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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.68 Athenic launched in 1901
12,234 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Pelagos 1928 Pelagos A/S (a whaling factory ship) Scrapped Hamburg 1962 She was captured by the German Raider SS Pinguin on Jan 15, 1941 along with other factory ship, one depot … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Athenic, Belfast, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Pelagos, Whale, White Star Line
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No.979 Massalia launched in 1971
10,513grt for Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots from Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Stena Baltica 1984 Stena Line A/B Island Fiesta 1984 Det Forenede D/S Scandinavian Star 1984 Stena Line A/B Candi 1990 K/S Scandinavian Star Regal Voyager 1994 Comarit Ferries Regal V 2004 … Continue reading
No.566 Scharnhorst launched in 1934
18,184grt for North German Lloyd by Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Shinyo 1943 Japanese Navy (converted into a flat top aircraft carrier) Torpedoed by US submarine Spadefish off Shanghai 1944
No.484 Delftdijk launched in 1929
10,220grt for Holland-America Line from Wilton’s, Schiedam Dongedyk 1952 Holland-America Line Tung Long 1966 Chung Lien Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1966 Image from Walter Frost – More details at https://www.hal-vas.com/dongedyk explaining the 1952 fire
Posted in fire on ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Delftdijk, Dongedyk, Holland America Line, Kaohsiung, Schiedam, Tung Long, Wilton
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No.563 Jagersfontein launched in 1934
10,077grt for Holland Africa Line by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Torpedoed by U 107 off Bermuda 1942
No.487 Milwaukee launched in 1929
16,699grt Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Waveney 1945 Ministry of Transport Fire in Liverpool 1946, scrapped Dalmuir & Troon 1947
No.559 Normandie launched in 1932
83,423grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire Lafayette 1941 US Navy Fire New York 1942, Scrapped Port Newark 1946 Normandie at Plymouth Lighthouse, 1935. Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, French Line, Lafayette, New York, Normandie, Port Newark, US Navy
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No.558 Oceania launched in 1932
19,507grt for Cosulich Soc Triestina di Nav by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Torpedoed Mediterranean 1941 by HMS Upholder, the same day as her sister Neptunia Image from Fausto Iacono
No.490 General Osorio launched 1929
11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936. Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at … Continue reading
No.491 Chichibu Maru launched in 1929
17,498grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama Titibu Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Kamakura Maru 1939 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Gudgeon off Lagayan, Philippines 1943
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chichiby Maru, Kamakura Maru, Lagayan, Nippon Yusen, Philippines, titibu Maru, USS Gudheon, Yokohama
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