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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.220 Llanstephan Castle launched in 1913
11,293grt Union-Castle Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Another ship to serve in both World Wars
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dalmuir, Fairfield Glasgow, Llanstephan Castle, Union Castle
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No.219 Alcantara launched 1913
15,831grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sunk Skagerrak 1916 Image attribution: Alchetron An artist’s impression of HMS Alcantara and SMS Greif engagement
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alcantara, Belfast, royal Mail Line, Skagerrak, sunk
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No.218 Berrima launched in 1913
11,137grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930 P&O’s Berrima, displaying Lund’s Blue Anchor on her funnel
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Berrima, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.217 Cap Trafalgar launched in 1913
18,805grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Vulcan, Stettin Sunk off Trinidad 1914 Cap Trafalgar after the aft funnel was removed – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Cap_Trafalgar
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Cap Trafalgar, Hamburg- South America, sunk, Trinidad, Vulcan
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No.216 Alaunia launched in 1913
13,405grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock Mined English Channel 1916
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, cunard, English Channel, Mined, Scott's Greenock
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No.215 Gelria launched in 1913
13,868grt for Royal Holland Lloyd from Stephen, Glasgow Gradisca 1935 Lloyd Triestino Scrapped in Venice 1950 Gelria artist is Martin C. Heere. Colour by Geli At Patras, Greece
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Gelria, Gradisca, Lloyd Triestino, Royal Holland Lloyd, Stephen Glasgow, Venice
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No.214 Frederik VIII launched in 1913
11,850grt for Det Forenede D/S DFDS from Vulcan, Stettin Scrapped in Blyth 1937 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Copenhagen Freeport 1920’s From Rich Turnwald – FREDERIK VIII at New York in 1914
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blyth, DFDS, Frederik VIII, Vulcan Stettin
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No.213 Calgarian launched in 1913
17,521get for Allan Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U19 off Rathlin 1918 HMS Calgarian
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Allan line, Calgarian, Fairfield Glasgow, Rathlin, torpedoed, U19
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No.883 Oxfordshire launched in 1955
21,618grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow IMO 5267732 Fairstar 1964 Fairstar Shipping Corp (Sitmar) – later with P&O Australia Ripa 1997 Breakers Scrapped Alang 1997 As a troopship was the running mate, not sister ship, of British India’s Nevasa … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Bibby Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Fairstar, IMO 5267732, Nevasa, Oxfordshire, P&O Australia, Ripa, Sitmar
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No.893 Baudouinville launched in 1957
13,922grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) Cathay 1961 P&O Line Kengshin 1976 Republic of China Shanghai 1978 Republic of China Reported to be scrapped in China in 1996 and deleted off registry in 2007 Image attribution: Trevor … Continue reading
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