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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.31 Saxon launched in 1899
12,970grt for the Union Steam Ship Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Blyth 1935 A Union-Castle liner for nearly all her career after the merger
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Saxon, South Africa, Union Castle, Union Line
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No.30 Grosser Kurfürst launched in 1899
13,182grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Aeolus 1917 US Navy City of Los Angeles 1922 Los Angeles SS Co Scrapped Japan 1937
No.29 König Albert launched 1899
10,643grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan,Stettin Ferdinando Palasciano 1915 Hospital ship Italia 1923 Navigazione Generale Italiana Scrapped Italy 1926
No.28 Patricia launched 1899
13,023grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Scrapped England 1921
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Tagged Hamburg-America, Patricia, Stettin, Vulcan
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No.853 Henri-Poincaré launched in 1952
11,349 Chargeurs Réunis from Penhoët, St Nazaire Galileo Ferraris 1957 ‘Italia’ SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1979 Image attribution: Collection – jfm.fr & Walter E Frost
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Chargeurs Reunis, Galileo Ferraris, Henri-Poincaré, Italia, La Spezia, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.1027 Prinsessan Birgitta launched in 1973
Prinsessan Birgitta 1973 13,289 Rederi Ragne, Wärtsilä, Turku Stena Scandinavica 1982 Stena Scandinavica 1988 Sealink Tarek L 1989 Cotunav Scandinavica 1989 Venus 1990 Color Line King of Scandinavia 1994 DFDS Cesme 2002 Wind Ambition 2010 Prince 2018 IMO: 7347548 Arrived Chittagong … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Cesme, Chittagong, Color, Cotunav, DFDS, King of Scandinavia, Prince, Prinsessan Birgitta, Sealink, Stan Scandinavica, Stena, Tarek L, Turku, Warsila
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No.527 Monte Pascoal launched in 1930
13,870 Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scuttled Skagerrak 1946 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg- South America, Hanburg, monte Pascoal, Scuttled, Skagerrak
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No.27 Winifredian launched in 1899
10,405 F.Leyland by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Genoa 1929
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Tagged Harland & Wolff, Leyland, Winifredian
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No.1992 Silver Dawn floated out 14 Jan 2021
40,844GT for Silversea Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9857937 Image attribution: Silversea Cruises, Claudio Ritossa & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, fincantieri, Silver Dawn, Silversea Cruises
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