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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.174 Orama launched in 1911
12,927grt for Orient Steam Nav Co by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by U 62 off Ireland in 1917 Image attribution: State Library of Queensland
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orama, Orient SN Co, torpedoed, U62
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No.173 Vandyck launched in 1911
10,328grt for Lamport & Holt from Workman Clark, Belfast Scuttled South Atlantic 1914 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Vandyck_(1911)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Lamport & Holt, South Atlantic, Vandyck, Workman Clark
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No.172 Shinyo Maru launched in 1911
13,348grt for Toyo Kisen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Scrapped in Japan 1936
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Shinyo Maru, Toyo Kisen
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No.171 Waimana launched in 1911
10,389grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast Herminius 1926 Aberdeen Line Waimana 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion Empire Waimana 1941 Ministry of War Transport Waimana 1946 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped Milford Haven 1952 Empire Waimana 1941 … Continue reading
No.774 Pyrrhus launched in 1948
10,093grt for Blue Funnel Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Blue Funnel Line, Cammell Laird, Pyrrhus
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No.861 ARCADIA launched in 1953
29,734 P & O Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1979 Image attribution: My photo Beken of Cowes Peter J Fitzpatrick
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadia, Clydebank, John Brown, P&O
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No.859 Cristoforo Colombo launched in 1953
29,191grts for ‘Italia’ SAN from Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1983 Michael Neidig photo
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Cristoforo Colombo, Italia SAN, Sestri Ponente
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No.1613 Queen Mary 2 floated out 2003
148,528GT for Cunard Line by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire (my photos) IMO: 9241061
No.159 Anchises launched in 1911
10,046grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Ireland 1941 On 27th February 1941 she was damaged and lost power following an air attack by a Focke-Wolf FW200 Condor off Bloody Foreland, Ireland. A total of 134 … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Anchises, Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Bombed, Ireland, Workman Clark
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The World's Passenger Ships 