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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.1290 Majesty of the Seas launched in 1991
73,937GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Chantiers de l’Atlantique, St Nazaire Majesty of the Oceans 2020 Majesty 2021 Laid up in Piraeus area Image attribution: Matthew Brierley & my photo Majesty of the Seas by Rob McLewee
No.1700 AIDAdiva launched in 2007
69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334856 Image attribution: David Sky, Neil Hopper and Joost Keesing
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged AIDA cruises, AIDAdiva, IMO: 9334856, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping Funtastica 1992 Ares … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Funtastica, General W.P. Richardson, La Guardia, Leilani, Ocean Explorer, President Roosevelt, Sapphire Seas, Terrifica
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No.1746 Oasis of the Seas launched in 2008
225,282GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise from STX Finland, Turku Image attribution: Tony Davis Image from Karen Snow
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9383936, Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, STX Finland, Turku
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No.1749 MSC Magnifica launched in 2009
95,128GT for MSC Crociere from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9387085 Image attribution: Luiz Fernando Hornstein & Jens Wagner Image from Peter Ferrary
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9387085, MSC Crociere, MSC Magnifica, St Nazaire, STX France
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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956
25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick
No.622 Huascaran launched in 1938
10,022grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia 1954 Cogedar Line Romanza 1970 Chandris Line Romantica 1991 New Ambassador Fire Cyprus 1998, Scrapped Alexandria Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia by Ben Ayre Romanza 1970 … Continue reading
No.623 Panama launched in 1938
10,603grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy James Parker 1941 US Army Panama 1946 Panama Railroad President Hoover 1957 American President Lines Regina 1964 Chandris Line Regina Prima 1973 Chandris Scrapped Aliaga 1985 Image attribution: Jack P Lewis … Continue reading
No.627 Andes launched in 1939
25,689grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Ghent 1971 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes ANDES on trials ANDES arriving in Oslo in May 31st 1945, with the Norwegian Government in exile on board
Posted in Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andes, Belfast, Ghent, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 