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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.602 Cilicia launched in 1937
11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bilbao, Cilicia, Fairfield Glasgow, Jan Backx, Stichting Rotterdam
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No.1097 Scandinavia launched in 1979
25,122 Rederi A/B Nordö by Kockums Varv, Malmo Tzarevetz 1982 SOMAT Fiesta 1988 Sealink UK Ltd Fantasia 1990 Sealink UK Ltd Stena Fantasia 1990 Sealink Stena Line P&OSL Canterbury 1998 Sealink Stena Line P&O Canterbury 2002 P&O Ferries Alkmini A … Continue reading
No.956 Frederick Carter launched in 1967
22,508grt from Canadian National Railways from Davie, Lauzon Fred 1986 Anco Flavia II 1987 Harma Athenia 1988 Meltkiki Marine Thenia 1989 A/B Nordo Link Hansa Link 1990 A/B Nordo Link Norse Lagan 1990 A/B Nordo Link Moby Rider 1998 Moby … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged A/B Nordo Link, Athenia, Canadian National Railways, Davie, Flavia II, Fred, Frederick Carter, Hansa Link, IMO:6719342, Lauzon, Moby Lines, Moby Rider, Norse Lagan
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No.1594 Yue Hai Tie 1 Hao launched in 2002
14,381 Yuehai Railway by Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai IMO: 9255866
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged China, IMO: 9255866, Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, Yue Hai Tie 1 Hao, Yuehai Railway
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No.957 Ohrmazd launched in 1967
11,046 East & West SS Co from Burntisland Shipbuilding Co, Burntisland 276 passengers! IMO: 6714744 Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1994 The Ohrmazd at King George V Dock, Glasgow, in January 1978. Photo courtesy of Chris Claydon and Paul Strathdee … Continue reading
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Burntisland Shipbuilding, east & west, Gadani Beach, IMO: 6714744, Ohrmazd, Pakistan
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No.1457 Finnclipper launched in 1999
29,841GT for Finnlines O/Y from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real Rosalind Franklin 2018 Balearia Finnclipper 2021 Finnlines O/Y Igoumenitsa 2022 Grimaldi IMO: 9137997 Image from Kevin Gothe on Marine Traffic Image from Irene L Cop on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Astilleros Españoles, Balearia, Finnclipper, Finnlines, Igoumenitsa, Puerto Real, Rosalind Franklin
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No.87 Mongolia launched in 1903
13,639grt for Pacific Mail SS Co by New York SB, Camden President Fillmore 1929 Dollar Line Panamanian 1940 Cia Transatlantica Scrapped Hong Kong 1946
No.86 Minnesota launched in 1903
20,602grt for Great Northern SS Co from Eastern SB, New London Troy 1919 US Navy Minnesota 1919 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped Germany 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Great Northern SS, Minnesota, New London, Troy, US Navy
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No.84 Mississippi launched in 1902
Atlantic Transport Line by New York SB, Camden Samland 1906 Red Star Line Belgic 1911 White Star Line Samland 1913 Red Star Line Scrapped 1931 The only White Star ship to be built in the US
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belgic, Camden, Mississippi, New Yrok, Red Stssr Lin, Saland, white star
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