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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 liner
No.834 Flandre launched in 1951
20,469grt for CGT French Line by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk Carla C 1968 Costa Armatori Carla Costa 1986 Costa Armatori Pallas Athena 1992 Epirotiki Line Scrapped Aliaga 1994 after a major fire Image attribution: Linesman, Kenneth Barton, Tony … Continue reading
No.900 Argentina launched in 1958
23,372grt for Moore-McCormack Lines from Ingalls, Pascagoula Veendam 1972 Holland-America Line Brasil 1974 Agence Maritime Veendam 1975 Holland-America Line Monarch Star 1976 Monarch Cruise Veendam 1978 Holland-America Line Bermuda Star 1984 Billingshurst Shipping Enchanted Isle 1990 Commodore Cruise Line Scrapped … Continue reading
No.751 Caledonia launched in 1947
11,255grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow 1965 sold. Hans Werdler kindly sent me this “Caledonia” was sold in 1965 for 350.000 Dutch Guilders to the “Stichting Studenten Huisvesting” (SHH), Amsterdam to create student rooms for student from the Amsterdam … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Anchor Line, Caledonia, Fairfield Glasgow, Hamburg, Hostel, Rotterdam
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No.752 Patria launched in 1947
13,196grt for Companhia Colonial de Navegação from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Linesman & Ian Shiffman Patria photo from Blogue Ships & The Sea
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Clydebank, CNN-Companhia Nacional de Navegacao, John Brown, Patria
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No.753 Albertville launched in 1947
10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Fotoflite & Roger Corveleyn From Rich Turnwald
No.366 Cuba launched in 1922
11,337grt for CGT French Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 1195 in the English Channel 1945 Image attribution: tynebuiltships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Cuba, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U1195
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No.290 Hawkeye State launched in 1920
14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Pierce 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co (& others including American President Line) Hugh L. Scott 1941 US Navy Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942 Image attribution: Yoshiaki … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Hawkeye State, Hugh L Scott, Pacific Mail, President Pierce, Sparrow's Point, torpedoed, US Navy, US Shipping Board
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No.291 Creole State launched in 1920
10,533grt for US Shipping Board by New York SB Corp, Camden President Hayes 1922 Dollar Line President Tyler 1940 US Army (photo) Scrapped in Philadelphia 1957
No.1853 Aranui 5 launched in 2015
11,468GT for Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime from HuangHai Shipbuilding, Rongcheng IMO: 9677492 Image attribution: Ernie Hardman, Richard Francis & David Gilbert
The World's Passenger Ships 