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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.757 Uruguay Star launched in 1947
10,723grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 Image from Chris Brierley
No.758 Edinburgh Castle launched in 1947
28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast IMO: 5097022 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Chris Howell, Wes Egerton & Pete Davis
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Edinburgh Castle, Harland & Wolff, IMO: 5097022, Union Castle
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No.380 Menelaus launched in 1923
10,278grt for Blue Funnel Line from Caledon SB & E Co, Dundee Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Caledon, Dalmuir, Dundee, Menelaus
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No.1259 Kaptan Burhanettin Isim launched in 1990
18,653GT for Turkish Cargo Lines from Fosen Mek, Rissa IMO: 8818300 Gryf 2004 Unity Line Image attribution: Tim Becker & Frank Katzer
Posted in ferry, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Fosen Mek, Gryf, IMO: 8818300, Kaptan Burhanettin Isim, Rissa, Turkish Cargo Lines, Unity Line
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No.819 Rhodesia Castle launched in 1951
17,041grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 (First two photos from Aden)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Rhodesia Castle, Union Castle
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No.899 Argentina Maru launched in 1958
10,864grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Kobe IMO 5023215 Nippon Maru 1972 Osaka Shosen KK Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Barry Davis
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Argentina Maru, IMO 5023215, Kobe, Mitsubishi, Nippon Maru, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.382 Hakusan Maru launched in 1923
10,380grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Flier off Iwojima 1944
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakusan Maru, Iwojima, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, USS Flier
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No.1370 Zi Yu Lan launched in 1995
16,071GT for Shanghai Maritime from MTW Schiffswerft, Wismar IMO: 9086899 Images: Dae Sung Choi & Tony Hogwood
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged IMO: 9086899, MTW Schiffswerft, Shanghai Maritime, Wismar, Zi Yu Lan
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No.906 Savannah launched July 21, 1959
15,585grt for States Marine Lines Inc by New York SB Co, Camden The first nuclear-powered merchant ship, designed to carry 60 passengers Moored at Baltimore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah Image attribution: Matthew Abbott & Mark Sages
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blatimore, Camden, New York SB, Savannah, States Marine Lines
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No.873 Niassa launched in 1955
10,912grt for by CNN-Companhia Nacional de Navegacao from Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) Scrapped in Bilbao 1979 Image attribution: Luis Miguel Correia & Gordon Dalzell
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