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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.68 Athenic launched in 1901
12,234 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Pelagos 1928 Pelagos A/S (a whaling factory ship) Scrapped Hamburg 1962 She was captured by the German Raider SS Pinguin on Jan 15, 1941 along with other factory ship, one depot … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Athenic, Belfast, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Pelagos, Whale, White Star Line
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No.66 Haverford launched in 1901
11,635grt for American Line by John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Italy 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged American Line, Clydebank, Haverford, John Brown
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No.482 Highland Brigade launched in 1928
14,131grt Nelson Line for Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Henrietta 1959 John S Latsis Marianna 1960 John S Latsis IMO: 5223578 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1965 Image attribution: Fotoflite, John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald Collection
No.483 Northern Prince launched 1928
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Sunk by German aircraft off Crete, whilst sailing in convoy from Liverpool for Piraeus with military stores. 1941 Image attribution: Clydeships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Crete, Furness Withy, Lithgows, Liverpool, Northern Prince, Port Glasgow
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No.484 Delftdijk launched in 1929
10,220grt for Holland-America Line from Wilton’s, Schiedam Dongedyk 1952 Holland-America Line Tung Long 1966 Chung Lien Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1966 Image from Walter Frost – More details at https://www.hal-vas.com/dongedyk explaining the 1952 fire
Posted in fire on ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Delftdijk, Dongedyk, Holland America Line, Kaohsiung, Schiedam, Tung Long, Wilton
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No.1563 Murillo launched in 2001
25,028GT for Cia Trasmediterranea from IZAR Seville, Seville Drujba 2014 Port Bulgaria West Cracovia 2017 Polferries IMO: 9237242 Image copyright: Manuel Mohedano Torres Image: Bartoscz Baginski
No.563 Jagersfontein launched in 1934
10,077grt for Holland Africa Line by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Torpedoed by U 107 off Bermuda 1942
No.485 Highland Hope launched 1929
14,129grt for Nelson Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Aground on Farilhoes rocks, off the Portuguese mainland, in January 1930 The 3rd photo is the class of 5 ships when in Royal Mail colours – incorporated in 1932.
No.1485 Commodore Clipper launched 1999
13,465GT for Condor Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9201750 Image Attribution: Tommy MacMillan, Hartmut Knape & Dylan Ray on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Commodore Clipper, Condor Ferries, Krimpen, Van der Giessen
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