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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: Passenger/Cargo
No.643 Zuiderdam launched in 1941
12,150grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Bombed 1941, scrapped Ghent by 1948 Zuiderdam, on fire & capsized 1941
Posted in Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bombed, Ghent, Holland America Line, Schiedam, Wilton-Fijenoord, Zuiderdam
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No.645 Miike Maru launched in 1941
11,739grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by USS Trigger of the Caroline Islands 1944 http://combinedfleet.com/Miike_t.htm
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Caroline Islands, Miike Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Trigger
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No.648 Empire Grace launched in 1941
13,478grt for Ministry of Transport by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Wairangi 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Ran aground on 14 August 1963 at Kanholmsfjärden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss. Arrived on 25 October 1963 at Faslane for scrapping … Continue reading
No.352 Hakozaki Maru launched in 1922
10,413grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine off Balao East China Sea 1945
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakozaki Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.355 Cap Norte launched in 1922
13,615grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Hamburg Sierra Salvada 1932 North German Lloyd Cap Norte 1934 Hamburg-South America Line Empire Trooper 1940 Ministry of Transport Scrapped Inverkeithing 1955 Image – Hans Flugge. NDL’s Sierra Salvada was taken in Funchal, … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Cap Norte, Empire trooper, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Inverkeithing, Ministry of Transport, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Sierra Salvada, Vulcan
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No.356 City of Nagpur launched in 1922
10,138grt for Ellerman Lines from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U75 off Fastnet in the Atlantic 1941 City of Nagpur, Vandyck or Voltaire) and Canadian Pacific’s unmistakable Empress of Britain,
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, City of Nagpur, Ellerman Line, torpedoed, U75, Workman Clark
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No.1315 Gotland launched in 1992
25,996GT for Rederi AB Gotland from P T Dok & Perkapalan, Jakarta IMO: 9010814 Finnarrow 1997 Finnlines O/Y Euroferry Brindisi 2013 Grimaldi Ferries Mazovia 2014 Polferries 29940GT Image attribution: Anthony Vella, Rolf Bridde & Irene Cop
No.1316 Nancowry launched in 1992
14,176GT for Shipping Corporation of India Ltd from Stocznia, Szczecin IMO: 8606434 Arrived Alang 12 Oct 2021 Image attribution: Tony Hogwood on Marine Traffic Bob Scott on Ship Spotting
Posted in ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, IMO: 8606434, Nancowry, Shipping Corporation of India, Stocznia, Szczecin
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No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921
14,119grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Grant 1922 Admiral Oriental Harris 1940 US Navy President Grant 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1947 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03002.htm USS Harris
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Admiral Oriental, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Harris, Pine Tree Mariner, President Grant, Sparrow's Point, US Maritime Commission, US Navy, US Shipping Board, Wilmington
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