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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.171 Waimana launched in 1911
10,389grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast Herminius 1926 Aberdeen Line Waimana 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion Empire Waimana 1941 Ministry of War Transport Waimana 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped Milford Haven 1952 Empire Waimana 1941 … Continue reading
No.861 ARCADIA launched in 1953
29,734 P & O Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979 Image attribution: My photo Beken of Cowes Peter J Fitzpatrick
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadia, Clydebank, John Brown, P&O
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No.157 Themistocles launched in 1910
11,231grt for Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1947 Image attribution: Clydemaritime Leaving Sydney with troops in 1915
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aberdeen Line, Belfast, Dalmuir, Harland & Wolff, Themistocles
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No.156 Ascanius launched in 1910
10,048grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast San Giovannino 1949 Cia de Nav Florencia Scrapped in La Spezia 1953 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & John Oxley Library
No.152 Pakeha launched in 1910
10,481grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Empire Pakeha 1941 Ministry of War Transport Pakeha 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1950
No.151 Aeneas launched in 1910
10,049grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Devon 1940
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aeneas, Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Bombed, Devon, Workman Clark
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No.147 Rangatira launched in 1909
10,118grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast Ashore on Robben Island, Table Bay, Cape Town 1916 http://nzmaritime.co.nz/Rangatira1909.htm Image attribution: NZ National Maritime Museum
No.168 Zealandic launched in 1911
10,898grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mamilius 1926 Aberdeen Line Mamari 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion HMS Hermes 1940 Royal Navy ( a dummy ship for the aircraft carrier) Bombed Cromer 1941 Maamilius Mamari HMS Hermes
The World's Passenger Ships 