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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.892 Theodor Herzl launched in 1957
10,596grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Carnivale 1969 New Horizons Freeport 1975 New Horizons Veracruz I 1976 Freeport Cruise Liners Sun Ambassador 1990 Festival Shipping The Fiesta 1991 Festival Shipping Fire, sank Piraeus 1991 Images: Frank … Continue reading
No.917 Galileo Galilei launched 2 Jul 1961
Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1963 27,907grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone IMO 5411254 Galileo 1984 Chandris Line Meridian 1990 Chandris subsidiary Celebrity Cruises (their first ship) Sun Vista 1997 Sun Cruises Fire, sank near Penang Island 1999 … Continue reading
No.888 Ausonia launched in 1956
11,879grt for ‘Adriatica’ SAN from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Ivory 2005 Louis Cruise Line Aegean Two 2005 Golden Star Cruises Winner 5 2010 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2010 Image attribution: Simonwp, The late Neven Jerković, Agustin Alapont Castilla & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Adriatica SAN, Aegean Two, Ausonia, CR dell' Adriatico, Ivory, Louis Cruise Line, Monfalcone, Winner 5
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No.654 HMS Fencer launched in 1942
14,708grt for the Royal Navy by Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco Sydney 1950 Flotta Lauro Roma 1967 Flotta Lauro (replacing the earlier ROMA) Galaxy Queen 1971 Sovereign Cruise Ships Lady Dina 1972 G Kotzovolis Caribia 2 1973 Marimina Shipping … Continue reading
No.904 Windsor Castle launched in 1959
37,640grt for Union-Castle Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Margarita L 1977 Latsis Group Rita 2005 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2005 Image attribution: Trevor Jones, Cyril Gronemeyer, Les Pivnic & Tony Davis
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Alang, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Latsis, Margarita, Rita, Union Castle, Windsor Castle
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No.344 Esperance Bay launched in 1921
13,853grt for Commonwealth Government by Beardmore, Glasgow Arawa 1936 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Newport 1955 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & Alexander Turnbill Library Image from Lisbon Image attribution: Alexander Turnbill Library
No.345 Montclare launched in 1921
16,314grt for Canadian Pacific by John Brown, Clydebank HMS Montclare 1939 Royal Navy Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1958
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Inverkeithing, John Brown, Montclare, Royal Navy
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No.346 Columbus launched in 1922
32,354grt for North German Lloyd from Schichau, Danzig Scuttled Atlantic 1939 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Columbus_(1922)
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Columbus, Danzig, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Schichau, Scuttled
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The World's Passenger Ships 