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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.107 Amazon launched in 1906
10,037 Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 52 off Malin Head 1918
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Tagged Amazon, Belfast, Malin Head, royal Mail Line, torpedoed
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No.106 Empress of Ireland launched in 1906
14,191grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Rammed, sank St Lawrence 1914 with tremendous loss of life Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color
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Tagged Canadian Pacific, Empress of Ireland, Fairfield Glasgow, Rammed, St Lawrence
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No.605 Pasteur launched in 1938
32,360grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Bremen 1959 North German Lloyd Regina Magna 1972 Chandris Line Saudiphil I 1977 Philippine Singapore Filipinas Saudi I 1980 Philsimport International Sank en route to breakers 1980 As a troopship in Aden … Continue reading
No.105 Empress of Britain launched in 1905
14,189grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Montroyal 1924 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Stavanger 1930 Empress of Britain during The Great War – Everyone on the port side 1915 MONTROYAL built as EMPRESS OF BRITAIN Paul Strathdee
No.604 Patria launched in 1938
17,870grt for Hamburg-America Line by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Empire Welland 1945 Ministry of Transport Rossia 1946 USSR Aniva 1985 Breakers Scrapped in Etajima, Japan 1986 Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Rossia and Admiral Nakhimov
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Tagged Aniva, Deutsche Werft, Empire Welland, Etajima, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Japan, Ministry of Transport, Patria, Rossia, USSR
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No.104 Carmania launched in 1905
19,524grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Blyth 1932 Image attribution: National Museums Liverpool Carmania wartime
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Tagged Blyth, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown
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No.446 Augustus launched in 1926
32,650grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Taken over by the Italian Navy, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero Scuttled Genoa 1944, scrapped 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Augustus_(1926) Roma, Duilio e Augustus a … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansaldo, Augustus, Falco, Genoa, Genova, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Sestri Ponente, Sparviero
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No.445 Avelona launched in 1926
12,858 Blue Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Avelona Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 43 in the Atlantic 1940 The Avelona Star was one of five ships ordered by Blue Star Line, named Almeda, Avila, Andalucia, Arandora, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avelona, Avelona Star, Blue Star, torpedoed
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No.444 Orazio launched in 1926
11,669 Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia She suffered a crankcase explosion in her port B&W propulsion diesel engine, which ignited diesel fuel from the fractured fuel lines. Sank Mediterranean 22 Jan 1940. Rescue efforts were hampered … Continue reading
No.443 New York launched in 1926
21,455 Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed at Kiel in 1945, raised in 1947 scrapped in UK 1949 Image attribution: R. Geyer New York at Curacao
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Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Kiel, New York
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