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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.469 Highland Monarch launched in 1928
14,137grt for Nelson Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Scrapped in Dalmuir 1960 Images from John Gibbard at Tilbury July 1959
No.580 Ville d’Oran launched in 1935
10,172grt for CGT French Line by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Mount Olympos 1965 Typaldos Bros Scrapped in Trieste 1969 Image from Peter Ferrary Image by Trenor
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Construction Naval, La Ciotat, Mount Olympos, Trieste, Typaldos, Ville d'Oran
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No.579 Stirling Castle launched in 1935
25,550grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara, Japan 1966 Stirling Castle, 21st Feb. 1946 Allan C. Green Image from Keith Wood
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Harland & Wolff, Japan, Mikara, Stirling Castle, Union Castle
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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928
20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954 Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color Algiers Nov 1942 Image from Peter Roach
No.578 Batory launched in 1935
14,287grt for Gdynia-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Scrapped in Hong Kong 1971 BATORY in Aden during her India-UK service in the 1950s. An Adeni friend said the crew would buy every item of silk in his father’s shop
No.78 Carpathia launched in 1902
13,564 Cunard Line by Swan Hunter, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 55 off Bishop Rock 1918 In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line’s RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bishop Rock, Carpathia, Cunard Line, Swan Hunter, Titanic, torpedoed
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No.471 Highland Chieftain launched in 1928
14,131grt for Nelson Line for Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Calpean Star 1959 Calpe Shipping Sank off Montevideo 1960 Image attribution: Gilberto Hornstein & Hvalfangstmuseet Sandefjord Shown in RML colours discharging meat at Z … Continue reading
No.577 Abosso launched in 1935
11,330grt for Elder Dempster Lines by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Torpedoed by U 575 off Liberia 1942 Image copyright: The Trove Australia National Library Steven Tindle messaged ‘As well as her normal crew at the time of torpedoing she also had … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Abosso, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Elder Dempster, Liberia, torpedoed
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No.77 Cedric launched in 1902
21,035 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Inverkeithing 1932 The crows nest on Cedric from Steve Walker 2nd photo – The old Britannic, laid up in retirement alongside the larger, newly launched RMS Cedric
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cedric, Harland & Wolff, Inverkeithing, White Star Line
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No.472 St Louis launched in 1928
16,732grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Scrapped Bremerhaven 1952 A famous ship with a very sad history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_St._Louis The Voyage of the Damned – St. Louis anchored in Havana when Cuba refused to land the refugees Image from … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bremer Vulcan, bremerhaven, Cuba, Hamburg-America, St Louis, Vegesack, Voyage of the Damned
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The World's Passenger Ships 