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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.373 Sarpedon launched as 1923
11,321grt for Blue Funnel Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Newport 1953 Image attribution: Trove Australia National Library via Gordy Ross
No.374 Patroclus launched in 1923
11,314grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Torpedoed by U 99 off Ireland on 1940
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Patroclus, Scott's Greenock, torpedoed, U99
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No.376 Minnewaska launched in 1923
21,716grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Port Glasgow 1934
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Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Minnewaska, Port Glasgow
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No.283 Yorkshire launched in 1919
10,184grt for Bibby Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed U37 off Cape Finisterre 1939 Sister of the more successful Lancashire
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Tagged Belfast, Bibby Line, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U371, Yorkshire
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No.285 Old North State launched in 1920
10,533 gross registered tons for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden 157.3m x 19m 14 kts 78 passengers in 1st class President van Buren 1922 United States Lines President Fillmore 1940 American President Lines Marigold 1944 US … Continue reading
Posted in Hospital ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged American President, Camden, Marigold, New York SB, Old North State, President Fillmore, President van Buren, United States Line, US Army, US Shipping Board
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No.286 Panhandle State launched in 1920
10,533grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Monroe 1922 United States Lines President Buchanan 1940 American President Lines Emily H.M. Weder 1944 US Army President Buchanan 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped San Francisco 1956 http://www.navsource.org/archives/30/08/0806.htm
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Tagged American President, Camden, Emily H M Weder, New York SB, Panhandle State, President Buchanan, President Monroe, San Francisco, United States Line, US Army, US Maritime Commission, US Shipping Board
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No.379 Deutschland launched in 1923
20,607grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Lubeck 1945
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Tagged Blohm & Voss, Deutschland, Hamburg, Hamburg-America
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No.749 Parthia launched in 1947
13,362grt for Cunard-White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Remuera 1962 New Zealand Shipping Co Aramac 1964 Eastern & Australian SS Co Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes
No.750 Brasil Star launched in 1947
10,716grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 https://www.bluestarline.org/brasil.html Fotoflite Fraser Darrah Collection Brasil Star Image from Malcolm Cranfield
The World's Passenger Ships 