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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.638 Mormacland launched in 1939
13,399grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun SB & DD Co, Chester, USA HMS Archer 1941 Royal Navy Empire Lagan 1946 Ministry of Transport Anna Salén 1946 Sven Salén Tasmania 1955 Cia Nav Tasmania Union Reliance 1961 China Union Lines Scrapped … Continue reading
No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950
17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell
No.274 Naldera launched in 1917
15,825grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Bo’ness 1938 Edgar Wallace photo of the Naldera in Aden
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bo'ness, Caird, Greenock, Naldera, P&O
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No.276 Narkunda launched in 1918
16,118grt P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed, bombed Bougie 1942 The first two photos were sold on board during my grandparents’ posting to Gibraltar in 1924. They also returned to the UK on her in 1929. … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bougie, Gibraltar, Harland & Wolff, Narkunda, P&O, torpedoed
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No.277 Johan de Witt launched in 1919
10,355grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Neptunia 1949 Greek Line Scrapped Hendrik Ido Ambacht 1957 (Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht is a village and municipality in the western Netherlands)
No.1902 Le Lapérouse floated out in 2017
9,976GT for Compagnie du Ponant from the Vard Group IMO: 9814026 Just under my 10000 GT threshold but the sister ships are just over – added for completeness Image attribution: Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, IMO: 9814026, Le Lapérouse, Vard Group
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No.414 Ranchi launched in 1925
16,650grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Her second funnel was removed in Bombay 23 Oct 1939 Scrapped in Newport 1953 Ranchi – photo from Kevin Blair on tynebuiltships In 1947 the Ministry of Transport returned Ranchi … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, Newport, P&O, Ranchi
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No.415 Chitral launched in 1925
15,248grt for P & O Line from Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Images from the Allen Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chitral, Dalmuir, P&O, Stephen Glasgow
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No.428 Asturias launched in 1925
22,071grt for Royal Mail Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Originally with two funnels Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: John Wilson, State Library of Queensland & Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Asturias, Belfast, Faslane, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 