Search
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.795 Australia launched 1950
12,839grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Donizetti 1963 ‘Italia’ SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1977 Photos: Alan Green & Richard Winduss Australia in Aden Donizetti
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Adriatico, Australia, Donizetti, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Triestino, Monfalcone
Leave a comment
No.201 Ceramic launched in 1912
18,481grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 515 of the Azores 1942 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Azores, Cermamic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, White Star Line
Leave a comment
No.37 Belgia launched in 1899
11,585grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as a cargo ship Then delivered as the Michigan 1899 Atlantic Transport Line and converted to a passenger ship to carry 2700 people in 2 classes Irishman 1900 Dominion Line Scrapped … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belgia, Dominion Line, Hamburg-America, Irishman, Michigan
Leave a comment
No.595 Boissevain launched in 1937
14,134grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1968 Image attribution: Trevor Jones & Kenneth Barton One of three sisters, all of which survived the war
No.34 Batavia launched in 1899
10,178 Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Polonia 1913 Unione Austriaca Batavia 1913 Hamburg-America Line Broken up in 1924 Image copyright: Cenaprints-Fotomaritime Image from Norway Heritage
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Batavia, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg-America, Polonia, Unione Austrica
Leave a comment
No.32 Persic launched in 1899
11,973grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Netherlands 1937
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, troopship
Tagged Harland & Wolff, Netherlands, Persic, Scrapped, white star
Leave a comment
No.531 Victoria launched in 1930
13,062grt for Lloyd Triestino by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Bombed Gulf of Sidra off Libya in 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color a Joe Wilhelm painting Image from Fausto Iacono Victoria in Aden
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Adriatica, Lloyd Triestino, Mediterranean, Monfalcone, Victoria
Leave a comment
The World's Passenger Ships 