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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.1107 Viking Song launched in 1980
14,623grt for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Braemar 1985 Fred Olsen Line Anna Karenina 1991 Baltic Line Regina Baltica 1996 Estline Currently with Balearia Image attribution: Gordon Dalzell Image attribution: DDGHansa Image attribution: Ulf Kornfeld Image attribution: … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Karenina, Balearia, Baltic Line, Braemar, Estline, Fred Olsen, Rederi A/B Sally, Regina Baltica, Turku, Viking Song, Wartsila
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No.607 Robert Ley launched in 1938
27,288grt for Hamburg-America Line by Howaldt Hamburg A ‘Strength Through Joy’ cruise ship Bombed Hamburg 1945, Scrapped Inverkeithing, Scotland 1947 (photo at Thomas Ward Shipbreaking Yard Inverkeithing, in 1947) Rich Turnwald image
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Tagged Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Howaldt, Inverkeithing, Robert Ley, Strength Through Joy
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No.107 Amazon launched in 1906
10,037 Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 52 off Malin Head 1918
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Tagged Amazon, Belfast, Malin Head, royal Mail Line, torpedoed
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No.944 Sunward launched in 1966
10,558 Kloster Sunward Ferries from Bergens Norway, Bergen 1966-1972: Norwegian Caribbean Line Ile de Beauté 1973 CGT Grand Flotel 1977 Eastern Gulf Saudi Moon I 1978 Amar Saudi Arabian 1984 Sabar Ocean Spirit 1988 Ocean Spirit Scandinavian Song 1990 SeaEscape … Continue reading
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Tagged Bergen, Bergens Norway, CGT, Chittagong, Grand Flotel, Ile de Beauté, IMO: 6610663, Kloster, NCL, Ocean Spirit, Santiago de Cuba, Saudi Arabian, Saudi Moon, Scandinavian Dong, SeaEscape, Sunward, the Empress
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No.1944 Spirit of Discovery floated out 11 May 2019
58,250GT for Saga Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9802683 Image attribution: Christian Eckardt, Kim Viktor & Peter Ferrary
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Tagged IMO: 9802683, Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Saga Cruises, Spirit of Discovery
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No.1106 Prins Joachim launched in 1980
10,607grt for Government of the Kingdom of Denmark by A/S Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Prince 2016 Government of Denmark Morocco Star 2016 Africa Morocco Link Manfred Sesemann, Frank Tribull & Steve Johnston on Marine Traffic
No.606 San Jorge launched in 1938
10,006grt for Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Yes it was an Argentinian tanker and carried 60 passengers, 32 in 1st class Scrapped in Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1981 http://www.histarmar.com.ar/…/Tanques/SanJorge-2.htm Image attribution: Histarmar Archive San Jorge from Gonzalo … Continue reading
No.106 Empress of Ireland launched in 1906
14,191grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Rammed, sank St Lawrence 1914 with tremendous loss of life Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color
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Tagged Canadian Pacific, Empress of Ireland, Fairfield Glasgow, Rammed, St Lawrence
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No.1605 Yue Hai Tie 2 Hao launched in 2002
Yuehai Railway by Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai IMO: 9274692 165.4m x 22.6m 15.2knots and space for 1230 passengers, presumably not overnight
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Tagged IMO: 9274692, Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, Yue Hai Tie 2 Hao, Yuehai Railway
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No.1105 Dronning Ingrid launched in 1980
10,607GT for Government of the Kingdom of Denmark from Helsingör Vaerft A/S, Helsingör Ingrid 1999 Mercy Ships Africa Mercy 2000 Mercy Ships Hospital Ship Image attribution: Simonwp & Ignacio Cabero
The World's Passenger Ships 