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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: fire on ship
No.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931
22,424grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle In 1947 she was gutted by fire at Palmers Shipyard, Hebburn & declared a total loss. But the Ministry of Transport had her rebuilt as an emigrant ship & moved under … Continue reading
No.610 Stockholm
28,000 gross registered tons for Swedish-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Fire during construction 1938 Launched May 29, 1938, on Dec 19 the nearly completed ship caught fire at Monfalcone, strong winds and toxic smoke hampered fire fighting & … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriatico, Monfalcone, Stockholm, Swedish america
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No.516 L’Atlantique launched in 1930
42,512grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Fire English Channel 1933 then scrapped Glasgow Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color Steve Walker Color
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Tagged Cie Sudatlantique, L’Atlantique, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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The Oranje and Willem Ruys – later Lauro running mates
Two interesting ships that began as rivals and ended up as near sisters (running mates). The Oranje was built for the Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschapij (Nederland Line) in Amsterdam by the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company. She was launched by Queen Wilhelmina and named in honour … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Hospital ship, passenger liner, troopship
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The World's Passenger Ships 