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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.392 Tilawa launched in 1924
10,006grt for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 29 in the Indian Ocean 1942
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, I29, Newcastle, Tilawa, torpedoed
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No.393 Minnetonka launched in 1924
21,998grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Bo’ness 1934 Like her sister, short-lived due to the Depression
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Bo'ness, Harland & Wolff, Minnetonka
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No.394 De Grasse launched in 1924
17,707grt for CGT French Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Empress of Australia 1953 Canadian Pacific Venezuela 1956 Sicula Oceanica SpA Scrapped La Spezia 1962 Colour by Daryl LeBlanc Image: Paulo Piccione The changes over the years
No.398 Aorangi launched in 1924
17,491grt for Union Steamship Co of New Zealand from Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection
No.913 FRANCE launched 11 May 1960
66,348grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire IMO:5119143 Norway 1979 Klosters Rederi Blue Lady 2006 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2006 Image attribution: Chantiers in my collection Image attribution: Patrick Depelsenaire from Chantiers My images during conversion at Bremerhaven 1979 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, France, IMO:5119143, Klosters, Norway, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.633 America launched in 1939
33,961grt for United States Lines by Newport News at Newport News West Point 1942 US Navy America 1946 United States Lines Australis 1964 Chandris Line Italis 1978 Chandris Line Noga 1980 Cia Noga Alferdoss 1984 Silvermoon Ferries American Star 1993 … Continue reading
No.251 Jan Pieterszoon Coen launched in 1914
11,692grt for Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN) from Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij shipyard in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Scuttled at the entrance of the port of Ijmuiden May 1940 Jan Pieterszoon Coen under tow on 20 May 1915 Image attribution: TROPENMUSEUM
The World's Passenger Ships 