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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.562 Bloemfontein launched in 1934
10,473grt for Holland Africa Line by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Scrapped in Hong Kong 1959 Photo by John Sins
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Amsterdam, Bloemfontein, Holland Africa Line, Hong Kong, Nederlandsche
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No.486 Eastern Prince launched in 1929
10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Napier & Miller, Glasgow Empire Medway 1950 Ministry of Transport Scrapped in Faslane 1953 A model of identical sister Northern Prince
No.987 Svealand launched in 1971
15,879grt for Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea from Helsingör Vaerft, Helsingör Saga Wind 1984 TT Saga Line Sea Wind 1989 Silja Line, & TALLINK under the same name A Wind 2022 and operating in the Black Sea. Registered in Cameroon IMO: … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Helsingor, Helsingor Vaerft, Saga Wind, Silja Line, Stockholms Rederi, Svealand, Tallink, TT saga Line
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No.60 Rijndam launched in1901
12,527grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Netherlands 1929
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Netherlands, Rijndam
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No.59 Minnetonka launched in 1901
13,398grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 64 Malta 1918 (Shakespeare Cliff is in Dover)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Dover, Harland & Wolff, Minnetonka, torpedoed, U64
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No.989 Shin Sakura Maru launched 1971
13,082grt for Nihon Sangyo Junko from Mitsubishi, Kobe Scrapped 2001 IMO 7129087 Image attribution: John Kent & Geoffrey Watson
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Kobe, Mitsubishi, Nihon Sangyo, Shun Sakura Maru
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No.489 Southern Prince launched in 1929
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Anna C 1947 Costa fu Andrea Scrapped in La Spezia 1971 Image attribution: Roger Scozzafava, IWM, Emerson Franco Rocha & Ship2Shore
No.57 Suevic launched in 1900
12,531grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Skytteren 1928 Y Hvistengahl Scuttled off Maseskjner 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color In 1907 she was wrecked, the ship was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, rebuild, Skytteren, Suevic, White Star Line, Y Hvistengahl
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No.56 Runic launched in 1900
12,482grt for White Star Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast New Sevilla 1930 Sevilla Whaling (converted into a whaling ship- registered in London) Torpedoed by U 138 off Galway 1940 Image copyright: Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Harland & Wolff, New Sevilla, Runic, torpedoed, U138, White Star Line
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No.995 Fabiolaville launched in 1972
13,303grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken 71 passengers then a cargo liner in 1989 Hai Hua 1989 Shanghai HaiXing Shipping IMO 7204356 Out of register by 2011, possibly scrapped around 2000 in China Image attribution: bs1mrc, Patrick & … Continue reading
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Fabiolaville, Hai Hua, Hoboken, Shanghai HaiXing
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The World's Passenger Ships 