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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.448 Virgilio launched 1926
11,718grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia Blown up Toulon in 1944 Images from naviearmatori & agenziabozzo Image from naviearmatori Image from agenziabozzo
No.602 Cilicia launched in 1937
11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bilbao, Cilicia, Fairfield Glasgow, Jan Backx, Stichting Rotterdam
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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905
13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, French Navy, La Provence, Mediterranean, Penhoet, Provence II, St Nazaire, torpedoed, U35
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No.449 Arandora launched in 1927
12,847 Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Arandora Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 47 off Ireland in 1940 with tragic loss of lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star (Arandora Star and Stavangerfjord in Geiranger 1932 by Allan Marshall colour)
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arandora, Arandora Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U47
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No.101 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1905
16,967 Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Osaka 1932
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Nieuw Amsterdam, Osaka
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No.450 Sibajak launched in 1927
12,040 for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Scrapped in Hong Kong 1959 Image attribution: Rhett Young Joubert & John Gibbard Image attribution: John Gibbard, taken at Southampton 18 May 1958
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged de Schelde, Hong Kong, Rotterdam Lloyd, Sibajak, Vlissingen
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No.100 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria launched in 1905
24,581grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Empress of Scotland 1921 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Blyth 1931
No.451 Cheshire launched 1927
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, GlasgowScrapped in Newport 1957 Image from Gordy on Ship Spotting Image from Pamela Ross
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bibby Line, Cheshire, Fairfield, Glasgow
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No.99 Virginian launched in 1904
10,754 for Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Drottningholm 1920 Swedish-America Line Brasil 1948 Home Lines Homeland 1951 Home Lines Scrapped Trieste 1955
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Allan line, Brasil, Drottningholm, Glasgow, Home Lines, Homeland, Stephen, Swedish-America, Trieste, Virginian
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No.452 Cap Arcona launched in 1927
27,560grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Neustadt in the Bay of Lübeck 1945. Wreck finally broken up in 1949 Tragically, this was one of the largest single-incident maritime losses of life in World War 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bay of Lubeck, Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Cap Arcona, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Neustadt
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The World's Passenger Ships 