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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.
Category Archives: Cruise ship
No.915 Transvaal Castle launched 1961
32,697grt for Union-Castle Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 5367623 S.A. Vaal 1966 South African Marine Corporation Festivale 1977 Carnival Cruise Lines IslandBreeze 1996 Dolphin Cruise Line The Big Red Boat III 1998 Premier Cruise Line The Big Boat 2003 Breakers … Continue reading
No.362 Mongolia launched in 1922
16,385grt for P&O Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Rimutaka 1938 New Zealand Shipping Co Europa 1950 Cia de Nav Incres Panama Nassau 1951 Incres SS Co Acapulco 1961 Cia Nav Turistica Mexicana Scrapped in Osaka 1964 ACAPULCO from Richard MacGregory
No.1317 Sensation launched in 1992
70,367GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Masa-Yards Inc, Helsinki IMO: 8711356 Carnival Sensation 2007 Carnival Cruise Line Arrived Aliaga 4 Apr 2022 Image attribution: Per Ustad Søtvik D Dalton’s image from Miami
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Sensation, Helsinki, IMO: 8711356, Masa Yards
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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.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.1773 Marina launched in 2010
66,084GT for Oceania Cruises from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente Image attribution: Joost Keesing, Neven Jerković, Mike Burke & Vitor Francisco
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Marina, Oceania Cruises, Sestri Ponente
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No.368 Albert Ballin launched in 1922
21,131grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Hansa 1935 Hamburg-America Line Sovietski Sojus 1953 USSR Tobolsk 1980 USSR Scrapped Hong Kong 1982
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Albert Ballin, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Hansa, Hong Kong, Sovietski Sojus, Tobolsk, USSR
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No.890 Jean Mermoz launched in 1956
12,460grt for Cie de Nav Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre by Penhoët, St Nazaire Mermoz 1970 Paquet Cruises Serenade 1999 Louis Cruise Line Serena 2008 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2008 Image attribution: Pascal Riteau, Tony Davis, Didier Deman & Ian Boyle
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Cie de Nav Fraissinet, Cyprien Fabre, Jean Mermoz, Louis Cruise Line, Mermoz, Paquet, Penhoët, Serena, Serenade, St Nazaire
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No.1289 Akedemik Nikolay Pilugin launched in 1991
28,550GT Satellite Tracking Ship from Admiralty Shipyard, Leningrad IMO: 9064126 Seven Seas Navigator 1999 Regent Seven Seas by Mariotti, Genoa Image attribution: Neven Jerković, Tony Davis & Wayne A’Court
The World's Passenger Ships 