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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.160 Shropshire launched in 1911
11,911grt for Federal SN Co by John Brown, Clydebank Rotorua 1922 New Zealand Shipping Company Torpedoed by U96 off St Kilda 1940 Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Clydebank, Federal Steam, John Brown, New Zealand, Rotorus, Shropshire, St Kilda
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No.440 Andalucia launched 1926
12,846grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Andalucia Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 107 off Monrovia 1942 Image attribution: A. Duncan, Fraser Darragh Collection & Peter Stacey illustration
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andalucia, Andalucia Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed
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No.840 City of Port Elizabeth launched in 1952
13,363grt for Ellerman Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mediterranean Island 1971 MA Karageorgis Mediterranean Sun 1975 MA Karageorgis Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 IMO 5074020 Not the major conversion that you will see later on the other sisters Illustration by Henry Brayshaw
No.640 Launched as the Elandsfontein in 1940
10,574grt for United Netherlands Navigation by Schichau, Danzig (now Gdansk). Photo showing her towed in 1947. Jagersfontein 1948 United Netherlands Navigation, completed at De Schelde, Vlissingen Devon 1967 Embajada Cia Naviera Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 Image from John Sins
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Danzig, de Schelde, Devon, Elandsfontein, Gdansk, Jagersfontein, Kaohsiung, Schichau, United Netherlands, Vlissingen
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No.361 Perseus launched in 1922
10,276grt for Blue Funnel Line from Caledon SB & E Co, Dundee Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 165 off Madras in 1944 Image from https://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/BF11.php#Perseus_(1922)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Caledon, Dundee, Madras, Perseus, torpedoed
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No.881 Jadotville launched in 1955
13,724grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Penhoët, St Nazaire Chitral 1961 P&O Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Trevor Page, Rik Faulkner
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Chitral, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Jadotville, Kaohsiung, P&O, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.181 Demerara launched in 1911
11,484grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1st July 1917 torpedoed off La Rochelle but reached port and repaired Scrapped in Japan 1933 Image attribution: https://benjidog.co.uk
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Demerara, Harland & Wolff, Japan, La Rochelle, royal Mail Line
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No.641 Westerdam launched in 1940
12,149grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Scrapped in Alicante 1965 ROTTERDAM, STATENDAM, and WESTERDAM at Holland America Line’s Pier 40, New York 1965 Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Fijenoord, Holland America, Schiedam, Westerdam, Wilton
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No.741 Stockholm launched 1946 – Once the Oldest Serving Cruiseship
I’ve been asked which is the oldest serving cruiseship and which vessel has had the most name changes? It is the same ship, last sailed as the Astoria and arrived at the breakers at Ghent. What is remarkable about this … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Accommodation ship, Ambiente Kreuzfahren, Andrea Doria, Astoria, Athena, Azores, Caribe, Classic Cruises, Collision, Festival Cruises, Fridtjof Nansen, Genoa, Gothenburg, Italia, Italia Prima, Nina SpA, Rivages du Monde, sank, StarLauro, Sweden, Valtur Prima, VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Volerfreundschaft, Volker, Vultur Tourist
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The World's Passenger Ships 