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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.572 Duntroon launched in 1935
10,514 Melbourne SS Co by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tong Hoo 1961 Kie Hock Lydia 1966 Africa Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Allan Green Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Duntroon, Kie Hock, Melbourne SS Co, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, Tong Hoo
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No.72 Oscar II launched in 1901
10,012grt for Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Blyth 1934
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blyth, DFDS, Glasgow, Oscar II, Stephen
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No.475 Rangitiki launched 1928
16,755grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Santander 1962
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Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, New Zealand Shipping Co, Rangitiki, Santander
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No.71 Merion launched in 1901
11,621grt for American Line by John Brown, Clydebank Tiger 1914 British Admiralty (A dummy ship for HMS Tiger) Torpedoed by UB8 off Mudros 1915 and as HMS Tiger
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Admiralty, American Line, Clydebank, HMS Tiger, John Brown, Merion, Mudros, torpedoed, UB8
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No.476 Viceroy of India launched 1928
19,648grt for P&O by Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 407 off Oran 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Viceroy_of_India Viceroy of India on the 11th of November, 1942
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Tagged Glasgow, P&O, Stephen, torpedoed, U407, Viceroy of India
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No.570 Ville d’Alger launched in 1935
10,172grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire (although sunk from Aug ’44-Feb ’45) Poseidon 1966 Typaldos Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 From maitres-du-vent.blog
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, French Line, La Spezia, Penhoet, Poseidon, St Nazaire, Typaldos, Ville d'Alger
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No.70 Walmer Castle launched in 1901
12,546grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Blyth 1932 Walmer is 7 miles north of Dover, Kent Image copyright: Bandcstaffregister
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Tagged Blyth, Harland & Wolff, Union-Castle Line, Walmer Castle
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No.477 Leopoldville launched in 1928
11,172grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium Modernised 1936/37 Torpedoed by U 486, off Cherbourg 1944 with tragic loss of life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_L%C3%A9opoldville_(1928)
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Tagged Cherbourg, cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Hoboken, Leopoldville, torpedoed, U486
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No.977 Mikhail Lermontov launched 1970
19,872grt USSR (Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Aground Port Gore, New Zealand & sank 1986 IMO:7042318 The 5th of 5 Poet class liners/cruise ships Image attribution: Eric Sanders, Leo Johannes, Masato Nishiguchi, & Mike Cornwall
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