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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.1522 R Eight launched in 2000
30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Minerva II 2003 Swan Hellenic Royal Princess 2007 Princess Cruises Adonia 2011 P&O Cruises Azamara Pursuit 2018 Azamara Cruises MINERVA II photo by GEORGE GBIDIS Photo by K Watson Adonia … Continue reading
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Tagged Adonia, Azamara, Azamara Pursuit, Chantiers, Minerva, P&O, Princess Cruises, R Eight, Royal Princess, St Nazaire, Swan Hellenic
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No.1153 Noordam launched 1983
33,933GT for Holland America Tours by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Thomson Celebration 2004 Thomson Cruises Marella Celebration 2017 TUI Mare C 2020 Laid up at Elefsis, later Scrapped Aliaga 2022 IMO: 8027298 My images plus Bergenships and Bob … Continue reading
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No.2011 Viking Polaris launched 28 July 2021
30,150GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from VARD shipyards/Tulcea Romania IMO: 9863209 Image attribution: Fincantieri, William Hill, Rodrigo Freitas, Sergio Ferreira & Borja Gomez on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Romania, Tulcea, Vard, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Polaris
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No.1511 Olympic Explorer launched 2000
24,318GT Royal Olympic by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Olympia Explorer 2001 Royal Olympic Explorer 2004 Semester at Sea (at Kobe Port) Celestyal Odyssey 2015 Celestyal Glory Sea 2016 Diamond Cruise Blue Dream Star 2020 Image copyright: Masato Nishiguchi Brian Baglietto’s … Continue reading
No.1131 Atlantic launched 1981
19337 grt when launched. 35143 GT after the 1982 change in tonnage definition. No physical change, just different measurement criteria. Home Lines by Constructions Navales, La Seyne Starship Atlantic 1988 Premier Cruise Line Melody 1997 Mediterranean Shipping Company Qing 2013 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alang, Atlantic, Constructions Navales, Home Lines, Melody, MSC, Qing, Starship
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No.2010 Viking Mars launched 15 July 2021
47,842GT for Viking Ocean Cruises by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9833187 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, David Gilbert & Wayne A’Court
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Tagged ancona, fincantieri, IMO: 9833187, Viking Mars, Viking Ocean Cruises
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No.1634 Jewel of the Seas launched 2004
90,090GT Royal Caribbean Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Image attribution: Peter Ferrary, Steve Carrett & Ian Macleod
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Tagged Jewel of the Seas, Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Royal Caribbean
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No.1245 Crown Princess launched 1989
69,845GT for P & O Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone A’Rosa Blu 2002 Seetours AIDAblu 2004 AIDA Cruises Ocean Village Two 2007 Ocean Village Pacific Jewel 2009 P&O Cruises Karnika 2019 Jalesh Cruises Arrived Alang 28 Nov 2020 Pics; Mine, Tom … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDA, AIDAblu, Aland, Alang, Crown Princess, fincantieri, Jalesh, Karnika, Monfalcone, Ocean Vollage, P&O, Pacific Jewel
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