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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.584 Dunnottar Castle launched in 1936
15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Victoria 1959 Incres SS The Victoria 1975 Chandris Line Princesa Victoria 1993 Louis Cruise Line Scrapped Alang 2004 after 68 years My photos & Peter Inpyn My father’s photo 1947 after … Continue reading
No.84 Mississippi launched in 1902
Atlantic Transport Line by New York SB, Camden Samland 1906 Red Star Line Belgic 1911 White Star Line Samland 1913 Red Star Line Scrapped 1931 The only White Star ship to be built in the US
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belgic, Camden, Mississippi, New Yrok, Red Stssr Lin, Saland, white star
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No.467 Duchess of Bedford launched in 1928
20,123grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank Empress of India 1947 Canadian Pacific Empress of France 1947 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Newport 1960 Image from Fred Lacey
No.83 Arabic launched in 1902
15,801grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 24 off Ireland 1915 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Arabic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U24, White Star Line
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No.468 Kungsholm launched in 1928
20,223grt for Swedish-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg John Ericsson 1942 US War Shipping Administration Italia 1948 Home Lines Imperial Bahama 1964 Freeport Bahama Scrapped in Bilbao 1965 IMO: 5516547 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Kungsholm_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Christer Gustafsson
No.82 Yamuna launched in 1902
10,606grt for British India Line by Laing, Sunderland Slavonia 1904 Cunard Line Ashore in 1909 near Flores in the Azores, (where Sir Richard Grenville lay – Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Azores, British India, Cunard Line, Flores, Laing, Slavonia, Sunderland, Yamuna
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No.469 Highland Monarch launched in 1928
14,137grt for Nelson Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Scrapped in Dalmuir 1960 Images from John Gibbard at Tilbury July 1959
No.580 Ville d’Oran launched in 1935
10,172grt for CGT French Line by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Mount Olympos 1965 Typaldos Bros Scrapped in Trieste 1969 Image from Peter Ferrary Image by Trenor
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Construction Naval, La Ciotat, Mount Olympos, Trieste, Typaldos, Ville d'Oran
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No.579 Stirling Castle launched in 1935
25,550grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara, Japan 1966 Stirling Castle, 21st Feb. 1946 Allan C. Green Image from Keith Wood
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Harland & Wolff, Japan, Mikara, Stirling Castle, Union Castle
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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928
20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954 Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color Algiers Nov 1942 Image from Peter Roach
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