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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.17 Pretoria launched 1897
12,800grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Broken up in 1921
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Immigration, Pretoria
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No.983 Royal Viking Star launched 1971
21,847grt Royal Viking Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki 177.7m 539 passengers, stretched to 205.5m 812 passengers Westward 1991 28221 Klosters Rederi A/S Star Odyssey 1994 Royal Cruise Line Black Watch 1996 Fred Olsen Cruise Line Odin 2022 Breakers IMO: 7108930 Arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Black Watch, Fred Olsen, Helsinki, Klosters, Royal Cruise, Royal Viking, Royal Viking Star, Star Odyssey, Wartsila, Westward
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No.1015 Royal Viking Sea launched 1973
21,848grt for Royal Viking Line by Wärtsilä, Helsinki Royal Odyssey 1991 28018grt after stretching – Klosters Rederi A/S Norwegian Star 1997 Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Star 1 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line Crown 2002 Crown Investments Albatros 2004 Club Cruise, later … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Albatros, Crown, Helsinki, NCL, Norwegian Cruise, Norwegian Star, Phoenix Reisen, Royal Viking, Royal Viking Sea, Wartsila
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No.1519 Golden Princess launched in 2000
108,865GT for Princess Cruises by Fincantieri, Monfalcone Pacific Adventure 2020 P&O Australia Carnival Adventure 2025 Carnival Cruise Line GOLDEN PRINCESS leaving Boston Richard MacGregory GOLDEN PRINCESS by Wayne A’Court PACIFIC ADVENTURE 2001 by Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Boston, fincantieri, Golden Princess, Monfalcone, Pacific Adventure, Princess Cruises
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No.1057 Kazakhstan launched in 1975
16,631 USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Ukraina 1994 Blasco UK Island Adventure 1998 SeaEscape Scrapped Alang 2011 Kazakhstan is my photo Image copyright: Tony Davis UKRAINA photo by Robert J Smith SeaEscape’s ISLAND ADVENTURE by Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Blasco, Island Adventure, Kazakhstan, SeaEscape, Turku, Ukraina, USSR, Wartsila
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No.516 L’Atlantique launched in 1930
42,512grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Fire English Channel 1933 then scrapped Glasgow Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Cie Sudatlantique, L’Atlantique, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.16 Kaiser Friedrich launched 1897
12,481grt for North German Lloyd by Schichau, Danzig Burdigala 1912 Cie Sudatlantique Mined sank Aegean 1916 An interesting history as she was mothballed for 10 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Burdigala Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Burdigala French troops at lemnos, port of Mudros … Continue reading
No.1516 Nils Holgersson launched in 2000
36,468 TT Line by Schichau, Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven Akka 2022 TT Line A Baltic ferry shipsinpics Image copyright: Shipfriend on Ship spotting Images from Just Ferries
Posted in ferry, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged bremerhaven, Nils Holgersson, Schichau, TT Line
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No.1016 Gotland 1973
launched at 6643 grt for Rederi A/B Gotland by Brodogradliste, Trogir. 123.9m x 20.5m 1747 passengers. Corsica Victoria 1989 Corsica Ferries Rebuilt and lengthened 13005 GT146.6m x 20.5m 19.5 kts 1860 passengers. You can see the extra tonnage on top, … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bastia, Brodogradliste, Corsica Ferries, Corsica Victoria, Gotland, Livorno
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No.555 Lurline launched in 1932
18,564grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem SB Corp, Quincy Ellinis 1963 Chandris Line Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 Ben Ayre photo Ellinis at Southampton by Stewart Ruskin
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bethlehem, Chandris, Ellinis, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lurline, Matson, Pacific, Quincy, Southampton, Sydney
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