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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.278 Wenatchee launched in 1919
14,174grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Jefferson 1922 Admiral Oriental Henry T. Allen 1941 US Navy President Jefferson 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1948 SS Wenatchee arrives in Seattle USS Henry T.Allen (APA-15) … Continue reading
No.279 Sea Girt launched in 1919
13,789grt for US Shipping Board 535ft Class from New York SB Corp, Camden Southern Cross 1921 Munson Line Wharton 1939 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1952 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr SOUTHERN CROSS. Oct.31, 1932, thanks to Yoshiaki Nishimura SOUTHERN CROSS … Continue reading
No.879 Zion launched in 1955
10,195grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Amelia de Mello 1966 Soc Geral de Commercio Ithaca 1972 Cia Vapores Realma Dolphin IV 1978 Ulysses Cruises Scrapped at Alang, India in 2003 under the name ‘Khaw’ Image attribution: … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Amelia de Mello, Cia Vapores Realma, Deutsche Werft, Dolphin, Hamburg, Ithaca, Khaw, Ulysses, Zim Israel, Zion
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No.416 Alaunia launched 7 Feb 1925
14,030grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank HMS Alaunia 1939 Scrapped in Blyth 1957 14 years a liner 18 years RN-AMC, transport and repair ship HMS Alaunia – IWM
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, Blyth, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown
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No.419 Transylvania launched in 1925
16,923grt for Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 56 off Malin Head 1940 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr & John Henry Rigaud Curacao
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Anchor Line, Curacao, Fairfield Glasgow, Malin Head, torpedoed, Transylvania, U56
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No.611 Durban Castle launched in 1938
17,388grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hamburg 1962 Image attribution: Andreas Hoppe & Ian Joseph Image from Yoshiaki Nishimura Image from Chris Howell
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Durban Castle, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Union Castle
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No.612 Zaandam launched in 1938
10,909grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Sister of the Noordam Torpedoed by U 174 in the Atlantic 1942. 3 survivors were found after 82 days at sea. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaandam_%28schip,_1939%29
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Holland America Line, Schiedam, torpedoed, U174, Wilton-Fijenoord, Zaandam
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The World's Passenger Ships 