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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.335 Sophocles launched in 1921
12,361grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Tamaroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Blyth 1957 (from The Trove Australia National Library) SOPHOCLES at the Aberdeen wharf at Millers Point, Sydney SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in … Continue reading
No.336 Moldavia launched in 1921
16,277grt for P & O Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Second funnel fitted in 1928 Scrapped Newport 1938 Image attribution: The Old P&O Moldavia (right) and Oronsay
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Moldavia, P&O
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No.337 Tuscania launched in 1921
16,991grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Nea Hellas 1939 Greek Line New York 1955 Greek Line Scrapped in Onomichi 1961 New York in Southampton 19th July 1959 – John Gibbard
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Anchor Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Greek Line, Nea Hellas, Onomichi, Tuscania
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No.340 Andania launched in 1921
13,950grt for Cunard Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by UA 70 off Iceland 1944 Image attribution: Old Ship Picture Galleries
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andania, Cunard Line, Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, torpedoed, UA70
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No.622 Huascaran launched in 1938
10,022grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia 1954 Cogedar Line Romanza 1970 Chandris Line Romantica 1991 New Ambassador Fire Cyprus 1998, Scrapped Alexandria Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia by Ben Ayre Romanza 1970 … Continue reading
No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914
11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Hindi name meaning Empress of India KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Caird, Cunard Line, Emperor of India, Greenock, Kaisar-I-Hind, P&O
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No.877 Empress of Britain launched in 1955
25,516grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Queen Anna Maria 1964 Greek Line Carnivale 1975 Carnival Cruise Line Fiesta Marina 1993 Fiesta Marina Cruises Olympic 1995 Epirotiki Line The Topaz 1997 TUI Travel The Topaz 2003 Topaz International Scrapped Alang … Continue reading
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