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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.407 Razmak launched in 1924
10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime
No.2040 Viking Saturn floated out 23 Jun 2022
47,800GT for Viking Ocean by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9845922 Image attribution: Jan Schwabe, Nicolo Lovadina, Peter Blance, Umberto & Marco Fambrini on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, dubrovnic, fincantieri, IMO: 9845922, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Saturn
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No.403 Statendam launched in 1924
29,511grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Bombed Rotterdam 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Percy Loomis Sperr
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Bombed, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Rotterdam, Statendam
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No.1941 Costa Smeralda floated out 15 Mar 2019
183,200GT for Costa Cruises from Meyer Werft, Turku IMO: 9781889 Image attribution: Nicolai Jepson, Mladen Krce & Nino Ciulla on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Cruises, Costa Smeralda, IMO: 9781889, Meyer Werft, Turku
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No.941 Italia launched in 1965
12,219 Sunsarda SpA from Cantieri Navale Felszegi, Trieste Ocean Princess 1983 Ocean Cruise Line Sea Prince 1993 Sunshine Cruise Line Princesa Oceanica 1995 Sunshine Cruise Line Sapphire 1996 Thomson Holidays Aspire 2012 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2012 IMO:6513994 Image attribution: Vince … Continue reading
No.2039 MSC Euribia floated out 19 Jun 2022
169,380GT for MSC Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9901544 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen, Philippe P, Christophe Dedieu & A Play on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9901544, MSC Cruises, MSC Euribia, St Nazaire
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No.607 Robert Ley launched in 1938
27,288grt for Hamburg-America Line by Howaldt Hamburg A ‘Strength Through Joy’ cruise ship Bombed Hamburg 1945, Scrapped Inverkeithing, Scotland 1947 (photo at Thomas Ward Shipbreaking Yard Inverkeithing, in 1947) Rich Turnwald image
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Howaldt, Inverkeithing, Robert Ley, Strength Through Joy
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No.944 Sunward launched in 1966
10,558 Kloster Sunward Ferries from Bergens Norway, Bergen 1966-1972: Norwegian Caribbean Line Ile de Beauté 1973 CGT Grand Flotel 1977 Eastern Gulf Saudi Moon I 1978 Amar Saudi Arabian 1984 Sabar Ocean Spirit 1988 Ocean Spirit Scandinavian Song 1990 SeaEscape … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bergen, Bergens Norway, CGT, Chittagong, Grand Flotel, Ile de Beauté, IMO: 6610663, Kloster, NCL, Ocean Spirit, Santiago de Cuba, Saudi Arabian, Saudi Moon, Scandinavian Dong, SeaEscape, Sunward, the Empress
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No.1944 Spirit of Discovery floated out 11 May 2019
58,250GT for Saga Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9802683 Image attribution: Christian Eckardt, Kim Viktor & Peter Ferrary
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9802683, Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Saga Cruises, Spirit of Discovery
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