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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.344 Esperance Bay launched in 1921
13,853grt for Commonwealth Government by Beardmore, Glasgow Arawa 1936 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Newport 1955 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & Alexander Turnbill Library Image from Lisbon Image attribution: Alexander Turnbill Library
No.345 Montclare launched in 1921
16,314grt for Canadian Pacific by John Brown, Clydebank HMS Montclare 1939 Royal Navy Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1958
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Inverkeithing, John Brown, Montclare, Royal Navy
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No.715 Marine Falcon launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver IMO 5224845 Trenton 1966 Litton Industries Borinquen 1975 Litton Industries Scrapped in Beihei 1989
No.716 Marine Flasher launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Long Beach 1966 Litton Industries Grounded San Juan 1988 Marine Flasher leaving Bremerhaven 1946
No.717 Marine Adder launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Richmond California Transcolorado 1967 Hudson Waterways Scrapped Kaohsiung 1988
No.719 Marine Tiger launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Oakland 1966 Litton Industries Scrapped Taiwan 1987
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, troopship
Tagged Kaiser, Marine Tiger, Oakland, US Maritime Commission, Vancouver
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No.644 Rio de la Plata launched in 1941
13,432grt for Moore-McCormack Lines by Sun Shipbuilding & DD Co, Chester Charger 1941 US Navy Fairsea 1949 Alvion SS Corp (Sitmar) Fire scrapped La Spezia 1969 https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/030.htm Fairsea in Aden – photo by Sue Deller
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alvion, Charger, Fairsea, La Spezia, Moore McCormack, Rio de la Plata, Sitmar, Sun Shipbuilding, US Navy
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No.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941
11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Caroline Islands, Miike Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Trigger
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No.646 launched as the Izumo Maru 1941
27,500 Nippon Yusen by Kawasaki, Kobe Proposed Japanese ocean-liner of 27,000 tons and 722 feet long. Ordered late 1938, completed as an aircraft carrier in 1942 Hiyō, launched 1941 She was sunk by a US torpedo in the Battle of … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger ship
Tagged aircraft carrier, Hiyo, Izumo Maru, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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The World's Passenger Ships 