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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.125 Rotterdam launched in 1908
24,149grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Netherlands 1940 Rotterdam at Hoboken – Steve Walker Color ROTTERDAM in New York. Sep. 14, 1930 by Percy Loomis Sperr She’s in the background but a pleasant scene from 1920
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Netherlands, Rotterdam
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No.123 Asturias launched in 1907
12,002grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Arcadian 1923 Royal Mail Lines Scrapped in Japan 1933 Departing Sydney’s East Circular Quay 20 March 1917, HMHS Asturias
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadian, Asturias, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Japan, royal Mail Line, Sydney
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No.122 Chicago launched in 1907
10,471grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Guadeloupe 1929 CGT French Line Scrapped in St Nazaire 1936
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT French Line, Chicago, Guadeloupe, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.792 Baudouinville launched in 1950
10,946grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Thysville 1957 Compagnie Maritime Belge Anselm 1961 Booth Line Iberia Star 1963 Blue Star Line Australasia 1965 Austasia Line Scrapped in Hualien 1973
No.794 Giulio Cesare launched 1950
27,078grt for ‘Italia’ SAN by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Scrapped in La Spezia 1973 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Luiz Fernando Hornstein
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CR dell Adriatico, Giulio Cesare, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Monfalcone
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No.804 Constitution launched in 1950
23,754grt for American Export Lines from Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy Oceanic Constitution 1974 CY Tung Group Constitution 1982 American Global Line Sank en route breakers 1997 Image attribution: Bunts & Steve Walker Color
No.803 Provence launched in 1950
15,889grt for SGTM by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO 5286128 Enrico C 1965 Costa Armatori Enrico Costa 1987 Costa Armatori Symphony 1994 Navitalia Aegean Spirit 2000 Golden Sun Ocean Glory 1 2001 Cruise Holdings Classica 2001 Cruise Holdings … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Aegean Spirit, Alang, Classica, Costa Armatori, Enrico C, Enrico Costa, Newcastle, Ocean Glory, Provence, SGTM, Swan Hunter, Symphony
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No.802 Charlesville launched in 1950
10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken Georg Büchner 1967 VEB Deutsche Seereederei Sank Baltic en route to breakers 2013 Image attribution: Frederik Janssens & Jörn Prestien Image from Geoffrey Watson
The World's Passenger Ships 