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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.1551 Star Princess launched in 2001
108,977GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Pacific Encounter 2021 P&O Australia Carnival Encounter 2025 Carnival Cruise Line Star Princess David Rolfe’s photo in the Beagle Channel Tony Davis’ image
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Monfalcone, Pacific Encounter, Princess Cruises, star Princess
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No.1050 Cunard Conquest launched 1975
17,586 tons for Cunard Line by Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen. Interior fittings were subsequently installed at the Navali Mechaniche Affini in La Spezia, Italy Cunard Princess 1976 Cunard Line Rhapsody 1995 StarLauro Golden Iris 2009 Mano Maritime Gold Club 2021 … Continue reading
No.1048 Gruziya launched in 1975
16,631grt for USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Odessa Sky 1995 Blasco UK Club I 1999 Club Cruise Van Gogh 2000 Van Gogh Salamis Filoxenia 2009 Salamis Cruise Lines Arrived Alang 19 Apr 2022 My photo Image copyright: Marc Piche Image from … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blasco, Club I, Gruziya, Odessa Sky, Salamis Cruise, Salamis Filoxenia, Turku, USSR, Van Gogh, Wartsila
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No.799 Ocean Monarch launched in 1950
13,654grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Varna 1967 Navigation Maritime Bulgare Riviera 1979 Dolphin Hellas Reina del Mar 1979 Dolphin Hellas Sank Piraeus 1981 The elegant Ocean Monarch in Willemstad, Curaçao on 6.11.62 John Gibbard Image of … Continue reading
No.1547 Carnival Pride floated out in 2001
85,920GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki Images by Tony Davis and Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival cruise, Carnival Pride, Helsinki, Kvaerner Masa
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No.779 Oslofjord launched in 1949
16,844grt for Norwegian America Line from Nederlandsche Sb Mij, Amsterdam Fulvia 1969 Costa Armatori Fire, sank Canary Islands 1970 Roger Aves added: Launched by N.V. Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouv, Amsterdam for NAL. 11.1949 delivered. 11.1966 Refit started by shipbuilders. 2.1967 … Continue reading
No.402 Oronsay launched in 1924
20,001grt for Orient Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by Italian submarine Archimede off West Africa 1942. She survived an attack at St Nazaire when the Lancastria was lost. My father was aboard when she was bombed off Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Archimede, Clydebank, John Brown, Lancastria, Orient SN Co, Oronsay, St Nazaire, torpedoed
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No.1602 Carnival Glory launched in 2002
110,239GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Image attribution: Richard McGregory Image attribution: Tony Davis
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Tagged Carnival cruise, Carnival Glory, fincantieri, Monfalcone
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The World's Passenger Ships 