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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.827 Bretagne launched in 1951
16,335grt for SGTM from Penhoët, St Nazaire Brittany 1962 Chandris Line Fire scrapped La Spezia 1964 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & George Togias
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bretagne, Brittany, Chandris Line, La Spezia, Penhoët, SGTM, St Nazaire
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No.831 Europa launched in 1951
11,430grt for Lloyd Triestino from Ansaldo, La Spezia Blue Sea 1976 Freighter Fire, sank Jeddah 1976 Image attribution: Les Pivnic, Trevor Jones & my photo My photo, Aden
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Ansaldo, Blue Sea, Europa, Fire, Jeddah, La Spezia, Lloyd Triestino
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No.832 Asia launched in 1951
11,693grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, San Marco Persia 1975 Rashid Fares Norleb 1984 Norleb Shipping Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1985 ASIA in Aden From Italian liners The Persia ex Asia converted to livestock carrier by John … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Asia, CR dell' Adriatico, Gadani Beach, Lloyd Triestino, Norleb, Persia, San Marco
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No.819 Rhodesia Castle launched in 1951
17,041grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 (First two photos from Aden)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Rhodesia Castle, Union Castle
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No.299 Empress of Canada launched in 1920
21,517grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci, South Atlantic 1943 Of approximately 1,800 people on board, 392 died. 149 of the fatalities were Italian prisoners of war Photo: Steve Walker Color & Edwin … Continue reading
No.917 Galileo Galilei launched 2 Jul 1961
Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1963 27,907grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone IMO 5411254 Galileo 1984 Chandris Line Meridian 1990 Chandris subsidiary Celebrity Cruises (their first ship) Sun Vista 1997 Sun Cruises Fire, sank near Penang Island 1999 … Continue reading
No.654 HMS Fencer launched in 1942
14,708grt for the Royal Navy by Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco Sydney 1950 Flotta Lauro Roma 1967 Flotta Lauro (replacing the earlier ROMA) Galaxy Queen 1971 Sovereign Cruise Ships Lady Dina 1972 G Kotzovolis Caribia 2 1973 Marimina Shipping … Continue reading
The World's Passenger Ships 