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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.405 Antenor launched in 1924
11,174grt for Blue Funnel Line by Palmers, Newcastle Scrapped in Blyth 1953 Image from Kevin Blair
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Alfred Holt, Antenor, Blue Funnel Line, Newcastle, Palmers
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No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924
16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, La Spezia, Newcastle, P&O Line, Ranpura
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No.2040 Viking Saturn floated out 23 Jun 2022
47,800GT for Viking Ocean by Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9845922 Image attribution: Jan Schwabe, Nicolo Lovadina, Peter Blance, Umberto & Marco Fambrini on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, dubrovnic, fincantieri, IMO: 9845922, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Saturn
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No.403 Statendam launched in 1924
29,511grt for Holland-America Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Bombed Rotterdam 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Percy Loomis Sperr
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Bombed, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Rotterdam, Statendam
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No.1110 Viking Sally launched in 1980
15,566 Rederi A/B Sally by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Silja Star 1990 Silja Line Wasa King 1991 Wasa Line Estonia 1993 Estline IMO:7921033 Sank in Baltic Sea with tremendous loss of life 1994 Image attribution: Gordon Dalzell, Pieter Inpijn and … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Baltic, Estline, Estonia, IMO:7921033, Jos L Meyer, Papenburg, Rederi A/B Sally, sank, Silja Line, Silja Star, Viking Sally, Wasa King, Wasa Line
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No.1109 St Christopher launched in 1980
12,711GT for Sealink UK Ltd by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Stena Antrim 1991 Sealink Stena Line Ibn Batouta 1998 Comanav European Star 2019 Starlines IMO: 7813949 Image attribution: Juan G Mata
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Comanav, European Star, Harland & Wolff, Ibn Batouta, IMO: 7813949, Sealink Stena Line, Sealink UK, St Christopher, Starlines, Stena Antrim
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No.1108 Staffetta Ionica launched in 1980
11,324 Tirrenia di Navigazione by Italcantieri SpA, Genoa Arborea 1987 Tirrenia di Navigazione Scrapped Alang 2005 IMO:7602003 Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli Image from Brian Fisher
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Arborea, Genoa, IMO:7602003, Italcantieri, Staffetta Ionica, Tirrenia di Navigazione
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No.1941 Costa Smeralda floated out 15 Mar 2019
183,200GT for Costa Cruises from Meyer Werft, Turku IMO: 9781889 Image attribution: Nicolai Jepson, Mladen Krce & Nino Ciulla on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Cruises, Costa Smeralda, IMO: 9781889, Meyer Werft, Turku
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No.1942 Color Hybrid launched 14 Apr 2019
27,164GT for Color Line from Ulstein IMO: 9824289 Image attribution: Roy Forslund & Roger Andersen on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Color Hybrid, Color Line, IMO: 9824289, Ulstein
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No.941 Italia launched in 1965
12,219 Sunsarda SpA from Cantieri Navale Felszegi, Trieste Ocean Princess 1983 Ocean Cruise Line Sea Prince 1993 Sunshine Cruise Line Princesa Oceanica 1995 Sunshine Cruise Line Sapphire 1996 Thomson Holidays Aspire 2012 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2012 IMO:6513994 Image attribution: Vince … Continue reading
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