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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.158 Argyllshire launched in 1911
10,392 Scottish Shire Line Ltd by John Brown, Clydebank Clan Urquhart 1933 Clan Line (photo) Scrapped in Briton Ferry 1936
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Argyllshire, Clan Line, Clan Urquhart, Clydebank, John Brown, Scottish Shire
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No.157 Themistocles launched in 1910
11,231grt for Aberdeen Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1947 Image attribution: Clydemaritime Leaving Sydney with troops in 1915
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aberdeen Line, Belfast, Dalmuir, Harland & Wolff, Themistocles
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No.156 Ascanius launched in 1910
10,048grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast San Giovannino 1949 Cia de Nav Florencia Scrapped in La Spezia 1953 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection & John Oxley Library
No.155 Olympic launched in 1910
for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, 46,439 tons Scrapped Jarrow then Inverkeithing 1937 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Daryl LeBlanc Southampton
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Inverkeithing, Jarrow, Olympic, Souhampton, Titanic, White Star Line
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No.153 France launched in 1910
23,666grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire France IV 1914 Troop transport France 1919 CGT French Line Scrapped in Dunkirk 1935 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Dunkirk, France, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.151 Aeneas launched in 1910
10,049grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Devon 1940
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aeneas, Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Bombed, Devon, Workman Clark
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No.150 Franconia launched in 1910
18,150grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 47 off Malta 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Franconia, Malta, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, UB47
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No.149 Maloja launched in 1910
12,431grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined off Dover 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Dover, Harland & Wolff, Maloja, Mined, P&O
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No.147 Rangatira launched in 1909
10,118grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast Ashore on Robben Island, Table Bay, Cape Town 1916 http://nzmaritime.co.nz/Rangatira1909.htm Image attribution: NZ National Maritime Museum
