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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.164 Demosthenes launched in 1911
11,233 Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Newcastle 1931
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aberdeen Line, Belfast, Demosthenes, Harland & Wolff, Newcastle
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No.788 Bloemfontein Castle launched in 1949
18,400 tons for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 181.3m x 23.3m 18.5 kts 721 passengers Patris 1959 Chandris Line Mediterranean Island 1979 Karageorgis Line Mediterranean Star 1981 Karageorgis Line Terra 1987 Breakers Scrapped in Pakistan 1987 Patris in … Continue reading
No.133 Cleveland launched in 1908
16,960grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Mobile 1919 US Navy King Alexander 1920 Byron SS Co Cleveland 1923 United American Lines Scrapped Hamburg 1933 The Cleveland in Manila in 1913
No.131 Cincinnati launched in 1908
16,339grt for Hamburg-America Line from Schichau, Danzig Covington 1917 US Navy Torpedoed by U 86 in the Atlantic 1918 From Liverpool Museums
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Tagged Cincinnati, covington, Danzig, Hamburg-America, Schichau, torpedoed, U86, US Navy
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No.124 Pericles launched in 1907
10,925grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sank Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Pericles
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Tagged Aberdeen Line, Belfast, Cape Leeuwin, Harland & Wolff, Pericles, sank
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No.117 Grampian launched in 1907
10,187grt for Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Netherlands 1925 Grampian after hitting an iceberg on July 10 1919 From Norway Heritage’s site
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Tagged Allan line, Grampian, Netherlands, Stephen Glasgow
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No.115 Heliopolis launched in 1907
10,897 Egyptian Mail by Fairfield, Glasgow Royal George 1910 Royal Line Scrapped Wilhelmshaven 1922 This liner is not the Heliopolis that took migrants from Malaga, Spain to Hawaii in 1907 – incorrectly posted on Wikipedia and many Hawaiian family tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Egyptian Mail, Fairfield Glasgow, Hawaii, Heliopolis, Malaga, Royal George, Royal Line, Wilhelmshaven
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No.407 Razmak launched in 1924
10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime
The World's Passenger Ships 