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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.181 Demerara launched in 1911
11,484grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1st July 1917 torpedoed off La Rochelle but reached port and repaired Scrapped in Japan 1933 Image attribution: https://benjidog.co.uk
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Demerara, Harland & Wolff, Japan, La Rochelle, royal Mail Line
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No.761 Caronia launched in 1947
34,183grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Columbia 1968 Universal Line (only for the delivery voyage to Greece) Caribia 1968 Universal Line Sank Guam 1974 whilst being towed to the breakers Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Steve Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Beken, Caribia, Caronia, Clydebank, Columbia, cunard, Guam, John Brown, Universal
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No.80 Kaiser Wilhelm II launched in 1902
19,361grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Agamemnon 1917 US Navy Monticello 1929 US Shipping Board Scrapped Baltimore 1940 Photo from Rich Turnwald USS Agamemnon after World War One in 1919. (Boston Public Library – Leslie Jones)
No.641 Westerdam launched in 1940
12,149grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Scrapped in Alicante 1965 ROTTERDAM, STATENDAM, and WESTERDAM at Holland America Line’s Pier 40, New York 1965 Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Fijenoord, Holland America, Schiedam, Westerdam, Wilton
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No.121 Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm launched in 1907
17,082grt North German Lloyd by Tecklenborg, Geestemunde Empress of China 1921 Canadian Pacific Empress of India 1921 Canadian Pacific Montlaurier 1922 Canadian Pacific Monteith 1925 Canadian Pacific Montnairn 1925 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Genoa 1930 From Norway-Heritage
No.81 Hellig Olav launched in 1902
10,085grt for Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Blyth 1934 Image from Norway Heritage
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blyth, Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab, DFDS, Glasgow, Hellig Olav, Stephen
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No.561 Cordillera launched in 1933
12,931 Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Russ 1952 USSR Scrapped 1979 Sister of the Caribia Image copyright: Hapag-Lloyd & W A Schell Photo in Curacao
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Cordillera, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Russ, USSR
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No.545 Rex launched in 1931
51,062grt for ‘Italia’ Flotta Riunite by Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Bombed south of Trieste 1944 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color The largest passenger liner to be lost by enemy action in wartime
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Italia, rex, Sestri Ponente, Trieste
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The World's Passenger Ships 