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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.1627 Crystal Serenity launched in 2003
68,870 Crystal Cruise Line by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9243667 Crystal Serenity 2022 Crystal Cruises Image attribution: Tony Davis, Joost Keesing & Wayne A’Court
No.1626 Costa Magica launched in 2003
102,587GT for Costa Crociere from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9239795 Mykonos Magic 2023 Seajets Goddess of the Night 2025 Neonyx Cruises Currently being refitted Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Luiz Fernando Hornstein & Tony Davis Artists impression of the Goddess of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Static ship
Tagged Costa Crociere, Costa Magica, fincantieri, IMO: 9239795, Mykonos Magic, Seajets, Sestri Ponente
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No.1622 MSC Opera launched in 2003
59,058GT for MSC Crociere from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9250464 Later stretched by 23m to 65591 GT Image attribution: John Fostik, Tony Davis, David Sky & Giannis Mavronas
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9250464, MSC Cruises, MSC Opera, St Nazaire
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No.2048 Brilliant Lady floated out 25 Nov 2022
110,000GT for Virgin Voyages from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente (Genoa) IMO: 9870654 Image Bjorn Thorvaldsson Image Hartmut Knape Image Andrew Chiappe
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Tagged Brilliant Lady, fincantieri, Genoa, IMO: 9870654, Sestri Ponente, Virgin Voyages
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No.870 Southern Cross launched in 1954
20,204grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Calypso 1973 Cia de Vap Cerulea SA Calypso I 1980 Eastern Steamship Lines Azure Seas 1980 Western Steamships OceanBreeze 1992 Dolphin Cruise OceanBreeze 1999 Imperial Majesty Scrapped Chittagong 2003 … Continue reading
No.1639 Arcadia 2004
82,972GT for P&O Cruises from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9226906 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Adam Walsh She was originally ordered/designed for Cunard as Queen Victoria. Then Carnival shuffled their strategy and assigned her to P&O
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadia, fincantieri, IMO: 9226906, Marghera, P&O
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No.868 Saxonia launched in 1954
21,637grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Carmania 1962 Cunard Line Leonid Sobinov 1973 Soviet State Shipping Scrapped Alang 1999 Image attribution: Peter Fitzpatrick, Michael Robertson & Mike Cornwall
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Leonid Sobinov, Saxonia, Soviet State Shipping
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No.864 Badger Mariner launched in 1953
14,138grt for US Maritime Commission from Sun SB & DD Co, Chester Atlantic 1957 American Banner Line Universe Campus 1971 CY Tung Group Universe 1976 CY Tung Group Arrived at Alang on April 6th, 1996 Masato Nishiguchi at Kobe
No.866 Iberia launched in 1954
29,614grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Photo: Ben Ayre From Beken of Cowes In Singapore 1962 with Pulau Blakang Mati, now Sentosa, behind David Meare photo
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Iberia, Kaohsiung, P&O
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No.1620 Westerdam launched in 2003
81,811grt for Holland-America Line by Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9226891 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, David Gilbert & Peter Ferrary
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Tagged Holland America Line, IMO: 9226891, Marghera, Westerdam
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The World's Passenger Ships 