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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. 1009 Free Enterprise VII launched 1972
15,503grt for Townsend Car Ferries Ltd by IHC ‘Gusto’ NV, Schiedam Pride of Walmer 1988 P&O European Ferries Pride of Rathlin 1992 P&O European Ferries BSP 111 2000 Budi Samudera Perkasa, PT, Capsized in Indonesia 2015 IMO. 7230616 Image copyright: … Continue reading
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Tagged BSP 111, Free Enterprise VII, P&O European Ferries, Pride of Rathlin, Pride of Walmer, Schiedam
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No.509 Empress of Japan launched 1929
30,030 Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Empress of Scotland 1942 Canadian Pacific Scotland 1958 Hamburg-Atlantic Line Hanseatic 1958 Hamburg-Atlantic Fire New York 1966, then scrapped Hamburg Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Empress of Scotland – Russell Priest Skyfoto’s Fotoflite
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Tagged Canadian Pacific, Empress of Japan, Empress of Scotland, Hamburg, Hamburg Atlantic, New York
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No.9 Friedrich der Grosse launched 1896
10,531 North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Huron 1917 US Navy City of Honolulu 1922 Los Angeles SS Co Sank Pacific 1922
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Tagged City of Honolulu, Friedrich der Grosse, Huron, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Pacific, sank, Stettin, US Navy, Vulcan
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No.2004 SH Minerva launched 23 Jun 2021
10,700GT for Swan Hellenic from Helsinki Shipyard Oy IMO: 9895240 Image attribution: Celso Hdez, Oliver Seseman, Frank Behling & David Aramburo on Marine Traffic
No.1508 Mega Express launched 2000
26,400 Corsica Ferries by Cantiere Navale Fratelli, Livorno IMO: 9203174 Image copyright: Vitor Francisco & Stephane Saissi
No.1008 Stena Scandinavica launched 1972
10,256 Stena Line by Brodogradliste Titovo, Kraljevica Saint Killian 1978 Irish Continental Saint Killian II 1982 Irish Continental Medina Star 1998 Medina Egnatia III 2002 Algerie Ferries IMO: 7226603 Scrapped Alang 2007 Image copyright: John Jones
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Tagged Algerie, Brodogradliste, Egnatia, Irish Continental, Medina, Saint Killian, Stena, Stena Scandinavica
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No.508 Winchester Castle launched 1929
Originally built with 2 funnels 20,109grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara Japan 1960 WINCHESTER CASTLE in 1958, Image copyright: Linesman. from the Rich Turnwald Collection
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Tagged Belfast, Castle, Harland & Wolff, Japan, Mihara, Union-Castle, Winchester
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No.8 St Paul launched 1895
11,629 American Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Knoxville 1918 US Navy St Paul 1920 American Line Scrapped Wilhelmshaven 1923 Steve Walker color
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Tagged American, Cramp, Knoxville, Philadelphia, St Paul, Wilhelmshaven
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No.2003 National Geographic Resolution launched 8 Jun 2021
12,786GT for Lindblad Expeditions from Crist, Gdansk & Ulstein IMO: 9880685 Image attribution: Erlend Karlsen, Joachim Skaalbones, Tomasz Kosecki & Sondre M Pettersen on Marine Traffic
No.1507 Blue Star 2 launched 2000
29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries by Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen
