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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: Navy Ship
No.209 Gallia launched 1913
14,966grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne Torpedoed by U 35 off Sardinia 1916 France’s worst maritime disaster of the war
No.205 Kashima Maru launched in 1913
10,599grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Kawasaki, Kobe Kasima Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed Saigon 1943
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Kashima Maru, Kasima Maru, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, Saigon, torpedoed
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No.194 Niagara launched in 1912
13,415grt for Union Steamship Co of New Zealand from John Brown, Clydebank Mined New Zealand 1940 Frederick Wilkinson’s photograph of the Niagara departing Sydney for Vancouver on Thursday 28 August 1924
No.433 Carnarvon Castle launched in 1926
20,063grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara Japan 1962 Image from Rich Turnwald Collection & Trevor Jones She was patched up using plates salvaged from the Graf Spee in Montevideo. Image from Trevor Jones Image … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Carnarvon Castle, Harland & Wolff, Mihara, Union Castle
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No.434 Roma launched in 1926
32,583grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Aquila 1943 Italian Navy She was taken over by the German occupation forces in 1943 but was partially scuttled by Italian co-belligerents two years later. After the end of the conflict, … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Aquila, Italian Navy, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Roma, Sestri Ponente
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No.436 Shropshire launched in 1926
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Salopian 1939 Royal Navy Torpedoed by U 98 off Cape Farewell 1941
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bibby Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Royal Navy, Salopian, Shropshire, torpedoed, U98
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No.180 Deseado launched in 1911
11,477grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Japan 1934
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Deseado, Harland & Wolff, Japan, royal Mail Line
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No.177 Indrapura launched in 1911
10,286grt for Indra Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Port Adelaide 1916 Commonwealth & Dominion Torpedoed by U 81 off Fastnet 1917 David Little collection
No.151 Aeneas launched in 1910
10,049grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Devon 1940
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aeneas, Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Bombed, Devon, Workman Clark
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No.168 Zealandic launched in 1911
10,898grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mamilius 1926 Aberdeen Line Mamari 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion HMS Hermes 1940 Royal Navy ( a dummy ship for the aircraft carrier) Bombed Cromer 1941 Maamilius Mamari HMS Hermes
The World's Passenger Ships 