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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.1495 Midnight Merchant launched in 1999
22,152GT for Merchant Ferries from Astilleros Españoles, Seville El Greco 2006 Acciona Trasmediterreanea European Endeavour 2007 P&O Ferries Finbo Cargo 2019 Eckero Line IMO: 9181106 Image Attribution: AT Wiffen, Agustin Alapont, Nigel Thornton & Ålands Sjöfart
No.1047 Bayard launched in 1975
12,804grt for Fred Olsen Line from Ankerlokken Verft, Floro Isola Della Perle 1987 Sardenia Compagnia di Nav Luigi Pa 2007 Moby Lines Habib Neccar 2017 Cenk M 2019 Cenk Group A ferry for 154 passengers, but not my favourite Image … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Ankerlokken, Bayard, Cenk, Floro, Fred Olsen, Habib Neccar, Isola Della Perle, Luigi Pa, Moby Cargo, Sardenia Compagnia di Nav
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No.1046 Bohemund launched in 1974
12,618grt for Fred Olsen Line Ankerlokken Verft, Floro (a ferry – 154 passengers) Isola Delle Stelle 1987 Sardenia Compagnia di Nav Giuseppe SA 2007 Moby Lines Med Star 2022 Med Lines
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Ankerlokken, Bohemund, Fred Olsen, Giuseppe, Isola Delle Stelle, Med Star, Moby Lines, Sardenia Compagnia di Nav
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No.780 Helenus launched in 1949
10,125grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Harland & Wolff, Helenus, Kaohsiung
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No.778 Rio de la Plata launched in 1949
11,317grt for Flota Mercante del Estado by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Fire, scrapped in Buenos Aires 1968
No.496 Western Prince launched in 1929
10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Napier & Miller, Glasgow Torpedoed by U96 off Orkney in 1940 A single photo, plus a model of her identical sister Northern Prince. Another sister Southern Prince became the ANNA C
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Furness Withy, Glasgow, Napier & Miller, Orkney, torpedoed, Western Prince
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No.441 Avila launched in 1926
12,872grt for Blue Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Avila Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 201 in the Atlantic 1942 Replacing the bonnet on the rear funnel of the blue funnel liner AVILA STAR. London docks
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Avila, Avila Star, Blue Star Line, Clydebank, John Brown, torpedoed
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No.1200 Repubblica di Venezia launched in 1987
39,701GT for Atlantica SpA di Navigazione (Grimaldi) from Fincantieri, Marghera Venezia 2011 Breakers She originally carried 56 passengers Scrapped Alang 2011 Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli on Ship Spotting
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, fincantieri, Grimaldi, Marghera, Repubblica di Venezia, Venzia
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No.320 Vandyck launched 1921
13,233grt for Lamport & Holt by Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed Norway 1940
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bombed, Lamport & Holt, Norway, Vandyck, Workman Clark
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No.200 Benalla launched in 1912
11,118grt for P & O Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Benalla, Branch Line, Caird, Greenock, P&O
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The World's Passenger Ships 