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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.582 Athlone Castle launched in 1935
25,564 Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1965 Image by Linesman Wartime photo
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Tagged Athlone Castle, Harland & Wolff, Kaohsiung, Union Castle
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No.522 Colombia launched 1930
10,782 Royal Netherlands Steamship Co by P. Smit Jr, Rotterdam Torpedoed by U 516 off Simonstown 1942 Colombia, Royal Netherlands Steamship Company (KNSM), from Willem van de Poll, color by Frank Hellsten Cenaprints Fotomaritime
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Tagged Colombia, KNSM, Rotterdam, royal Netherlands, Simonstown, torpedoed, U516
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No.22 Statendam launched 1898
10,491grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scotian 1911 Allan Line Marglen 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Genoa 1927 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Image from Norway Heritage
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Tagged Allan line, Belfast, Canadian Pacific, Genoa, Harland & Wolff, Marglen, Scotian, Statendam
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No.610 Stockholm
28,000 gross registered tons for Swedish-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Fire during construction 1938 Launched May 29, 1938, on Dec 19 the nearly completed ship caught fire at Monfalcone, strong winds and toxic smoke hampered fire fighting & … Continue reading
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Tagged Adriatico, Monfalcone, Stockholm, Swedish america
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No.519 Warwick Castle launched 1930
20,445grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 413 off Portugal 1942 (1st photo via BandcStaffRegister) Skyfotos via Rich Turnwald
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Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Union Castle, Warwick Castle
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No.18 Cymric launched 1897
12,552 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U20 in the English Channel 1916
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Tagged Belfast, Cymric, English Channel, Harland & Wolff, Torpedoed U20, White Star Line
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No.17 Pretoria launched 1897
12,800grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Broken up in 1921
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Tagged Blohm & Voss, Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Immigration, Pretoria
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No.514 Hiye Maru launched 1930
11,622grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama Torpedoed by US submarine Drum 1943
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Tagged Drum, Hiye Maru, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed, Yokohama
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No.14 Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse launched in 1897
14,349 North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Scuttled Atlantic 1914 (off the coast of Africa) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kaiser_Wilhelm_der_Grosse Steve Walker Color
The World's Passenger Ships 