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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.1585 Coral Princess launched in 2002
91,627GT for Princess Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9229659 Image attribution: John Henry Rigaud & Birdy Tsao
No.964 Starward launched 1968
16,254grt Klosters Rederi A/S from AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven Bolero 1995 Festival Cruises Orient Queen 2004 Abou Merhi Cruises Louis Aura 2013 Louis Cruise Line Aegean Queen 2017 ETS TUR Aegean 2018 Breakers IMO: 6821080 Scrapped Alang 2018 Image attribution: Tony … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aegean, Aegean Queen, AG Weser, Bolero, bremerhaven, ETS TUR, Festival Cruises, IMO: 6821080, Klosters, Louis Aura, Louis Cruise, Orient Queen, Starward
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No.963 Freeport I launched 1968
10,488grt for Freeport Cruise Liners from MG Lübeck, Lubeck Freeport 1968 Freeport Cruise Liners Svea Star 1974 Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea Caribe 1976 Bremer Schiffahrts Caribe Bremen 1981 Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) Scandinavian Sun 1982 SeaEscape Balanga Queen 1992 Corona … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Balanga Queen, Bremer Schiffahrts, Caribe, Caribe Bremen, Corona Line, DFDS, Discovery Sun, Freeport, IMO: 6815158, Lübeck, Lubeck, Scandinavian Sun, SeaEscape, Stockholms Rederi, Svea, Svea Star, Za Durr
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No.1966 IONA floated out 14 Feb 2020
184,089GT for P&O Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany IMO: 9826548 Image attribution: Meyer Werft, Andrew Sassoli-Walker & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Germany, IMO: 9826548, Iona, Meyer Werft, P&O Cruises, Papenburg
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No.1584 Carnival Conquest, floated out 2002
110,239GT for Carnival Cruise Line by Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9198355 Image attribution: Tony Davis, http://Beyondships.com. Pepo Hrasna & Tony Hogwood
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Conquest, Carnival cruise, fincantieri, IMO: 9198355, Monfalcone
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No.584 Dunnottar Castle launched in 1936
15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Victoria 1959 Incres SS The Victoria 1975 Chandris Line Princesa Victoria 1993 Louis Cruise Line Scrapped Alang 2004 after 68 years My photos & Peter Inpyn My father’s photo 1947 after … Continue reading
No.967 Annie Johnson launched in 1969 as a container ship
25,000 from Rederi A/B Nordstjernan by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Regent Moon 1986 Regency Cruises Alexandra 1989 Cia Nav Panalexandra SA Costa Allegra 1992 Costa Crociere SpA Santa Cruise 2012 Breakers IMO: 6916885 Scrapped Aliaga 2012 More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Costa_Allegra … Continue reading
No.1967 Le Bellot floated out 1 Mar 2020
10,000GT for Compagnie du Ponant from the Vard Group IMO: 9852418 Image attribution: Paul Hemming, John Pitcher, Gary Clifford & Carlos Somorrostro on Marine Traffic
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Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, IMO: 9852418, Le Bellot, Vard Group
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No.1583 Navigator of the Seas floated out in 2002
138,297GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line by Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku Image attribution: Tony Davis, Kevin van Ruyteghem & Joost Keesing IMO: 9227508
No.468 Kungsholm launched in 1928
20,223grt for Swedish-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg John Ericsson 1942 US War Shipping Administration Italia 1948 Home Lines Imperial Bahama 1964 Freeport Bahama Scrapped in Bilbao 1965 IMO: 5516547 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Kungsholm_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Christer Gustafsson
