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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.617 Oranje launched in 1938
24,377grt for Stoomvaart Mij by ‘Nederland’ Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Angelina Lauro 1964 Flotta Lauro Angelina 1977 Costa Line Fire St Thomas, Sank in the Pacific 1979 ORANJE in Cape Town Photo from Ben Ayre
No.412 Gripsholm launched in 1924
17,993grt for Swedish-America Line from Armstrong, Whitworth, Newcastle Berlin 1955 North German Lloyd Scrapped in La Spezia 1966 Image: Percy Loomis Sperr & Beken of Cowes
No.872 Ivernia launched in 1954
21,717grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Franconia 1963 Cunard Line Fedor Shalyapin 1973 Soviet State Shipping Salona 2004 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2004 My photo Malta 1991 Photo by Tony Garner
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Fedor Shalyapin, Franconia, Ivernia, John Brown, Salona, Soviet State Shipping
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No.413 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft launched in 1925
14,642grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ from Ataliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Fire Amsterdam 1932 More details of an unlucky ship at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Pieter_Corneliszoon_Hooft Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
No.414 Ranchi launched in 1925
16,650grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Her second funnel was removed in Bombay 23 Oct 1939 Scrapped in Newport 1953 Ranchi – photo from Kevin Blair on tynebuiltships In 1947 the Ministry of Transport returned Ranchi … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, Newport, P&O, Ranchi
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No.415 Chitral launched in 1925
15,248grt for P & O Line from Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Images from the Allen Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chitral, Dalmuir, P&O, Stephen Glasgow
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No.416 Alaunia launched 7 Feb 1925
14,030grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank HMS Alaunia 1939 Scrapped in Blyth 1957 14 years a liner 18 years RN-AMC, transport and repair ship HMS Alaunia – IWM
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, Blyth, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown
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The World's Passenger Ships 