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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.983 Royal Viking Star launched 1971
21,847grt Royal Viking Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki 177.7m 539 passengers, stretched to 205.5m 812 passengers Westward 1991 28221 Klosters Rederi A/S Star Odyssey 1994 Royal Cruise Line Black Watch 1996 Fred Olsen Cruise Line Odin 2022 Breakers IMO: 7108930 Arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Black Watch, Fred Olsen, Helsinki, Klosters, Royal Cruise, Royal Viking, Royal Viking Star, Star Odyssey, Wartsila, Westward
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No.1015 Royal Viking Sea launched 1973
21,848grt for Royal Viking Line by Wärtsilä, Helsinki Royal Odyssey 1991 28018grt after stretching – Klosters Rederi A/S Norwegian Star 1997 Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Star 1 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line Crown 2002 Crown Investments Albatros 2004 Club Cruise, later … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Albatros, Crown, Helsinki, NCL, Norwegian Cruise, Norwegian Star, Phoenix Reisen, Royal Viking, Royal Viking Sea, Wartsila
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No.1519 Golden Princess launched in 2000
108,865GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Pacific Adventure 2020 P&O Australia Carnival Adventure 2025 Carnival Cruise Line GOLDEN PRINCESS leaving Boston Richard MacGregory GOLDEN PRINCESS by Wayne A’Court PACIFIC ADVENTURE 2001 by Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Boston, fincantieri, Golden Princess, Monfalcone, Pacific Adventure, Princess Cruises
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No.1057 Kazakhstan launched in 1975
16,631 USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Ukraina 1994 Blasco UK Island Adventure 1998 SeaEscape Scrapped Alang 2011 Kazakhstan is my photo Image copyright: Tony Davis UKRAINA photo by Robert J Smith SeaEscape’s ISLAND ADVENTURE by Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Blasco, Island Adventure, Kazakhstan, SeaEscape, Turku, Ukraina, USSR, Wartsila
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No.555 Lurline launched in 1932
18,564grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem SB Corp, Quincy Ellinis 1963 Chandris Line Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 Ben Ayre photo Ellinis at Southampton by Stewart Ruskin
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bethlehem, Chandris, Ellinis, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lurline, Matson, Pacific, Quincy, Southampton, Sydney
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No.543 Mariposa launched 1931
18,017grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation, Quincy Homeric 1954 Home Lines Fire, scrapped Kaohsiung 1974 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color HOMERIC photo by Scott Jones Oslofjord and the Homeric in Curacao
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bethlehem, City of Honolulu, Hawaii, Homeric, Kaohsiung, Mariposa, Matson, Pacific, Quincy, Sydney
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No.533 Monterey launched in 1931
18,655grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem SB Corp, Quincy Matsonia 1956 Matson Nav Co Lurline 1963 Matson Nav Co Britanis 1970 Chandris Line Belofin I 2000 Breakers Sank near Cape Town 2000 Steve Walker Colour BRITANIS, my photo Miami … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belofin, Bethlehem, Britanis, Chandris, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lurline, Matson, Matsonia, Monterey, Pacific, Quincy, San Francisco
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No.437 Malolo launched 1926
Completed 1927 17,232grt for Matson Navigation Co by Cramp, Philadelphia Matsonia 1937 Matson Nav Co Atlantic 1949 Home Lines Queen Frederica 1954 Home Lines Queen Frederica 1965 Chandris Line Scrapped Eleusis Greece 1978 IMO: 5376997 Images: Alan Green & Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Atlantic, Chandris, Cramp, Eleusis, Greece, Hawaii, Home Lines, Honolulu, Malolo, Matson, Matsonia, Pacific, Phildelphia, Queen Frederica, San Francisco
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No.2012 Le Commandant Charcot launched 1 Jul 2021
31,283GT for Compagnie du Ponant by Vard Tulcea/Vard Soviknes IMO: 9846249 Image attribution: Roberto Garnham Poblete,Gwen Guedez, Daniel Antunez & Sindre Holberg on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, Le Commandant Charcot, Tulcea, Vard
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No.1959 Crystal Endeavor floated out 22 Dec 2019
20,449GT for Crystal Cruise Line from MV Werften in Stralsund, Germany, Silver Endeavour 2022 Silversea Cruises IMO: 9821873 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Andy Humbert and my photo
Posted in Cruise ship
Tagged Crystal Cruise, Crystal Endeavor, Germany, Silver Endeavour, Silversea, Stralsund, Werften
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