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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.268 Ormonde launched in 1917
14,853grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Late WW1 photo ORMONDE Melbourne circa 1950 ORMONDE (1917) on her last voyage through the Suez Canal on 9th November 1952
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orient SN Co, Ormonde
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No.1704 Ventura launched in 2007
116,017GT for P&O Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9333175 Image attribution: Lawrence Robson, Peter Ferrary, Tony Davis & Paul King
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO: 9333175, Monfalcone, P&O Cruises, Ventura
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No.614 Mauretania launched in 1938
35,738grt for Cunard-White Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1965 Coloured by Daryl LeBlanc Mauretania as a troopship Mauretania in cruising green
No.2055 Sun Princess floated out 9 Mar 2023
175,000GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO:9000259 Sun Princess is the largest ship built so far in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri Image attribution: Fincantieri Image attribution:Kyrylo Nikiforenko
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO:9000259, Monfalcone, Princess Cruises, Sun Princess
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No.1709 Costa Pacifica launched in 2007
114,288GT for Costa Crociere SpA from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9378498 Image attribution: Luiz Fernando Hornstein, Peter Ferrary, Tony Davis & David Sky
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Cruises, Costa Pacifica, fincantieri, IMO: 9378498, Sestri Ponente
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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.1147 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1982
33,930GT for Holland America Tours by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8024014 Patriot 2000 American Classic Voyages Nieuw Amsterdam 2002 Holland America Tours Spirit 2002 Louis Cruise Line Thomson Spirit 2003 Thomson Cruises Marella Spirit 2017 Marella Cruises La Spirit … Continue reading
No.1150 Fairsky launched in 1982
38,876GT for Sitmar Cruises by Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee, La Seyne-Sur Mer IMO: 8024026 Sky Princess 1988 P&O Group Pacific Sky 2000 P&O Princess Cruises Sky Wonder 2006 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Atlantic Star 2009 Royal Caribbean Cruise … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Antic, Atlantic Star, Chantiers du Nord, Fairsky, IMO: 8024026, La Seyne, P&O, Pacific Sky, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Sitmar, Sky Princess, Sky Wonder
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