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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
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 Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017
I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading
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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
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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
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The World's Passenger Ships 