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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: ocean liner
No.758 Edinburgh Castle launched in 1947
28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast IMO: 5097022 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Chris Howell, Wes Egerton & Pete Davis
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Edinburgh Castle, Harland & Wolff, IMO: 5097022, Union Castle
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No.381 Sierra Ventana launched in 1923
11,392 North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Sardegna 1935 Italia Flotta Riunite Torpedoed by Greek submarine Proteus off Valona 1940 One of four Proteus class built in 1929-29 in France, Proteus was rammed and sunk after this attack by … Continue reading
No.294 Giulio Cesare launched in 1920
21,848grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Bombed Trieste 1944
No.914 Principe Perfeito launched September 22, 1960
19,393grt for Companhia Nacional de Navegação from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO : 5285045 Al Hasa 1976 Global Transportation Fairsky 1980 Fair Line Shipping (Sitmar) Vera 1981 Sitmar Marianna IX 1982 Sappho Shipping (Latsis Group) Marianna 9 1984 Accommodation … Continue reading
No.819 Rhodesia Castle launched in 1951
17,041grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 (First two photos from Aden)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Rhodesia Castle, Union Castle
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No.899 Argentina Maru launched in 1958
10,864grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Kobe IMO 5023215 Nippon Maru 1972 Osaka Shosen KK Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Barry Davis
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Argentina Maru, IMO 5023215, Kobe, Mitsubishi, Nippon Maru, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.382 Hakusan Maru launched in 1923
10,380grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Flier off Iwojima 1944
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakusan Maru, Iwojima, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Flier
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No.383 Talma launched in 1923
10,000GT for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1949 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, Inverkeithing, Newcastle, Talma
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No.295 Montcalm launched in 1920
16,418grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank HMS Wolfe 1939 British Admiralty Scrapped in Faslane 1952
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British Admiralty, Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Faslane, HMS Wolfe, John Brown, Montcalm
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No.1196 Mikhail Sholokhov launched in 1986
12,798GT for USSR Far East Shipping Co from Szczecin, Szczecin IMO:8325420 Mikhail 2004 FESCO Mikhail Sholokhov 2004 FESCO Ougo Foscolo 2004 Foscolos Ugo Foscolo 2007 Foscolos Fos 1 2008 Foscolos Scrapped Alang 2011 Image attribution: William Barber, Ian Lewis & … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Far East Shipping Co, IMO:8325420, Mikhail Sholokhov, Ougo Foscolo, Szczecin, USSR
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