Olau Line, Stella Naves, Wind Perfection
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