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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.569 Potsdam launched in 1935
17,528grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Jewel 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Fowey 1946 Ministry of Transport Safina-E-Hujjaj 1960 Pan-Islamic SS Co (and a regular caller in Aden) Scrapped Gadani Beach 1976 Potsdam at Suez Empire … Continue reading
No.69 Noordam launched in 1901
12,531grt for Holland-America Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast Kungsholm 1922 Chartered to Swedish-America Line Noordam 1924 Holland-America Line Scrapped Netherlands 1928 Image copyright Kungsholm: http://Captainalbert.com Chartered for just under two years to the Swedish America Line
No.478 Duchess of York launched 1928
20,021grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank Bombed Oporto 1943
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Duchess of York, John Brown, Oporto
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No.568 Pilsudski launched in 1934
14,294grt for Gdynia-America Line by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Mined off the River Humber 1939 Colour photo with the Kungsholm (No.468) and Stella Polaris
No.479 Virginia launched 1928
20,773grt for American Line from Newport News at Newport News Brazil 1938 Moore & McCormack Lines IMO: 5050854 Scrapped in New York 1964 Image attribution: Joe Wilhelm, artist & Gamle skipsbilder
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged American Line, Brazil, IMO: 5050854, Moore McCormack, New York, Newport News, Virginia
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No.567 Queen Mary launched in 1934
81,237grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank. Last voyage 1967. Hotel, Long Beach California Image copyright: Beken of Cowes & a postcard RMS Queen Mary at Balboa, en route to Long Beach She is No.567 on my database … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged California, Capt Treasure Jones, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Long Beach, Queen Mary, Southampton
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No.67 Siberia launched in 1901
11,284grt for Pacific Mail SS Co by Newport News from Newport News Siberia Maru 1916 Toyo Kisen KK Scrapped Japan 1935 (Sister of No.62 Korea)
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Newport News, Pacific Mail, Siberia, Siberia Maru, Toyo Kisen
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No.566 Scharnhorst launched in 1934
18,184grt for North German Lloyd by Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Shinyo 1943 Japanese Navy (converted into a flat top aircraft carrier) Torpedoed by US submarine Spadefish off Shanghai 1944
No.66 Haverford launched in 1901
11,635grt for American Line by John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Italy 1924
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged American Line, Clydebank, Haverford, John Brown
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No.482 Highland Brigade launched in 1928
14,131grt Nelson Line for Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Henrietta 1959 John S Latsis Marianna 1960 John S Latsis IMO: 5223578 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1965 Image attribution: Fotoflite, John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald Collection
The World's Passenger Ships 