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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.924 Ancerville launched in 1962
14,225grt for Cie de Nav Paquet by Penhoët, St Nazaire Ming Hua 1973 Republic of China Sea World 1983 Republic of China Hai Shang Shi Jie 1991 Republic of China IMO 5015957 Landlocked Hotel ship in Shenzhen 1991 Images: Mike … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cruise ship, ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged Ancerville, China, Cie de Nav Paquet, Hai Shang Shi Je, Ming Hua, Penhoët, sea World, St Nazaire
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No.923 Santa Magdalena launched in 1962
14,443grt for Grace Line from Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrow’s Point IMO 5312408 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1988 Photo with the Santa Mariana
No.939 Taras Shevchenko launched 16 Jan 1965
Delivered Apr ’66 19,549grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) by Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar IMO 6508195 Tara 2005 Breakers Scrapped Chittagong 2005 The third ship of the Poet Class Images: Tony Davis, Gordon Dalzell & Masato Nishiguchi
No.940 Kungsholm launched in 1965
26,678grt for Swedish America Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 6512354 Sea Princess 1979 P&O Line Victoria 1995 P&O Line Mona Lisa 2002 Holiday Kreuzfahrten Oceanic II 2007 Louis Cruise Line The Scholar Ship 2007 The Scholar Ship Veronica 2010 … Continue reading
No.119 Hesperian launched in 1907
10,920 Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 20 off Fastnet 4 Sept 1915 Image attribution: Liverpool Maritime Museum
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Allan line, Hesperian, Stephen Glasgow, torpedoed, U20
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No.118 Tenyo Maru launched in 1907
13,459 Toyo Kisen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Scrapped in Japan 1933
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Japan, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Tenyo Maru, Toyo Kisen
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No.117 Grampian launched in 1907
10,187grt for Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Netherlands 1925 Grampian after hitting an iceberg on July 10 1919 From Norway Heritage’s site
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Allan line, Grampian, Netherlands, Stephen Glasgow
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No.116 Cairo launched in 1907
10,864grt for Egyptian Mail by Fairfield, Glasgow Royal Edward 1910 Royal Line Torpedoed by UB 14 in the Aegean Sister ship of the Royal George
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aegean, Cairo, Egyptian Mail, Fairfield Glasgow, Royal Edward, Royal Line, torpedoed, UB14
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No.115 Heliopolis launched in 1907
10,897 Egyptian Mail by Fairfield, Glasgow Royal George 1910 Royal Line Scrapped Wilhelmshaven 1922 This liner is not the Heliopolis that took migrants from Malaga, Spain to Hawaii in 1907 – incorrectly posted on Wikipedia and many Hawaiian family tree … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Egyptian Mail, Fairfield Glasgow, Hawaii, Heliopolis, Malaga, Royal George, Royal Line, Wilhelmshaven
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No.114 Avon launched in 1907
11,073grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Avoca 1916 Royal Navy Avon 1917 Royal Mail Lines Scrapped in Briton Ferry, South Wales 1930
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Avoca, Avon, Belfast, Briton Ferry, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line, Royal Navy
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