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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.605 Pasteur launched in 1938
32,360grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Bremen 1959 North German Lloyd Regina Magna 1972 Chandris Line Saudiphil I 1977 Philippine Singapore Filipinas Saudi I 1980 Philsimport International Sank en route to breakers 1980 As a troopship in Aden … Continue reading
No.105 Empress of Britain launched in 1905
14,189grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Montroyal 1924 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Stavanger 1930 Empress of Britain during The Great War – Everyone on the port side 1915 MONTROYAL built as EMPRESS OF BRITAIN Paul Strathdee
No.946 Black Prince launched in 1966
11,500grt Fred Olsen Line from Lübecker Flender-Werke, Lübeck Venus 1966 Fred Olsen (alternated) Ola Esmeralda 2009 Servicios Acuaticos Venezuela Scrapped Santo Domingo 2013 Dominican Republic Image attribution: Don Hazeldine, Neven Jerkovic & Cees Bustraan
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Black Prince, Fred Olsen, Lübecker Flender-Werke, Lubeck, Ola Esmeralda, Santo Domingo, Venus
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No.1604 Oosterdam floated out in 2002
81,769GT for Holland-America Line by Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9221281 Image attribution: Joost Keesing, David Gilbert, Giannis Mavronas & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Holland America Cruises, IMO: 9221281, Marghera, Oosterdam
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No.1104 Visby launched in 1980
15,001 Rederi A/B Gotland by Øresundsvarvet A/B, Landskrona Felicity 1990 Sealink Stena Felicity 1990 Stena Line Visborg 2003 Stena Line Scandinavia 2003 Polferries Rigel II 2015 Ventouris Ferries IMO: 7826788 Visby being renamed Felicity – Tilbury 1990 Geoffrey Watson Image attribution: … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Øresundsvarvet A/B, Felicity, Landskrona, Polferries, Rederi AB Gotland, Rigel II, Scandinavia, Sealink, Stena Line, Ventouris, Visborg, Visby
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No.604 Patria launched in 1938
17,870grt for Hamburg-America Line by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Empire Welland 1945 Ministry of Transport Rossia 1946 USSR Aniva 1985 Breakers Scrapped in Etajima, Japan 1986 Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Rossia and Admiral Nakhimov
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aniva, Deutsche Werft, Empire Welland, Etajima, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Japan, Ministry of Transport, Patria, Rossia, USSR
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No.104 Carmania launched in 1905
19,524grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Blyth 1932 Image attribution: National Museums Liverpool Carmania wartime
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown
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No.446 Augustus launched in 1926
32,650grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Taken over by the Italian Navy, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero Scuttled Genoa 1944, scrapped 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Augustus_(1926) Roma, Duilio e Augustus a … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Ansaldo, Augustus, Falco, Genoa, Genova, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Sestri Ponente, Sparviero
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No.445 Avelona launched in 1926
12,858 Blue Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Avelona Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 43 in the Atlantic 1940 The Avelona Star was one of five ships ordered by Blue Star Line, named Almeda, Avila, Andalucia, Arandora, … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Avelona, Avelona Star, Blue Star, torpedoed
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