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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.935 Aleksandr Pushkin launched in 1964
19,860grt for USSR ( Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Marco Polo 1991 Orient Lines then Cruise & Maritime Voyages from 2010 Arrived Alang for breaking 9 Jan 21 aged 57 IMO: 6417097 Image attribution: René Beauchamp, Vitor Francisco … Continue reading
No.932 Ivan Franko launched 15 June 1963
in service 1964, 20,064grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Frank 1997 Breakers Scrapped Alang 1997 IMO 5415901 The first of 5 celebrated ships of the Poet Class Image attribution: Nick James, Gena Anfimov & Michael … Continue reading
No.931 Raffaello launched 24 Mar 1963
Completed July 1965, 45,933grt for ‘Italia’ SAN from Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Trieste Sold to Iran in 1976 IMO 5289106 Raffaello was hit by a missile during the Iran–Iraq War in 1983 and sank in shallow waters outside Bushehr. Image attribution: … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, IMO 5289106, Iran, Italia SAN, Raffaello, Trieste
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No.162 Cameronia launched in 1911
10,963 Anchor Line by Henderson, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 33 off Malta 1917
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Cameronia, Glasgow, Henderson, Malta, U33
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No.930 Oceanic launched 15 Jan 1963
In service Mar 1965, 27,644grt for Home Lines by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Starship Oceanic 1985 Premier Cruise Line The Big Red Boat I 2000 Premier Cruise Line Oceanic 2000 Pullmantur Cruises Scrapped Zhoushan China 2012 IMO: 5260679 Image attribution: … Continue reading
No.929 Shalom floated out 1962
25,338grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Penhoët, St Nazaire In service Mar 1964 Hanseatic 1967 German Atlantic Line Doric 1972 Home Lines Royal Odyssey 1981 Royal Cruise Line Regent Sun 1988 Regent Cruises Sun 1996 Tony Travel IMO 5321679 … Continue reading
No.927 Michelangelo launched 16 Sep 1962
Completed April 1965 45,911grt for ‘Italia’ SAN from Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente 1976 sold to Iran Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan 1991 IMO 5234113 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Postcard Per E. Merok & John Brooks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Michelangelo Michelangelo in Geiranger, Norway in 1972. … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Gadani Beach, IMO 5234113, Italia SAN, Michelangelo, Sestri Ponente
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No.924 Ancerville launched in 1962
14,225grt for Cie de Nav Paquet by Penhoët, St Nazaire Ming Hua 1973 Republic of China Sea World 1983 Republic of China Hai Shang Shi Jie 1991 Republic of China IMO 5015957 Landlocked Hotel ship in Shenzhen 1991 Images: Mike … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cruise ship, ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Ancerville, China, Cie de Nav Paquet, Hai Shang Shi Je, Ming Hua, Penhoët, sea World, St Nazaire
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No.939 Taras Shevchenko launched 16 Jan 1965
Delivered Apr ’66 19,549grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) by Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar IMO 6508195 Tara 2005 Breakers Scrapped Chittagong 2005 The third ship of the Poet Class Images: Tony Davis, Gordon Dalzell & Masato Nishiguchi
No.940 Kungsholm launched in 1965
26,678grt for Swedish America Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 6512354 Sea Princess 1979 P&O Line Victoria 1995 P&O Line Mona Lisa 2002 Holiday Kreuzfahrten Oceanic II 2007 Louis Cruise Line The Scholar Ship 2007 The Scholar Ship Veronica 2010 … Continue reading
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