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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: Emigrant Ship
No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924
16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, La Spezia, Newcastle, P&O Line, Ranpura
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No.451 Cheshire launched 1927
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, GlasgowScrapped in Newport 1957 Image from Gordy on Ship Spotting Image from Pamela Ross
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Tagged Bibby Line, Cheshire, Fairfield, Glasgow
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No.99 Virginian launched in 1904
10,754 for Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Drottningholm 1920 Swedish-America Line Brasil 1948 Home Lines Homeland 1951 Home Lines Scrapped Trieste 1955
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Tagged Allan line, Brasil, Drottningholm, Glasgow, Home Lines, Homeland, Stephen, Swedish-America, Trieste, Virginian
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No.98 Victorian launched in 1904
10,653grt for Allan Line by Workman Clark, Belfast Marloch 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Milford Haven 1929
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Tagged Allan line, Belfast, Canadian Pacific, Marloch, Milford Haven, Victorian, Workman Clark
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No.96 Dakota launched in 1904
20,714 Great Northern SS Co by Eastern SB, Groton, Connecticut Aground Yokohama 1907 Image from Rich Turnwald Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
No.95 Servian launched in 1903
18,072grt Originally christened as the SS Servian, she was built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. of Belfast for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine Co. spearheaded by J.P. Morgan. After plans for a … Continue reading
No.94 Scotian launched in 1903
18,168grt for Harland & Wolff, Belfast by Harland & Wolff, Belfast The order was cancelled, she was uncompleted for many months and laid up until purchased by Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Hamburg, Germany in 1906 President Lincoln 1907 Hamburg-America … Continue reading
No.90 Manchuria launched in 1903
13,639grt for Pacific Mail SS Co by New York SB, Camden President Johnson 1929 Dollar Line Santa Cruz 1947 Tagus Navigation Scrapped Savona 1952 A passenger ship that served in both world wars, in addition to the AQUITANIA
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Dollar Line, Manchuria, New York SB, Pacific Mail, President Johnson, santa Cruz, Savona
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Columbus launched in 1903
15378grt for Dominion Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast 178.3m x 20.6m 16kts and accommodation for 2000 passengers First voyage as the Republic 1903 White Star Line Sank Nantucket 1909 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Republic_(1903) Steve Walker Color White Star Line’s ill-fated REPUBLIC, seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbus, Dominion Line, Harland & Wolff, Nantucket, Republic, White Star Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 