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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.2008 Le Jacques Cartier
delivered 10 July 2020 10,000GT for Compagnie du Ponant via Vard Group IMO: 9852420 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Nikos Nikolaou & Yuliyan Kalaydzhiev
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, Le Jacques Cartier, Ponant, Vard
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No.1220 Royal Viking Sun launched in 1988
37,845GT for Kloster Cruise Ltd by Wärtsilä Marine, Turku Seabourn Sun 1999 Seabourn Cruise Line Prinsendam 2002 Holland America Line Amera 2019 Phoenix Kreuzfahrten IMO: 8700280 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Brian Fisher, Philip Blackwell, Neven Jerković & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Holland America, Kloster, Prinsendam, Royal Viking Sun, Seabourn, Seabourn Sun, turk, Wartsila
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No.2007 AIDAcosma launched 10 Jul 2021
183,000 GT for AIDA Cruises by Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9781877 Image attribution: Shipping Magazine, Matt Bressand, Jan Czonstke Fotografie & Meyer Werft
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged AIDA, AIDAcosma, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024
The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024 is the latest edition of the most up-to-date passenger ship database currently available anywhere online or in bookstores. The Compendium lists 2130 liners, troopships, ferries and cruise ships, listing every passenger carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic, Australia, Clyde, Clydebank, Cruise ship, cunard, Far East, Harbour, Indian, Middle East, Newcastle, Newport News, ocean, Orient, P&O Line, Pacific, passenger ship, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Southampton, Swan Hunter, Sydney, tilbury, Titanic
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No.741 Stockholm launched 1946 – Once the Oldest Serving Cruiseship
I’ve been asked which is the oldest serving cruiseship and which vessel has had the most name changes? It is the same ship, last sailed as the Astoria and arrived at the breakers at Ghent. What is remarkable about this … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Accommodation ship, Ambiente Kreuzfahren, Andrea Doria, Astoria, Athena, Azores, Caribe, Classic Cruises, Collision, Festival Cruises, Fridtjof Nansen, Genoa, Gothenburg, Italia, Italia Prima, Nina SpA, Rivages du Monde, sank, StarLauro, Sweden, Valtur Prima, VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Volerfreundschaft, Volker, Vultur Tourist
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Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2023
The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2023 is the latest edition of the most up-to-date passenger ship database currently available anywhere online or in bookstores. The Compendium lists 2120 liners, troopships, ferries and cruise ships, listing every passenger carrying … Continue reading
The Oranje and Willem Ruys – later Lauro running mates
Two interesting ships that began as rivals and ended up as near sisters (running mates). The Oranje was built for the Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschapij (Nederland Line) in Amsterdam by the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company. She was launched by Queen Wilhelmina and named in honour … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Hospital ship, passenger liner, troopship
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The Chusan of P&O
I have fond memories of the Chusan of P&O Line, built in 1949 by Vickers Armstrongs at Barrow. She was 205.1 m long x 25.6m beam, with a service speed of 22 knots and had accommodation for about 1000 passengers. At … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, passenger liner
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Orient Line’s Oriana of 1960
On the same day in 1974 when I saw the Pretoria Castle in Southampton harbour I saw an old favourite in the distance and took this photo using a telephoto lens. She was built in 1960 for Orient Line and originally … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, passenger liner
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The World's Passenger Ships 