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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.
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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
No.832 Asia launched in 1951
11,693grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, San Marco Persia 1975 Rashid Fares Norleb 1984 Norleb Shipping Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1985 ASIA in Aden From Italian liners The Persia ex Asia converted to livestock carrier by John … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Asia, CR dell' Adriatico, Gadani Beach, Lloyd Triestino, Norleb, Persia, San Marco
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No.833 Monasterio de la Rabida launched in 1951
10,226grt for Empresa Nacional Elcano by Cia Euskalduna, Bilbao Covadonga 1952 Cia Trasatlántica Scrapped in Castellon 1973 More details at http://www.buques.org/Navieras/Trasatlantica/Trasatlantica-4_I.htm
No.911 Infante dom Henrique launched in 1960
23,306grt for Cia Colonial from Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) IMO 5160805 Vasco da Gama 1988 Star Sea Vasco da Gama 1991 Seawind Cruise Line Seawind Crown 1995 Seawind Cruise Barcelona 2003 Barcelona IMO 5160805 Scrapped Guangzhou 2004 Image attribution: Nuno Bartolemieu, … Continue reading
No.282 American Legion launched in 1919
13,737grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden Scrapped in Portland 1948 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr From: Rich Turnwald Collection
No.820 Antilles launched in 1951
19,828grt for CGT French Line from Arsenal de Brest, Brest Fire, sank off Mustique 1971 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Ben Ayre Antilles 1966 photographer Karl-Heinz Wolff
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Antilles, Arsenal de Brest, Brest, CGT French Line, Fire, Mustique
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No.363 Conte Verde launched in 1922
18,765 Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow After acquisition by Italian Line in 1932, she became a part of Lloyd Triestino Scuttled by crew in Shanghai 1943, raised, bombed Maizuru Japan 1944 and finally scrapped in 1949. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Verde Image from Yoshiaki … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Beardmore, Conte Verde, Glasgow, Japan, Lloyd Sabaudo, Lloyd Triestino, Maizuru, Shanghai
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No.364 Franconia launched in 1922
20,158grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1956 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & State Library of New South Wales Franconia 2 March 1934, Frederick Garner Wilkinson
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, Cunard Line, Franconia, Inverkeithing, John Brown, Sydney
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No.289 Munchen launched in 1920
18,940grt for North German Lloyd from AG ’Weser’, Bremen Ohio 1923 Royal Mail Lines Albertic 1927 White Star Line Scrapped Osaka 1934 White Star Line’s ALBERTIC, seen here at Boston in 1929. Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged AG Weser, Albertic, Bremen, Munchen, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Ohio, royal Mail Line, White Star Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 