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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.1102 Viking Saga 1980
14,330GT for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Sally Albatross 1986 Rederi A/B Sally Fire partially scrapped & rebuilt at Mäntyluoto in 1990 Leeward 1995 Norwegian Cruise Line Superstar Taurus 2000 Star Cruises Silja Opera 2002 Silja Line … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Celestyal, Celestyal Crystal, Cristal, IMO: 7827213, Leeward, Louis Cristal, Louis Cruise, NCL, Opera, Rederi A/B Sally, Sally Albatross, Silja, Silja Opera, Star Cruises, Superstar Taurus, Turku, Viking Saga, Wartsila
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No.949 Finlandia launched in 1966
12,456grt for Finska Angfartygs A/B from O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Helsinki Finnstar 1978 Enso-Gutseit Innstar 1981 Det Forenede D/S Pearl of Scandinavia 1982 Loke Shipping Ocean Pearl 1988 Ocean Cruise Lines Ltd Pearl 1994 Sodimarit S.A Costa Playa 1995 Costa Crociere … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry
Tagged Costa Crociere, Costa Playa, DFDS, Finlandia, Finnstar, Finska Angfartygs A/B, Helsinki, IMO. 6622458, Innstar, Joy Wave, Ocean Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Pearl, Pearl of Scandinavia, Wartsila
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No.1101 Pride of Free Enterprise 1979
13,601grt for Townsend Thoresen by Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven Pride of Bruges 1987 P&O European Ferries P&OSL Picardy 1999 P&O Stena Line Oleander 2001 TransEuropa Ferries Sherbatskiy 2013 Novgorod Shipping IMO: 7820497 Scrapped Alang 2015 IMO: 7820497 Image from John Jones … Continue reading
No.950 HMAS Stalwart launched in 1966
15,500grt for the Royal Australian Navy from Cockatoo D & E Co, Sydney Her Majesty M 1990 SeaRoyal Ferries Tara II 1997 Panama She never entered commercial service, & on 19 February 2003, Tara II arrived at Alang, India for … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Navy Ship
Tagged Cockatoo, Her Majesty M, HMAS Stalwart, IMO 8828903, Royal Australian Navy, SeaRoyal Ferries, Sydney, Tara II
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No.951 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria launched in 1966
for Cia Trasmediterranea by Union Naval de Levante, Valencia Crown del Mar 1988 Crown Cruise Line 16,292GT after conversion Don Juan 1994 Royal Hispania Riviera I 2000 Interamericana Royal Pacific 2004 King Crown International Scrapped Kaohsiung 2005 Image Attribution: Tony … Continue reading
No.1951 San Sha 2 Hao launched 20 Aug 2019
12,545GT for China State Marine from Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Ltd MMSI: 413214690
No.1599 Stena Adventurer launched in 2002
43,532GT from Stena Line A/B by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan IMO: 9235529 Images: John Downs, Barrie Clark, Christopher Triggs and Rob Foy on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Hyundai Mipo, IMO: 9235529, Stena Adventurer, Stena Line, Ulsan
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No.1098 Staffetta Mediterranea launched in 1979
11,346grt for Tirrenia di Navigazione by Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Palermo Torres 1988 Tirrenia di Navigazione Istanbul S 2004 Sancak Line Sancak-S 2005 Sancak Line Rahman 2006 Namma Shipping Scrapped Turkey 2011 Image attribution: Ilhan Kermen Image attribution: A Sporri
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Tagged Istanbul S, Sancak, Steffetta Mediterranea, Tirrenia, Torres
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No.953 Juan March launched in 1966
10,417GT for Trasmediterranea from Union Naval de Levante SA, Valencia Sol Christina 1985 Sol Lines Kypros Star 1986 Opale Lines Ocean Majesty 1988 Majestic International Olympic 1994 Epirotiki Line Homeric 1995 Epirotiki Line Ocean Majesty 1995 Page & Moy IMO: … Continue reading
No.1453 Excellent launched in 1998
39,736GT for Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione from Nuovi Cant. Apuania, Marina di Carrera IMO: 9143441 Images: Thoralf Doehring, Marios Prekas & Alessandro Sussino The addition of scrubbers to the funnel is not an excellent look
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