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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.333 Mosella launched in 1921
10,250grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Jamaique 1928 Chargeurs Réunis Scrapped in Ghent 1954
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Chargeurs Reunis, Cie Sudatlantique, Ghent, Jamaique, Mosella, Newcastle, Swan Hunter
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No.334 Nutmeg State launched in 1921
13,712grt for US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point Western World 1922 Munson Line Leonard Wood 1941 US Army Scrapped in Vancouver 1948 Image from Rich Turnwald
No.335 Sophocles launched in 1921
12,361grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Tamaroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Blyth 1957 (from The Trove Australia National Library) SOPHOCLES at the Aberdeen wharf at Millers Point, Sydney SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in … Continue reading
No.336 Moldavia launched in 1921
16,277grt for P & O Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Second funnel fitted in 1928 Scrapped Newport 1938 Image attribution: The Old P&O Moldavia (right) and Oronsay
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Moldavia, P&O
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No.337 Tuscania launched in 1921
16,991grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Nea Hellas 1939 Greek Line New York 1955 Greek Line Scrapped in Onomichi 1961 New York in Southampton 19th July 1959 – John Gibbard
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Anchor Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Greek Line, Nea Hellas, Onomichi, Tuscania
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No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping Funtastica 1992 Ares … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Funtastica, General W.P. Richardson, La Guardia, Leilani, Ocean Explorer, President Roosevelt, Sapphire Seas, Terrifica
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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956
25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick
No.339 Cristóbal Colón launched in 1921
10,833grt for Cia Trasatlantica by Soc Espanola de Construction Naval, Ferrol Stranded Bermuda 1936
The World's Passenger Ships 