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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.760 Lavoisier launched in 1948
11,968grt for Chargeurs Réunis by Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire Riviera Prima 1961 Commerciale Marittime Viking Princess 1964 A/S Sigline Fire, scrapped in Bilbao 1966 Rich Turnwald image
No.840 City of Port Elizabeth launched in 1952
13,363grt for Ellerman Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mediterranean Island 1971 MA Karageorgis Mediterranean Sun 1975 MA Karageorgis Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 IMO 5074020 Not the major conversion that you will see later on the other sisters Illustration by Henry Brayshaw
No.640 Launched as the Elandsfontein in 1940
10,574grt for United Netherlands Navigation by Schichau, Danzig (now Gdansk). Photo showing her towed in 1947. Jagersfontein 1948 United Netherlands Navigation, completed at De Schelde, Vlissingen Devon 1967 Embajada Cia Naviera Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1967 Image from John Sins
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Danzig, de Schelde, Devon, Elandsfontein, Gdansk, Jagersfontein, Kaohsiung, Schichau, United Netherlands, Vlissingen
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No.401 Sierra Morena launched in 1924
11,430grt for North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Der Deutsche 1934 North German Lloyd Asia 1946 USSR Scrapped in Russia 1970
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Asia, Der Deutsche, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Sierra Morena, USSR
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No.321 Blue Hen State 1921
10,588grt for US Shipping Board from New York SB Corp, Camden President Garfield 1922 Dollar Line President Madison 1940 American President Lines Kenmore 1942 US Navy Refuge 1942 US Navy President Madison 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Vancouver 1948 … Continue reading
No.921 Rosa da Fonseca launched in 1961
12,433grt for Cia Nacional de Nav Costeira Autarquia Federal from ‘Split’ Brodogradiliste, Split P/S Seven Seas 1975 Mitsui-OSK Line Nippon Maru 1977 Mitsui-OSK Line Athirah 1991 Nusantara Arrived Kolkata Roads 2 Mar 1998 IMO 5299589 Photo: Mike Cornwall & Masato … Continue reading
No.281 Arundel Castle launched in 1919
18,980grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hong Kong 1959 Originally built with 4 funnels Image attribution: Ian Shiffman & Jeremy Day
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Arundel Castle, Harland & Wolff, Hong Kong, Union Castle
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No.881 Jadotville launched in 1955
13,724grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Penhoët, St Nazaire Chitral 1961 P&O Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Trevor Page, Rik Faulkner
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Chitral, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Jadotville, Kaohsiung, P&O, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.841 Maasdam launched in 1952
15,024grt for Holland-America Line from Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Stefan Batory 1968 Polish Ocean Lines Stefan 1990 Stena A/B Scrapped Aliaga 2000 Image attribution: Ben Ayre, Philippe Brebant & Mike Griffiths
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Fijenoord, Holland America, Maasdam, Polish Ocean Line, Schiedam, stefan, Stefan Batory, Stena, Wilton
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The World's Passenger Ships 