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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.918 Guglielmo Marconi launched 24 Sep 1961
Completed Oct 1962 IMO 5137391 27,905grt for Lloyd Triestino CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Costa Riviera 1983 Costa Armatori American Adventure 1993 American Family Holidays CostaRiviera 1994 Costa Cruise Line Liberty 2001 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2001 Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, an … Continue reading
No.212 Aquitania launched in 1913
45,647grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Faslane 1950 Served as a troopship in both world wars Two images coloured by Steve Walker Leaving New Zealand during WW2 Cunard White Star RMS Aquitania passing Royal Pier, Southampton … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Hospital ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aquitania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Faslane, John Brown
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No.232 Euripides launched in 1914
14,947grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Akaroa 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Antwerp 1954 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color The Euripides at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne
No.235 Zeppelin launched in 1914
14,167grt for North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Ormuz 1920 Orient SN Co Dresden 1927 North German Lloyd Stranded Stavanger 1934 Ein Matrose der kaiserlichen Kriegsmarine, with the Zeppelin bhind
No.239 Massilia launched in 1914
15,147grt for Cie Sudatlantique from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer Sunk Marseille 1944, scrapped at La Seyne Massilia was the Roman city on the site of what is now Marseille
The World's Passenger Ships 