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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.11 Pennsylvania launched 1896
12,891grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Nansemond 1917 US Navy Scrapped USA 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Hamburg-America, Harland & Wolff, nansemond, Pennsylvania, USA
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No.406 Letitia launched 1924
13,475grt Anchor-Donaldson Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Empire Brent 1946 Ministry of Transport Captain Cook 1951 Donaldson Line Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1960 Sister of the ill fated Athenia, sunk on the first day of WW2 Image: John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald … Continue reading
No.741 Stockholm launched 1946 – Once the Oldest Serving Cruiseship
I’ve been asked which is the oldest serving cruiseship and which vessel has had the most name changes? It is the same ship, last sailed as the Astoria and arrived at the breakers at Ghent. What is remarkable about this … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Accommodation ship, Ambiente Kreuzfahren, Andrea Doria, Astoria, Athena, Azores, Caribe, Classic Cruises, Collision, Festival Cruises, Fridtjof Nansen, Genoa, Gothenburg, Italia, Italia Prima, Nina SpA, Rivages du Monde, sank, StarLauro, Sweden, Valtur Prima, VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Volerfreundschaft, Volker, Vultur Tourist
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The World's Passenger Ships 