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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.882 Carinthia launched in 1955
21,947grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO 5063629 Fairland 1968 Fairland Shipping (Sitmar) Fairsea 1971 Fairsea Shipping (Sitmar) Fair Princess 1988 P&O Line China Sea Discovery 2000 China Sea Cruises Scrapped Alang 2005 Fairwind & Fairland awaiting full … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Carinthia, China Sea Discovery, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Fair Princess, Fairland, Fairsea, IMO 5063629, John Brown, P&O, Sitmar
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No.192 Empress of Asia launched in 1912
16,909grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Bombed en route to Singapore 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Asia RMS Empress of Asia under the Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver 1938 Bombed en route to Singapore 1942
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, Canadian Pacific, Empress of Asia, Fairfield Glasgow, Singapore
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No.199 Kristianiafjord launched in 1912
10,669grt for Norwegian America Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Aground Cape Race 1917 Image attribution: http://Digitalmuseum.no
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Aground, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Cape Race, Kristianiafjord, Norwegian America Line
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No.194 Niagara launched in 1912
13,415grt for Union Steamship Co of New Zealand from John Brown, Clydebank Mined New Zealand 1940 Frederick Wilkinson’s photograph of the Niagara departing Sydney for Vancouver on Thursday 28 August 1924
No.188 Imperator launched in 1912
52,117grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Hamburg Berengaria 1921 Cunard Line Scrapped at Jarrow and Rosyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color She was launched a month after the Titanic disaster and was eventually 6000grt tons larger Original image by … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Berengaria, Cunard Line, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Imperator, Jarrow, Rosyth, Vulcan
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No.190 Drina launched in 1912
11,483grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by UC 65 off Wales 1917 Image attribution: Rich Turnwald & Uboatprojectwales
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Drina, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line, torpedoed, UC65
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No.187 Vestris launched in 1912
10,494grt for Lamport & Holt from Workman Clark, Belfast Sank Atlantic 1928 http://bluestarline.org/lamports/vestris.html
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Atlantic, Belfast, Lamport & Holt, sank, Vestris, Workman Clark
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The World's Passenger Ships 