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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.490 General Osorio launched 1929
11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936. Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at … Continue reading
No.489 Southern Prince launched in 1929
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Anna C 1947 Costa fu Andrea Scrapped in La Spezia 1971 Image attribution: Roger Scozzafava, IWM, Emerson Franco Rocha & Ship2Shore
No.491 Chichibu Maru launched in 1929
17,498grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama Titibu Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Kamakura Maru 1939 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Gudgeon off Lagayan, Philippines 1943
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chichiby Maru, Kamakura Maru, Lagayan, Nippon Yusen, Philippines, titibu Maru, USS Gudheon, Yokohama
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No.556 Washington launched in 1932
29,627grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Mount Vernon 1941 US Navy Washington 1945 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Kearny 1965 (Stern view – Washington at Wilmington. August 8, 1940 by Pacific National) Daryl LeBlanc color
Posted in passenger liner, troopship, passenger ship, ocean liner
Tagged US Navy, United States Line, Camden, Kearny, Washington, New York SB, Mount Vernon
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No.492 Rangitata launched 1929
16,737grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from John Brown, Clydebank Rang 1962 Breakers Scrapped in Split 1962 Image attribution: Barry Parsons & Dedge, 4th image at Curacao
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, New Zealand Shipping Co, Rangitata, Split
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No.55 Deutschland launched in 1900
16,502grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Victoria Luise 1911 Hamburg-America Line Hansa 1921 Hamburg-America Line Scrapped Hamburg 1925 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Deutschland, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Hansa, Victori Luise, Vulcan Stettin
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No.493 Highland Princess launched in 1929
14,128grt Nelson Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Marianna 1959 John S Latsis Slapy 1960 Czechoslovak Ocean Guanghua 1960 Chinese Republic IMO: 5136983 Scrapped 1981 Some 1959 images from John Gibbard
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged China, Guanghua, Highland Princess, John S Latsis, Marianna, Nelson Line, royal Mail Line, Slapy
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No.554 Caribia launched in 1932
13,101grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Ilitch 1946 USSR Ilyich 1983 Education ship of Fishing fleet Scrapped 1993 CARIBIA photo from DDGHANSA Caribia seen from sister ship ms Cordillera ILICH photo by Bunts ILYICH photo by Vitaliy … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Caribia, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Ilitch, Ilyich, USSR
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No.54 Neckar launched in 1900
10,085grt for North German Lloyd by Tecklenborg, Geestemunde Antigone 1917 US Navy Scrapped Netherlands 1928
The World's Passenger Ships 