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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.363 Conte Verde launched in 1922
18,765 Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow After acquisition by Italian Line in 1932, she became a part of Lloyd Triestino Scuttled by crew in Shanghai 1943, raised, bombed Maizuru Japan 1944 and finally scrapped in 1949. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Verde Image from Yoshiaki … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Beardmore, Conte Verde, Glasgow, Japan, Lloyd Sabaudo, Lloyd Triestino, Maizuru, Shanghai
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No.364 Franconia launched in 1922
20,158grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1956 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & State Library of New South Wales Franconia 2 March 1934, Frederick Garner Wilkinson
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, Cunard Line, Franconia, Inverkeithing, John Brown, Sydney
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No.289 Munchen launched in 1920
18,940grt for North German Lloyd from AG ’Weser’, Bremen Ohio 1923 Royal Mail Lines Albertic 1927 White Star Line Scrapped Osaka 1934 White Star Line’s ALBERTIC, seen here at Boston in 1929. Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged AG Weser, Albertic, Bremen, Munchen, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Ohio, royal Mail Line, White Star Line
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No.834 Flandre launched in 1951
20,469grt for CGT French Line by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk Carla C 1968 Costa Armatori Carla Costa 1986 Costa Armatori Pallas Athena 1992 Epirotiki Line Scrapped Aliaga 1994 after a major fire Image attribution: Linesman, Kenneth Barton, Tony … Continue reading
No.900 Argentina launched in 1958
23,372grt for Moore-McCormack Lines from Ingalls, Pascagoula Veendam 1972 Holland-America Line Brasil 1974 Agence Maritime Veendam 1975 Holland-America Line Monarch Star 1976 Monarch Cruise Veendam 1978 Holland-America Line Bermuda Star 1984 Billingshurst Shipping Enchanted Isle 1990 Commodore Cruise Line Scrapped … Continue reading
No.751 Caledonia launched in 1947
11,255grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow 1965 sold. Hans Werdler kindly sent me this “Caledonia” was sold in 1965 for 350.000 Dutch Guilders to the “Stichting Studenten Huisvesting” (SHH), Amsterdam to create student rooms for student from the Amsterdam … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Anchor Line, Caledonia, Fairfield Glasgow, Hamburg, Hostel, Rotterdam
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No.752 Patria launched in 1947
13,196grt for Companhia Colonial de Navegação from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Linesman & Ian Shiffman Patria photo from Blogue Ships & The Sea
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Clydebank, CNN-Companhia Nacional de Navegacao, John Brown, Patria
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No.753 Albertville launched in 1947
10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Fotoflite & Roger Corveleyn From Rich Turnwald
No.366 Cuba launched in 1922
11,337grt for CGT French Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 1195 in the English Channel 1945 Image attribution: tynebuiltships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Cuba, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U1195
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