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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.586 Pretoria launched in 1936
17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy Scrapped Taiwan 1987 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Pilgrim Ship, troopship
Tagged Alfred Holt, Blohm & Voss, Blue Funnel Line, Empire Doon, Empire Orwell, German East Africa Line, Gunung Djate, Hamburg, Indonesian Navy, Ministry of Transport, Pan-Islamic, Pretoria, Tanjung Pandan
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No.86 Minnesota launched in 1903
20,602grt for Great Northern SS Co from Eastern SB, New London Troy 1919 US Navy Minnesota 1919 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped Germany 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Great Northern SS, Minnesota, New London, Troy, US Navy
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No.585 Dunvegan Castle launched in 1936
15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 46 off Ireland 1940 Sister ship of the Dunnottar Castle which sailed for 68 years Image attribution: BandcStaffRegister
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dunvegan Castle, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U46, Union Castle
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No.85 United States launched in 1903
10,095grt for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Leghorn 1935 UNITED STATES in New York for Copenhagen on her final voyage, November 1934. Percy L Sperr
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged DFDS, Leghorn, Stephen Glasgow, United States
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No.465 Nieuw Holland launched in 1927
10,903grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam IMO: 5606875 Scrapped in Hong Kong 1958
No.584 Dunnottar Castle launched in 1936
15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Victoria 1959 Incres SS The Victoria 1975 Chandris Line Princesa Victoria 1993 Louis Cruise Line Scrapped Alang 2004 after 68 years My photos & Peter Inpyn My father’s photo 1947 after … Continue reading
No.467 Duchess of Bedford launched in 1928
20,123grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank Empress of India 1947 Canadian Pacific Empress of France 1947 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Newport 1960 Image from Fred Lacey
No.83 Arabic launched in 1902
15,801grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 24 off Ireland 1915 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Arabic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U24, White Star Line
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No.468 Kungsholm launched in 1928
20,223grt for Swedish-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg John Ericsson 1942 US War Shipping Administration Italia 1948 Home Lines Imperial Bahama 1964 Freeport Bahama Scrapped in Bilbao 1965 IMO: 5516547 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Kungsholm_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Christer Gustafsson
No.82 Yamuna launched in 1902
10,606grt for British India Line by Laing, Sunderland Slavonia 1904 Cunard Line Ashore in 1909 near Flores in the Azores, (where Sir Richard Grenville lay – Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Azores, British India, Cunard Line, Flores, Laing, Slavonia, Sunderland, Yamuna
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