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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.356 City of Nagpur launched in 1922
10,138grt for Ellerman Lines from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U75 off Fastnet in the Atlantic 1941 City of Nagpur, Vandyck or Voltaire) and Canadian Pacific’s unmistakable Empress of Britain,
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, City of Nagpur, Ellerman Line, torpedoed, U75, Workman Clark
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No.358 Volendam launched in 1922
15,434grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Govan Scrapped Hendrik Ido Ambacht 1952 3 images from Clyde ships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Govan, Harland & Wolff, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Holland America Line, Volendam
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No.915 Transvaal Castle launched 1961
32,697grt for Union-Castle Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 5367623 S.A. Vaal 1966 South African Marine Corporation Festivale 1977 Carnival Cruise Lines IslandBreeze 1996 Dolphin Cruise Line The Big Red Boat III 1998 Premier Cruise Line The Big Boat 2003 Breakers … Continue reading
No.362 Mongolia launched in 1922
16,385grt for P&O Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Rimutaka 1938 New Zealand Shipping Co Europa 1950 Cia de Nav Incres Panama Nassau 1951 Incres SS Co Acapulco 1961 Cia Nav Turistica Mexicana Scrapped in Osaka 1964 ACAPULCO from Richard MacGregory
No.1316 Nancowry launched in 1992
14,176GT for Shipping Corporation of India Ltd from Stocznia, Szczecin IMO: 8606434 Arrived Alang 12 Oct 2021 Image attribution: Tony Hogwood on Marine Traffic Bob Scott on Ship Spotting
Posted in ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, IMO: 8606434, Nancowry, Shipping Corporation of India, Stocznia, Szczecin
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No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921
14,119grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Grant 1922 Admiral Oriental Harris 1940 US Navy President Grant 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1947 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03002.htm USS Harris
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Admiral Oriental, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Harris, Pine Tree Mariner, President Grant, Sparrow's Point, US Maritime Commission, US Navy, US Shipping Board, Wilmington
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No.324 City of Paris launched in 1921
10,902grt for Ellerman Lines from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Newport 1956 Image attribution: John Crossland
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged City of Paris, Ellerman Line, Newcastle, Newport, Swan Hunter
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No.325 Ausonia launched in 1921
13,912grt for Cunard Line by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Scrapped in Castlellon 1965 From 1942 she was a Royal Navy heavy repair ship. The oldest ship in my database that I’ve seen – Gibraltar 1964 Photo from Richard Cox Ausonia in … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Armstrong Whitworth, Ausonia, Castellon, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Royal Navy
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The World's Passenger Ships 