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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.359 Doric launched in 1922
16,484grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & a photo from Geirangerfjord DORIC & RELIANCE in Copenhagen 1934 Doric in Geirangerfjord
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Copenhagen, Doric, Harland & Wolff, Newport
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No.877 Empress of Britain launched in 1955
25,516grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Queen Anna Maria 1964 Greek Line Carnivale 1975 Carnival Cruise Line Fiesta Marina 1993 Fiesta Marina Cruises Olympic 1995 Epirotiki Line The Topaz 1997 TUI Travel The Topaz 2003 Topaz International Scrapped Alang … Continue reading
No.2060 Seabourn Pursuit to be completed in 2023
23,000GT for Seabourn Cruises by CIMAR San Giorgio di Nogaro & Mariotti, Genoa IMO 7896325 Ships@tin.it on Marine Traffic
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Tagged Genoa, IMO 7896325, Mariotti, San Giorgio, Seabourn Cruises, Seabourn Pursuit
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No.1296 Royal Majesty launched in 1991
32,396GT for Majesty Cruise Line Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku 173.5m x 33.2m 1056 passengers Stretched 207.3m x 33.2m 1800 Norwegian Majesty 1997 40876 Norwegian Cruise Line Louis Majesty 2009 Louis Cruise Line Thomson Majesty 2012 Thomson Cruises Celestyal Majesty 2018 Celestyal … Continue reading
No.394 De Grasse launched in 1924
17,707grt for CGT French Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Empress of Australia 1953 Canadian Pacific Venezuela 1956 Sicula Oceanica SpA Scrapped La Spezia 1962 Colour by Daryl LeBlanc Image: Paulo Piccione The changes over the years
No.1398 Aida launched in 1996
38,531GT for Deutsche Seerederei from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9112789 AIDAcara 2001 AIDA Cruises Astoria Grande 2021 Aquilon Shipping, a Russian company Image attribution: Tony Davis & Nils Junge Image attribution: Tony Davis
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Tagged AIDA, AIDA cruises, AIDAcara, Astoria Grande, Deutsche Seerederi, IMO: 9112789, Kvaerner Masa, Turku
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No.1399 Grandeur of the Seas launched in 1996
73,817GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki IMO: 9102978 Image attribution: Pixsson, Joost Keesing, Tony Davis & Don Riney Don Riney’s pic next to Allure of the Seas in Cozumel
No.913 FRANCE launched 11 May 1960
66,348grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire IMO:5119143 Norway 1979 Klosters Rederi Blue Lady 2006 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2006 Image attribution: Chantiers in my collection Image attribution: Patrick Depelsenaire from Chantiers My images during conversion at Bremerhaven 1979 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alang, France, IMO:5119143, Klosters, Norway, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.633 America launched in 1939
33,961grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News West Point 1942 US Navy America 1946 United States Lines Australis 1964 Chandris Line Italis 1978 Chandris Line Noga 1980 Cia Noga Alferdoss 1984 Silvermoon Ferries American Star 1993 … Continue reading
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