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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.408 Monte Olivia launched in 1924
13,750grt for for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1945 Her wreck was refloated on June 12th, 1946 and scrapped in 1948 MS Monte Olivia sailing out of Antwerp. circa 1928 Image from Rich Turnwald Kungsholm … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Kiel, Monte Olivia
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No.407 Razmak launched in 1924
10,602grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Monowai 1930 Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Monowai in Milford Sound Feb 1933 HMNZS Monowai wartime
No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924
16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, La Spezia, Newcastle, P&O Line, Ranpura
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No.403 Statendam launched in 1924
29,511grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Bombed Rotterdam 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Percy Loomis Sperr
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Bombed, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Rotterdam, Statendam
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No.609 Canton launched in 1938
16,033grt for P & O Line by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped in Hong Kong 1962 My photos and from Nicholas Messinger – More on his webpage at: http://www.pandosnco.co.uk/canton.htm Canton leaving Singapore 1962 – my photo Canton pre-war Canton wartime Canton in Hong … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Canton, Hong Kong, P&O Line, Stephen Glasgow
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No.110 Lusitania launched in 1906
31,550grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by U 20 off Old Kinsale 1915 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Lusitania, Old Kinsale, torpedoed, Torpedoed U20
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No.109 Adriatic launched in 1906
24,541grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Osaka 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Adriatic, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Osaka, White Star Line
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No.108 Araguaya launched in 1906
10,537 Royal Mail Lines by Workman Clark, Belfast Kraljica Marija 1930 Jugoslavenski Lloyd Savoie 1940 CGT French Line Sunk Casablanca 1942 Kraljica Marija 1930 Jugoslavenski Lloyd
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