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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.228 Columbus launched in 1913
34,351grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Homeric 1922 White Star Line Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1936 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
No.229 Admiral von Tirpitz launched in 1913
21,498grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Tirpitz 1914 Hamburg-America Line Empress of China 1921 Canadian Pacific Empress of Australia 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1952 Empress of China 20 Jan 1943 HMS Sturgeon entering Mers-el-kebir harbour, passing Empress … Continue reading
No.211 Vaterland launched in 1913
54,282grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Leviathan 1917 United States Lines Scrapped in Rosyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Leviathan, United States Line, Vaterland
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No.916 Northern Star launched 1961
in service 10 July 1962 24,733grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle IMO: 5257543 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Yes, only 12+ years of service Image attribution: Trevor Jones, John Johnson, Edwin Webb & Trevor Page
No.220 Llanstephan Castle launched in 1913
11,293grt Union-Castle Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Another ship to serve in both World Wars
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dalmuir, Fairfield Glasgow, Llanstephan Castle, Union Castle
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No.219 Alcantara launched 1913
15,831grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sunk Skagerrak 1916 Image attribution: Alchetron An artist’s impression of HMS Alcantara and SMS Greif engagement
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alcantara, Belfast, royal Mail Line, Skagerrak, sunk
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No.218 Berrima launched in 1913
11,137grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930 P&O’s Berrima, displaying Lund’s Blue Anchor on her funnel
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Berrima, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.217 Cap Trafalgar launched in 1913
18,805grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Stettin Sunk off Trinidad 1914 Cap Trafalgar after the aft funnel was removed – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Cap_Trafalgar
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Cap Trafalgar, Hamburg- South America, sunk, Trinidad, Vulcan
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No.216 Alaunia launched in 1913
13,405grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock Mined English Channel 1916
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, cunard, English Channel, Mined, Scott's Greenock
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The World's Passenger Ships 