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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.47 Tunisian launched in 1900
10,576grt for Allan Line from Stephen, Glasgow Marburn 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Genoa 1928 Images from Clydeships
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Allan line, Canadian Pacific, Glasgow, Marburn, Stephen, Tunisian
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No.402 Oronsay launched in 1924
20,001grt for Orient Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by Italian submarine Archimede off West Africa 1942. She survived an attack at St Nazaire when the Lancastria was lost. My father was aboard when she was bombed off Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Archimede, Clydebank, John Brown, Lancastria, Orient SN Co, Oronsay, St Nazaire, torpedoed
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No.46 Main launched in 1900
10,067grt for North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Scrapped 1925 An interesting history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Main_(1900) particularly with the lucky escape after the fire
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Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Main, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.495 Campana launched in 1929
10,816grt for Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM) from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Rio Jachal 1943 Argentina Campana 1946 SGTM Irpinia 1955 Sicula Oceanica Scrapped in La Spezia 1983 IMO: 5163675
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Argentina, Campana, Irpinia, La Spezia, Newcastle, Rio Jachal, SGTM, Sicula Oceanica, Swan Hunter
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No.240 Almanzora launched in 1914
16,034grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1948
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Tagged Almanzora, Blefast, Blyth, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.200 Benalla launched in 1912
11,118grt for P & O Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Benalla, Branch Line, Caird, Greenock, P&O
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No.160 Shropshire launched in 1911
11,911grt for Federal SN Co by John Brown, Clydebank Rotorua 1922 New Zealand Shipping Company Torpedoed by U96 off St Kilda 1940 Image from Rich Turnwald
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Tagged Clydebank, Federal Steam, John Brown, New Zealand, Rotorus, Shropshire, St Kilda
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No.361 Perseus launched in 1922
10,276grt for Blue Funnel Line from Caledon SB & E Co, Dundee Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 165 off Madras in 1944 Image from https://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/BF11.php#Perseus_(1922)
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Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Caledon, Dundee, Madras, Perseus, torpedoed
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