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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.1437 Lambelu launched in 1997
14,701GT for Indonesian Government (PELNI) from Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg IMO: 9124548 Image attribution: Pak Agen, Husni, Fahmy Indrawan & Iwan Afwan
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9124548, Indonesian Government, Jos L Meyer, Lambelu, Papenburg, PELNI
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No.1438 Skåne launched 22 Jun 1997
Delivered Jun 1998 42,705GT for Scandlines A/S from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real 2012 to Stena Line IMO: 9133915 Image attribution: Dietmar Reichert & Steffan Schroder
Posted in ferry, Ro-pax
Tagged Astilleros Españoles, IMO: 9133915, Puerto Real, Scandlines, Skåne, Stena
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No.1439 Wenatchee launched in 1997
12,689GT for State of Washington from Todd Pacific, Seattle IMO: 9137351 Image attribution: Jackie Pritchard & Joel Kifer
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9137351, Seattle, State of Washington, Todd Pacific, Wenatchee
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No.1917 Viking Jupiter floated out 10 May 2018
47,861GT Viking Ocean Cruises by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9796262 Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Javier Briales & Erik Ask – Bergenships
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, fincantieri, IMO: 9796262, Viking Jupiter, Viking Ocean Cruises
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No.1918 Mein Schiff 2 floated out 2 Jun 2018
111,554GT for TUI Cruises from Meyer Turku, Turku IMO: 9783576 Image attribution: John Henry Rigaud, Capo Franz, Peter Ferrary & Phil Tyson
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9783576, Mein Schiff 2, Meyer Turku, TUI Cruises
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No.220 Llanstephan Castle launched in 1913
11,293grt Union-Castle Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Another ship to serve in both World Wars
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dalmuir, Fairfield Glasgow, Llanstephan Castle, Union Castle
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No.219 Alcantara launched 1913
15,831grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sunk Skagerrak 1916 Image attribution: Alchetron An artist’s impression of HMS Alcantara and SMS Greif engagement
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alcantara, Belfast, royal Mail Line, Skagerrak, sunk
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No.218 Berrima launched in 1913
11,137grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930 P&O’s Berrima, displaying Lund’s Blue Anchor on her funnel
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Berrima, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.217 Cap Trafalgar launched in 1913
18,805grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Stettin Sunk off Trinidad 1914 Cap Trafalgar after the aft funnel was removed – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Cap_Trafalgar
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Cap Trafalgar, Hamburg- South America, sunk, Trinidad, Vulcan
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No.216 Alaunia launched in 1913
13,405grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock Mined English Channel 1916
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, cunard, English Channel, Mined, Scott's Greenock
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