Search
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.334 Nutmeg State launched in 1921
13,712grt for US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point Western World 1922 Munson Line Leonard Wood 1941 US Army Scrapped in Vancouver 1948 Image from Rich Turnwald
No.335 Sophocles launched in 1921
12,361grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Tamaroa 1926 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Blyth 1957 (from The Trove Australia National Library) SOPHOCLES at the Aberdeen wharf at Millers Point, Sydney SS Tamaroa refuelling at Curacao in … Continue reading
No.336 Moldavia launched in 1921
16,277grt for P & O Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Second funnel fitted in 1928 Scrapped Newport 1938 Image attribution: The Old P&O Moldavia (right) and Oronsay
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Moldavia, P&O
Leave a comment
No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping Funtastica 1992 Ares … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Funtastica, General W.P. Richardson, La Guardia, Leilani, Ocean Explorer, President Roosevelt, Sapphire Seas, Terrifica
Leave a comment
No.341 Haruna Maru launched in 1921
10,421grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Stranded off Surga Bay 1942
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Haruna Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Surga Bay
Leave a comment
No.340 Andania launched in 1921
13,950grt for Cunard Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by UA 70 off Iceland 1944 Image attribution: Old Ship Picture Galleries
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andania, Cunard Line, Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, torpedoed, UA70
Leave a comment
No.622 Huascaran launched in 1938
10,022grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia 1954 Cogedar Line Romanza 1970 Chandris Line Romantica 1991 New Ambassador Fire Cyprus 1998, Scrapped Alexandria Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia by Ben Ayre Romanza 1970 … Continue reading
No.625 Cristobal launched in 1939
10,021grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy Scrapped in Brownsville 1981
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bethlehem Steel, Brownsville, Cristobal, Panama Railroad, Quincy
Leave a comment
No.626 Klipfontein launched in 1939
10,544grt for United Netherlands Navigation Co by Smit Jr, Rotterdam Aground near Inhambane, Mozambique 1953 Image attribution: John Sins Klipfontein photo posted on Ship Spotting by Andreas Hoppe
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Inhambane, Klipfontein, Mozambique, Rotterdam, Smit Jr, United Netherlands
Leave a comment
The World's Passenger Ships 