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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.433 Carnarvon Castle launched in 1926
20,063grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara Japan 1962 Image from Rich Turnwald Collection & Trevor Jones She was patched up using plates salvaged from the Graf Spee in Montevideo. Image from Trevor Jones Image … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Carnarvon Castle, Harland & Wolff, Mihara, Union Castle
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No.434 Roma launched in 1926
32,583grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Aquila 1943 Italian Navy She was taken over by the German occupation forces in 1943 but was partially scuttled by Italian co-belligerents two years later. After the end of the conflict, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ansaldo, Aquila, Italian Navy, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Roma, Sestri Ponente
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No.435 Ile de France launched 14 Mar 1926
In service 1927 44,356grt for for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Furanzu Maru 1959 Japanese Breakers (& as a film prop) Scrapped in Osaka 1959 Originally with 3 funnels Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc & Steve Walker Color Image … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Furanzu Maru, Ile de France, Osaka, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.436 Shropshire launched in 1926
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Salopian 1939 Royal Navy Torpedoed by U 98 off Cape Farewell 1941
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bibby Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Royal Navy, Salopian, Shropshire, torpedoed, U98
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No.438 Almeda launched in 1926
12,838grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Almeda Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 96 off the Hebrides in 1941 Image attribution: Rick Andrews & Ross Robson via bluestarline.org
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Almeda, Almeda Star, birk, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U96
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No.439 Llandaff Castle launched in 1926
10,786grt for Union-Castle Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U 177 of Mozambique in 1942
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Llandaff Castle, Mozambique, torpedoed, U177, Union Castle, Workman Clark
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No.868 Saxonia launched in 1954
21,637grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Carmania 1962 Cunard Line Leonid Sobinov 1973 Soviet State Shipping Scrapped Alang 1999 Image attribution: Peter Fitzpatrick, Michael Robertson & Mike Cornwall
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Leonid Sobinov, Saxonia, Soviet State Shipping
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No.864 Badger Mariner launched in 1953
14,138grt for US Maritime Commission from Sun SB & DD Co, Chester Atlantic 1957 American Banner Line Universe Campus 1971 CY Tung Group Universe 1976 CY Tung Group Arrived at Alang on April 6th, 1996 Masato Nishiguchi at Kobe
No.180 Deseado launched in 1911
11,477grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Japan 1934
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Deseado, Harland & Wolff, Japan, royal Mail Line
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No.179 Arlanza launched in 1911
15,044grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Olympic, Arlanza & Empress of Britain at Southampton in the early 1930s
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arlanza, Belfast, Blyth, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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