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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.2025 Adora Magic City floated out 17 Dec 2021
133,500GT for Adora Cruise Line by Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co, Shanghai. The vessel was built under a venture from CSSC/Carnival & Fincantieri based on Vista-class of Carnival Cruise Line. IMO: 9871036 Images from Hiroshi Miyaji and Kawamura Akifumi
No.1919 Costa Venezia floated out 22 Jun 2018
135,500GT for Costa Asia by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Carnival Venezia 2023 Carnival Cruise Line IMO: 9801689 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Birdy Tsao, Neven Jerković, Giannis Mavronas & Chris Bromley Carnival Venezia (formerly Costa Venezia) in Grand Turk by Chris Bromley
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carival Venzia, Carnival cruise, Costa Asia, Costa Venezia, fincantieri, Monfalcone
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No.1921 MSC Bellissima floated out 2 Jul 2018
171,598GT for MSC Cruises from STX France, St Nazaire IMO: 9760524 Image attribution: Jez Morgan, Andy Amor, Tony Davis and Vitor Francisco
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged MSC Bellissima, MSC Cruises, St Nazaire, STX France
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No.1880 MSC Meraviglia floated out 2016
171,589GT for MSC Cruises from STX Europe, St Nazaire IMO: 9760512 Image attribution: Eirik Kvale Stensland, Nicholas Canepa & Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged MSC Cruises, MSC Meraviglia, St Nazaire, STX Europe
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No.1545 European Dream launched in 2001
58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Delivered as European Stars 2002 65542 Festival Cruises MSC Sinfonia 2015 MSC Crociere Image copyright: Ken Malcolm, EUROPEAN STARS photo by Manuel Moreno Martínez Image from Joost Keesing
No.1045 Wellamo launched in 1974
12,348 Finska Angfartygs by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Dana Gloria 1981 Det Forenede D/S Svea Corona 1984 DFDS Dana Gloria 1985 DFDS King of Scandinavia 1988 DFDS Color Viking 1994 Color line Jupiter 1998 Fjord Line Sank Vietnam 2017
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Color Line, Color Viking, Dana Gloria, DFDS, Dubigeon-Normandie, Finska Angfartygs, Fjord Line, Jupiter, King of Scandinavia, Nantes, Svea Corona, Vietnam, Wellamo
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No.922 Funchal launched & in service in 1961
10,031grt for Empresa Insulana from Helsingor Skibsc, Helsingor Laid up Lisbon IMO: 5124162 More details of her 60 year career at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Funchal Image attribution: Erik Ask, Vitor Francisco, Tony Davis & a recent photo from Luis Miguel Correia
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Empresa Insulana, Funchal, Helsingor, Lisbon
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No.495 Campana launched in 1929
10,816grt for Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM) from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Rio Jachal 1943 Argentina Campana 1946 SGTM Irpinia 1955 Sicula Oceanica Scrapped in La Spezia 1983 IMO: 5163675
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Argentina, Campana, Irpinia, La Spezia, Newcastle, Rio Jachal, SGTM, Sicula Oceanica, Swan Hunter
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No.1840 Mein Schiff 4 launched in 2014
99,526GT for TUI Cruises from Meyer Turku, Turku Image from Capo Franz, Samt Mendher & Celso Hdez
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Mein Schiff 4, Meyer Turku, TUI Cruises, Turku
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No.1940 Spectrum of the Seas floated out 25 Feb 2019
169,379GT for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9778856 Image attribution: Andreas Depping, Meyer Werft & Dennis Mortimer
The World's Passenger Ships 