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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.1555 Olympia Palace launched in 2001
36,825GT for Minoan Line by Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente Bonaria 2012 Tirrenia Cruise Bonaria 2018 Tirrenia Knossos Palace 2021 Minoan Line IMO: 9220330 Image copyright: Josemaria Dominguez
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bonaria, Cruise Bonaria, fincantieri, Minoan Line, Olympia Palace, Sestri Ponente, Tirrenia
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No.1055 Green Arch launched in 1975
12,891grt for Hiroshima Green Ferry by Kanda SB Co, Kure Okudogo 8 1982 Kurushima Dock Kydon 1991 ANEK Talos 1995 ANEK Ierapetra L 1999 LANE Lines Aqua Blue 2017 IMO: 7429669 Image copyright for the Ierapetra L: Stamatis Gianniotis Nikos Chatzipetros … Continue reading
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Tagged ANEK, Aqua Blue, Green Arch, Hiroshima Green Ferry, Ierapetra, Kure, Kurushima, Kydon, LANE Line, Okudogo, Talos
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No.993 launched as the Sun Rise Jan 1972
11,314grt for Nippon Kosoku Ferry by Kawasaki, Kobe Delivered as Sun Flower 2 in May 1972 for Nippon Kosoku Ferry Ltd Dynamo 1 1999 Orientalis 2000 Cambodia IMO:7206469 Scrapped Chittagong 2003 Images from: idyllicocean Image:Koji Ueda
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Chittagong, Dynamo, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Kosoku, Orientalis, Sun Flower 2, Sun Rise
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No.1554 Ariadne launched in 2001
28,007GT for Minoan Line by Samsung Heavy Industries, Koje Ariadne Palace 2002 Minoan Line Moby Tommy 2007 Moby Lines IMO: 9221310
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Tagged Ariadne Palace, Ariandne, Heavy Industries Koje, Minoan Line, Moby Line, Moby Tommy, Samsung
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No.1494 Blue Star Ithaki launched 1999
10,193GT for Blue Star Ferries from Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo Canada 2014 2014 Transport Canada Fundy Rose 2015 Transport Canada IMO: 9203916 Image attribution: A Vastardis
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Star Ferries, Blue Star Ithaki, Canada, Daewoo, Fundy Rose, Okpo, Transport Canada
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No.1553 La Superba launched in 2001
49,257GT for Grandi Navi Veloci by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera. Image from Mick Warwick
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Grandi Navi Veloci, La Superba, Marina di Carrera, Nuovi Cantieri Apuania
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No.1053 Daisetsu launched in 1975
11,879grt for Teiheiyo Enkai Ferry KK by Nakai Zosen KK, Setoda Varuna 1985 Higashi Nihon Ferry KK Lato 1987 ANEK Talaton 2018 Scrapped Aliaga Turkey 2018 George Choriatellis’ lato Image copyright: Tony Davis photo of the Talaton, near her end … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliaga, ANEK, Daisetsu, Higashi Nihon, Lato, Nakai Zosen, Setoda, Talaton, Teiheiyo Enkai, Varuna
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No.1495 Midnight Merchant launched in 1999
22,152GT for Merchant Ferries from Astilleros Españoles, Seville El Greco 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea European Endeavour 2007 P&O Ferries Finbo Cargo 2019 Eckero Line IMO: 9181106 Image Attribution: AT Wiffen, Agustin Alapont, Nigel Thornton & Ålands Sjöfart
No.2027 Xiang Long Dao launched in 2021
43,195GT for Cosco Shipping by Guangzhou Shipyard IMO: 9904015
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Tagged Cosco Shipping, Guanghzou, Guangzhou Shipyard, Xiang Long Dao
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