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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.
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No.439 Llandaff Castle launched in 1926
10,786grt for Union-Castle Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U 177 of Mozambique in 1942
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Llandaff Castle, Mozambique, torpedoed, U177, Union Castle, Workman Clark
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No.180 Deseado launched in 1911
11,477grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Japan 1934
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Deseado, Harland & Wolff, Japan, royal Mail Line
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No.179 Arlanza launched in 1911
15,044grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Olympic, Arlanza & Empress of Britain at Southampton in the early 1930s
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Tagged Arlanza, Belfast, Blyth, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.178 Medina launched in 1911
12,350grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 31 off Devon 1917 Between November 1911 and February 1912 Medina took King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar.
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Tagged Caird, Greenock, Medina, P&O, Royal Yacht, torpedoed, UB31
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No.866 Iberia launched in 1954
29,614grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Photo: Ben Ayre From Beken of Cowes In Singapore 1962 with Pulau Blakang Mati, now Sentosa, behind David Meare photo
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Iberia, Kaohsiung, P&O
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No.863 Clement Ader launched in 1953
11,349grt for Chargeurs Réunis by Ataliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Alessandro Volta 1957 ‘Italia’ SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1979 From Bridgeman
No.862 City of Durban launched in 1953
13,343grt for Ellerman Lines from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mediterranean Dolphin 1971 MA Karageorgis Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 Mediterranean Dolphin 1971 MA KarageorgisScrapped in Kaohsiung 1974, far left of the photoImage from: http://global-mariner.com/index114WhenShipsDie.html
No.772 Claude Bernard launched in 1948
12,021grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire IMO 5166574 J. G. Fichte 1962 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Sunrise IV 1979 Estrella Christal Pegancia 1980 Estrella Christal Scrapped in Karachi 1981
No.175 Kaiser Franz Josef I launched in 1911
12,567grt for Unione Austriaca from Cant Nav Triestino, Monfalcone General Diaz 1919 Cosulich Soc Triestina Presidente Wilson 1920 Cosulich Soc Triestina Gange 1929 Lloyd Triestino Marco Polo 1936 Adriatica SAN Sunk as a block-ship 1944, scrapped La Spezia An Austrian … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriatica, Austrian, Cant Nav Triestino, Cantieri Navale, Cosulich Soc Triestina, Gange, General Diaz, Kaiser Franz Josef I, La Spezia, Lloyd Triestino, Marco Polo, Monfalcone, Presidente Wilson, Unione Austriaca
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No.174 Orama launched in 1911
12,927grt for Orient Steam Nav Co by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by U 62 off Ireland in 1917 Image attribution: State Library of Queensland
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Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orama, Orient SN Co, torpedoed, U62
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