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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.531 Victoria launched in 1930
13,062grt for Lloyd Triestino by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Bombed Gulf of Sidra off Libya in 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color a Joe Wilhelm painting Image from Fausto Iacono Victoria in Aden
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Adriatica, Lloyd Triestino, Mediterranean, Monfalcone, Victoria
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No.30 Grosser Kurfürst launched in 1899
13,182grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Aeolus 1917 US Navy City of Los Angeles 1922 Los Angeles SS Co Scrapped Japan 1937
No.2016 Seabourn Venture launched 1 Aug 2021
23000GT for Seabourn Cruise Line by Marriotti Damen IMO: 9862023 Image attribution: Danilo Olivares, Rene Henri Rosseel, Hannes van Rijn on Marine Traffic and Marias Prekas
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Damen, Marriotti, Seabourn, Seabourn Venture
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No.1529 Radiance of the Seas launched 2000
90,090GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Image copyright: Wayne A’Court Image by Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Jos Meyer, Papenburg, Radiance of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
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No.1991 Costa Toscana floated out 14 Jan 2021
183,200GT for Costa Cruises from Meyer Werft, Turku IMO: 9781891 Image attribution: Cruise Industry News, Michael Hatje, Sakis Antoniou & Roger Batho
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Cruises, costa Toscana, Meyer Werft, Turku
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No.527 Monte Pascoal launched in 1930
13,870 Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scuttled Skagerrak 1946 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg- South America, Hanburg, monte Pascoal, Scuttled, Skagerrak
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No.1992 Silver Dawn floated out 14 Jan 2021
40,844GT for Silversea Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9857937 Image attribution: Silversea Cruises, Claudio Ritossa & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, fincantieri, Silver Dawn, Silversea Cruises
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No.530 Monte Rosa launched in 1930
13,882grt for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Windrush 1946 Ministry of Transport Fire sank Mediterranean 1954 Empire Windrush fire – Imperial War Museum
No.523 Empress of Britain launched in 1930
42,348grt for Canadian Pacific by John Brown, Clydebank Bombed off Ireland 1940. The largest British passenger ship lost in WW2 Image copyright: John Brown & Steve Walker color
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bombed, Canadian Pacific, Empress of Britain, John Brown, torpedoed
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No.2015 Norwegian Prima floated out 13 Aug 2021
142500GT for Norwegian Cruise Line by Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9823986 Image attribution: j.lucas.shipslife & Gary Davies
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Marghera, NCL, Norwegian Prima, Norwgian Cruise Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 