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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: ferry
No.1231 Erimo Maru 1988
11,272GT for Nihon Enkai Ferry Co by Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo IMO: 8806840 Sun Flower Erimo 1991 Blue Highway Line Ferry Cosmo 5 2003 Cosmo Shipping Shuttle Oita 2004 Shuttle Highway Line Shuttle Yokosuka 2005 Shuttle Highway Line NGB 6 … Continue reading
No.1232 New Orion launched in 1988
16,485GT for KK Meimon Taiyo Ferry by Onomichi Zosen, Onomichi IMO: 8800755 Ferry Fukuoka 1993 KK Meimon Taiyo Superferry 16 2002 WG&A New Qingdao 2007 Chang Myung Queen Qingdao 2008 Chang Myung New Blue Ocean 2013 Stena Daea St Therese of … Continue reading
No.1234 Danielle Casanova launched in 1988
30,985GT for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8705395 Mediterranee 2002 SNCM, now with Corsica Line Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli, Pascal Bredel, Maeva Joly & Stephane Saissi
No.1777 Visemar One launched in 2010
26,275GT for Visemar di Navigazione from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9498743 Hedy Lamarr 2018 Balearia Image attribution: Per Ustad Søtvik & 2 named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Balearia, Cantiere Navale Visentini, Hedy Lamarr, IMO: 9498743, Porto Viro, Visemar di Navigazione, Visemar One
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No.1181 Peter Pan launched in 1985
31,356grt for Travemünde-Trelleborg Linie from Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven IMO: 8502391 Spirit of Tasmania 1993 Transport Tasmania Fjord Norway 2003 Fjord Line Princess of Norway 2006 DFDS Seaways Princess Seaways 2011 DFDS Images: Erik Ask, Ruud Rijke & Vitor Francisco
No.1182 Karl Carstens launched in 1986
12,829GT for Bundesminister für Verkehr Deutsche Bundesbahn from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel IMO: 8420115 Karl 2001 whilst awaiting sale Helix Producer I 2008 Storage Ship Completely transformed now into an Offshore Vessel Images from Pieter Inpyn and Dragec
No.1183 Konstantin Chernenko launched in 1986
12,798GT for USSR Far East Shipping Co from Stocznia Szczecinska, Szczecin IMO: 8325432 Russ 1988 Pacific Cruise Line SC Atlantic 2010 S Continental Ocean Atlantic 2012 Ocean Atlantic Partners Despite the news that she was renamed Polar Angel for Positive Polar, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Far East Shipping Co, FESCO, IMO: 8325432, Konstantin Chernenko, Ocean Atlantic, Russ, SC Atlantic, Stocznia Szczecinska, USSR
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No.1236 Palladio launched in 1989
10,977GT for Adriatica di Navigazione SpA by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 8705694 Scrapped Aliaga 2016 Image attribution: Massimiliano Cortese & 3 other named images from Marine Traffic
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Tagged Adriatica di Navigazione, Aliaga, ancona, fincantieri, IMO: 8705694, Palladio
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No.1237 Bretagne launched in 1989
25,015GT for Brittany Ferries from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8707329 Rosalind Franklin 2025 Baleària (Named for a woman who contributed to our understanding of the molecular structure of DNA.) Image attribution: Vitor Francisco, RichardCD and Ethan Gigg
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Tagged Bretagne, Brittany Ferries, Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 8707329, St Nazaire
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