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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.869 Brazil Maru launched in 1954
10,100grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Kobe until 1972 IMO 5050866 Served as a maritime pavilion called the “Toba Brazil Maru” at Toba from 1974 until 1996 Since 1996 Museum Ship in Zhanjiang, China. She was called Hai Shang … Continue reading
No.770 Magdalena launched 1948
17,547grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Aground near Rio de Janeiro on her maiden voyage 1949
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Aground, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Magdalena, Rio de Janeiro, royal Mail Line
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No.769 Paraguay Star launched in 1948
10,722grt for Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Fire, scrapped Hamburg 1969 Photos: Ken Smith bluestarline.org and for the keen eyed, Himalaya and Orcades in the background
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, Fire, Hamburg, Paraguay Star
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No.768 Elisabethville launched in 1948
10,901grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken Fire, scrapped in Ghent 1968
No.767 Angola launched in 1948
12,975grt for Cia Nacional from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in Hualien 1974 A Portuguese liner to Africa Image attribution: Uli Wessmann & Trevor Jones (from Rich Turnwald)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Angola, Cia Nacional, Hawthorn Leslie, Hualien, Newcastle, Portuguese
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No.766 Karanja launched in 1948
10,294grt for British India Line from Stephen, Glasgow Nancowry 1976 Shipping Corporation of India Scrapped in Bombay 1988 Image attribution: Trevor Jones
No.765 Ostmark
Construction started in 1940, launched 1948 11,626 Hamburg-America Line from Germaniawerft, Kiel Skaugum 1948 I.M. Skaugen Ocean Builder 1964 Ocean Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 An immigrant ship to Australia for over a decade
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Germaniawerft, Hamburg-America, Kiel, Ocean builder, Skaugen, Skaugum, suez
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No.764 Ceramic launched 1947
15,896grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Antwerp 1972 Image attribution: Chris Finney From Gordy Ross
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Antwerp, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Ceramic, Shaw Savill & Albion
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No.763 Império launched in 1947
13,186grt for Cia Colonial from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1974 A Portuguese liner to Africa Image attribution: Luis Miguel Correia & Karsten Petersen
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Cia Colonial, Clydebank, Império, John Brown
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No.431 Hamburg launched 14 Nov 1925
In service 1926, 21,132grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg She was sunk in 1945, raised and converted into a whale factory ship Yuri Dolgoruki 1955 USSR (in service 1960) Scrapped 1977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Hamburg_(1925) Images from Panamamaru, Mellahn & … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, USSR, Whale factory, Yuri Dolgoruki
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The World's Passenger Ships 