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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.
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No.881 Jadotville launched in 1955
13,724grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Penhoët, St Nazaire Chitral 1961 P&O Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Trevor Page, Rik Faulkner
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Chitral, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Jadotville, Kaohsiung, P&O, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.841 Maasdam launched in 1952
15,024grt for Holland-America Line from Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Stefan Batory 1968 Polish Ocean Lines Stefan 1990 Stena A/B Scrapped Aliaga 2000 Image attribution: Ben Ayre, Philippe Brebant & Mike Griffiths
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Fijenoord, Holland America, Maasdam, Polish Ocean Line, Schiedam, stefan, Stefan Batory, Stena, Wilton
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No.761 Caronia launched in 1947
34,183grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Columbia 1968 Universal Line (only for the delivery voyage to Greece) Caribia 1968 Universal Line Sank Guam 1974 whilst being towed to the breakers Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Steve Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Beken, Caribia, Caronia, Clydebank, Columbia, cunard, Guam, John Brown, Universal
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No.1841 Le Lyrial launched in 2014
10,944GT for Compagnie du Ponent by Fincantieri, Ancona Image attribution: Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, Compagnie du Ponent, fincantieri, Le Lyrial
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No.1561 Finnmarken launched in 2001
15,690GT for Ofotens og Vesteraalens by Kværner Kleven, Ulsteinvik Otto Sverdrup 2021 Hurtigruten Image copyright: Aviation & Maritime. Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Finnmarken, Hurtigruten, Kværner Kleven, Ofotens og Vesteraalens, Otto Sverdrup, Ulsteinvik
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No.1481 R Three launched in 1999
30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Pacific Princess 2002 Princess Cruises P Prince 2021 Azamara Onward 2021 Azamara Cruises IMO: 9187887 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Azamara, Azamara Onward, Chantiers, Pacific Princess, Princess Cruises, R Three, Renaissance, St Nazaire
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No.1441 Pacific Venus launched in 1997
26,518GT for Japan Cruise Line from Ishikawajima Tokyo Eastern Venus 2023 To be withdrawn. Currently laid up IMO: 9160011 Image attribution: Neven Jerković, Erik Ask & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Ishikawajima, Japan Cruise, Pacific Venus, Tokyo
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No.1361 Imagination launched in 1995
70,367GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Masa-Yards Inc, Helsinki Carnival Imagination 2007 Carnival Cruise Line Arrived Aliaga 16 Sep 2020 IMO: 9053878 Image attribution: Tony Davis & John Henry Rigaud
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Carnival, Carnival cruise, Carnival Imagination, Helsinki, Imagination, Masa Yards
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No.1321 CostaRomantica launched in 1992
57,150GT for Costa Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Costa neoRomantica 2012 Costa Crociere Celestyal Experience 2020 Celestyal Cruises Antares Experience 2021 IMO: 8821046 Arrived Gadani Beach, Pakistan 3 Dec 2021 Image attribution: Tony Davis & Petros Psarras With added balconies
No.1801 AIDASol launched in 2011
71,304GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9490040 Image attribution: Mário Camacho Image by Tom Gulbrandsen Funchal port. Photo by IRIA AGUIAR.
The World's Passenger Ships 