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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.444 Orazio launched in 1926
11,669 Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia She suffered a crankcase explosion in her port B&W propulsion diesel engine, which ignited diesel fuel from the fractured fuel lines. Sank Mediterranean 22 Jan 1940. Rescue efforts were hampered … Continue reading
No.443 New York launched in 1926
21,455 Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed at Kiel in 1945, raised in 1947 scrapped in UK 1949 Image attribution: R. Geyer New York at Curacao
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Kiel, New York
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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.102 La Provence launched in 1905
13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
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Tagged CGT French Line, French Navy, La Provence, Mediterranean, Penhoet, Provence II, St Nazaire, torpedoed, U35
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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.1596 MSC Lirica, floated out in 2002
59,058GT MSC Crociere by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Damaged by fire 12 Mar 2021 in Corfu, subsequently repaired IMO: 9246102 Image attribution: The late Neven Jerković & Giannis Mavronas Image from JWF Smallegange
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, Corfu, IMO: 9246102, MSC Crociere, MSC Lirica, St Nazaire
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No.456 Bermuda launched 1927
19,086grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Workman Clark, Belfast Fire in Bermuda 1931, towed to Belfast for repairs where fire broke out again. Her engines were removed and the hulk was towed to Scotland for breaking but she ran … Continue reading
No.94 Scotian launched in 1903
18,168grt for Harland & Wolff, Belfast by Harland & Wolff, Belfast The order was cancelled, she was uncompleted for many months and laid up until purchased by Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Hamburg, Germany in 1906 President Lincoln 1907 Hamburg-America … Continue reading
No.458 Christiaan Huygens launched 1927
15,637grt from Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ for Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Mined Netherlands 1945 Frank Thomas added ‘She struck a mine leaving River Scheldt in August ’45, her wreck is still there’
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Tagged Amsterdam, Christiaan Huygens, Mined, Nederland, Nederlandsche, Netherlands, Stoomv Mij
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