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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.76 Corinthic launched in 1902
12,231grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Sailed mainly Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped Wallsend 1932 She was built for the combined companies of White Star & Shaw Savill Lines, operating passenger and cargo services to and … Continue reading
No.576 Derbyshire launched in 1935
11,650grt for Bibby Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Hong Kong 1964 2 pre-war photos, Derbyshire on the Clyde, leaving for N Africa 1942 photo Malcolm Cranfield, and post war
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bibby Line, Derbyshire, Fairfield, Glasgow, Hong Kong
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No.575 Gneisenau launched in 1935
18,160grt for North German Lloyd by Deschimag AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Mined Gedser 1943 Old postcard Gneisenau in Bremen from Frank Scherer Rich Turnwald’s photo
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bremen, Deschimag, gedser, Gneisenau, Mined, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Weser
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No.75 Finland launched in 1902
12,760grt for Red Star Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Scrapped Blyth 1928
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Cramp, Finland, Philadelphia, red Star Line
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No.473 Europa launched in 1928
51,839grt for North German Lloyd from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Liberté 1946 CGT French Line Scrapped in La Spezia 1962 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color USS Europa Dec 1946 the Liberte broke free from her moorings and hit the wreck … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT, Europa, French Line, La Spezia, Liberte, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.574 Canada launched in 1935
11,108grt for East Asiatic Co by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Mined, Spurn Head 1939 (off the port of Hull)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Canada, East Asiatic Co, Hull, Mined, Nakskov, Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Spurn Head
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No.74 Kroonland launched 1902
12,760grt for for Red Star Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Scrapped Genoa 1927 More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kroonland 2nd image – Panama Pacific Line steamer SS Kroonland 1923 from James Gordon Steese
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cramp, Genoa, Kroonland, Philadelphia, red Star Line
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No.73 Hanoverian launched in 1902
13,507grt for Leyland Line by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Mayflower 1903 Dominion Line Cretic 1903 White Star Line Devonian 1923 Leyland Line Scrapped Bo’ness 1929
No.474 Bremen launched 1928
51,656grt for North German Lloyd from Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Fire 1941, although not due to the war. She was later scrapped in Bremerhaven More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bremen_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Europa and Bremen Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc
The World's Passenger Ships 