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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.392 Tilawa launched in 1924
10,006grt for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 29 in the Indian Ocean 1942
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, I29, Newcastle, Tilawa, torpedoed
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No.399 Hector launched in 1924
11,198grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Bombed Colombo 1942 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hector_(F45) A Japanese air raid sank her in Ceylon in 1942. In 1946 she was raised and scrapped
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Colombo, Hector, Scott's Greenock
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No.633 America launched in 1939
33,961grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News West Point 1942 US Navy America 1946 United States Lines Australis 1964 Chandris Line Italis 1978 Chandris Line Noga 1980 Cia Noga Alferdoss 1984 Silvermoon Ferries American Star 1993 … Continue reading
No.829 Victoria launched in 1951
11,695grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, San Marco Anastasis 1978 Youth With a Mission Scrapped Alang 2007 Image attribution: Ian Joseph Photo in Aden Photo by Mike Cornwall
No.261 Tyndareus launched in 1915
11,347grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Completed during WW1, she served as a troopship and was nearly sunk by a German mine but without loss of life. Between the wars she operated commercially in the … Continue reading
No.266 Mahana launched in 1917
11,796grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: ClydeMaritime
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Dalmuir, Mahana, Shaw Savill & Albion, Workman Clark
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No.268 Ormonde launched in 1917
14,853grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Late WW1 photo ORMONDE Melbourne circa 1950 ORMONDE (1917) on her last voyage through the Suez Canal on 9th November 1952
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orient SN Co, Ormonde
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No.634 Mormacmail launched in 1940
11,086grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA Long Island 1941 US Navy Nelly 1949 Caribbean Land & Shipping Seven Seas 1953 Europa-Canada Line Scrapped in Belgium 1977
The World's Passenger Ships 