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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.1981 Havila Castor floated out 5 Sep 2020
15,812GT Havila Kystruten from Tersan shipyard in Turkey IMO: 9865582 Image attribution: Erlend Karlsen, Ali Sari, Gunder Falck & Sonder M Pettersen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Havila Castor, Havila Kystruten, Tersan, Turkey
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No.1540 The World launched in 2001
43,188GT for ResidenSea by Bruces Verkstads, Landskrona & Fosen Mek, Rissa Image copyright: The late Neven Jerković from Dubrovnik Next two images from Wayne A’Court in NZ
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bruces Verstads, Fosen Mek, Landskrona, ResidenSea, Rissa, The World
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No.1039 Svea Corona launched in 1974
12,576grt for Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Sundancer 1984 Sundance Cruises Pegasus 1984 Epirotiki Line Ionian Express 1994 Strintzis Fire, scrapped Aliaga 1995 Image from Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Epirotiki, Fred Olsen Dubigeon, Ionian Express, Nantes, Normandie, Pegasus, Strintzis, Sundancer, Svea, Svea Corona
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No.1984 Rotterdam launched 7 Oct 2020
99,836GT for Holland-America Line from Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy IMO: 9837470 Image attribution: Marco Schoone, Capo Franz, Ronnie Robertson & Heinz Glassl
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Holland America Cruises, Holland America Line, Italy, Marghera, Rotterdam
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No.1537 Adventure of the Seas launched in 2001
137,276GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise by Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9167227 Image copyright: Phil Moreton & Steve Hansen Image from Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Adventure of the Seas, Kvaerner Masa, Royal Caribbean, Turku
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No.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931
22,424grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle In 1947 she was gutted by fire at Palmers Shipyard, Hebburn & declared a total loss. But the Ministry of Transport had her rebuilt as an emigrant ship & moved under … Continue reading
No.1987 Odyssey of the Seas floated out 28 Nov 2020
168,600GT for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9795737 Image attribution: Unimedien, Jan Czonstke Fotografie, Luca Spurtszem & Capo Franz
No.1534 European Vision launched in 2000
58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire MSC Armonia 2004 65542 MSC Crociere IMO: 9210141 Image copyright: David Sky MSC Armonia seen departing Kotor, Montenegro in 2011 David Sky MSC Armonia in Corfu end Corfu Albanian straits, Giannis … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers, European vision, Festival Cruises, MSC Armonia, MSC Crociere, St Nazaire
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No.1988 Viking Octantis launched 22 Dec 2020
30,150GT for Viking Cruises from VARD shipyards (Tulcea Romania & Soviknes-Alesund Norway) IMO: 9863194 Image attribution: Jon Stone, Lorie Larner, Barry Anderson and Peter Routhier on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Norway, Soviknes Alesund, Tulcea Romania, Vard, Viking Cruises, Viking Octantis
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No.1032 Belorussiya launched in 1974
16,631 USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Kazakhstan II 1993 Delphin Seereisen Delphin 1996 Delphin Seereisen Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 22 Apr 2022 IMO: 7347536 Image by Gordy on Ship Spotting Image by Carlo Martinelli 2003 image by Bernd Baessmann DELPHIN photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliaga, Belorussiya, Delphin, Kazakhstan, Seereisen, Turku, USSR, Wartsila
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