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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.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914
10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island
No.246 Ile de Cuba launched in 1914
11,953grt for CGT French Line from Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence at Port de Bouc Lafayette 1914 CGT French Line Mexique 1928 CGT French Line Mined Le Verdon 1940 Lafayette as a hospital ship Lafayette in Le Havre before 1928
No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914
11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Hindi name meaning Empress of India KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Caird, Cunard Line, Emperor of India, Greenock, Kaisar-I-Hind, P&O
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No.248 Tuscania launched in 1914
14,348grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by UB 77 off Rathlin Island 1918
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Rathlin Island, Stephen Glasgow, Tuscania, UB77
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No.359 Doric launched in 1922
16,484grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & a photo from Geirangerfjord DORIC & RELIANCE in Copenhagen 1934 Doric in Geirangerfjord
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Copenhagen, Doric, Harland & Wolff, Newport
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No.877 Empress of Britain launched in 1955
25,516grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Queen Anna Maria 1964 Greek Line Carnivale 1975 Carnival Cruise Line Fiesta Marina 1993 Fiesta Marina Cruises Olympic 1995 Epirotiki Line The Topaz 1997 TUI Travel The Topaz 2003 Topaz International Scrapped Alang … Continue reading
No.250 Statendam launched 1914
32,234grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Renamed Justicia 1917 & managed by White Star Line for service as a troopship Torpedoed by UB 64 & UB 124 off Skerrymore 1918 Image: Steve Walker Color As intended – … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Justicia, Skerrymore, Statendam, torpedoed, UB124, UB64, White Star Line
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No.245 Bismarck launched in 1914
56,551grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Majestic 1922 White Star Line Caledonia 1937 British Admiralty Scrapped Inverkeithing by 1944 after a fire in 1939, awaiting disposal Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Caledonia
No.391 Aurania launched in 1924
13,984grt for Cunard Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Artifex 1942 Royal Navy Scrapped in La Spezia 1961
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Artifex, Aurania, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Royal Navy, Swan Hunter
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The World's Passenger Ships 