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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 ship
No.1447 Kennicott launched in 1997
12,635GT for Alaska Marine from Halter Marine, Moss Point IMO: 9145205 Image attribution: Richard Gulbransen, Timothy Kalweit & Pete Roberts
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Alaska Marine, Halter Maine, IMO: 9145205, Kennicott, Moss Point
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No.1947 Le Dumont D’Urville launched 14 June 2019
9,988GT for Compagnie du Ponant by the Vard Group IMO: 9814052 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, Expedition, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, IMO: 9814052, Le Dumont D'Urville, Vard Group
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No.1103 Finnrose launched in 1980
33,163 Finnlines O/Y by Oskarshamn Varv AB, Oskarshamns Lubeck Link 1990 Nordo Link Ropax 2 2007 Channel Ferries Olympus 2011 Ventouris Ferries Scrapped Alang 2017 IMO: 7822859 Image from Flo L
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged A/B Nordo Link, Alang, Channel Ferries, Finnrose, IMO: 7822859, Lubeck Link, Olympus, Oskarshamn Varv, Oskarshamns, Ropax 2, Ventouris
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No.603 Oslofjord launched in 1937
18,673grt for Norwegian America Line by Deschimag AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Mined off Newcastle 1940 Image from Gamle skipsbilder Oslofjord from Gamle skipsbilder
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Deschimag, Mined, Newcastle, Norwegian America Line, Oslofjord, Weser Bremen
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No.103 Amerika launched in 1905
22,225grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast America 1917 US Navy Edmund B Alexander 1941 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1958 Another vessel that sailed in both World Wars USAT EDMUND B. ALEXANDER. ex AMERIKA in New York … Continue reading
No.448 Virgilio launched 1926
11,718grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Cant ed Officine Meridionali, Baia Blown up Toulon in 1944 Images from naviearmatori & agenziabozzo Image from naviearmatori Image from agenziabozzo
No.1448 Pasiphae launched in 1997
30,018GT for Minoan Line by Bruces Verkstad, Landskrona & Fosen M V Fevag, Rissa Pasiphae Palace 2001 Minoan Line Jean Nicoli 2009 SNCM Ferryterranee (now with CORSICA linea) IMO: 9161948 Image attribution: Αλεξανδρος Αξαρλης & Pascal Bredel
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Corsica Line, Ferryterranee, IMO: 9161948, Jean Nicoli, Minoan Line, Pasiphae, Pasiphae Palace, SNCM
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No.1948 Settsu launched 2 Aug 2019
16,292GT for Hankyu Ferry from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding IMO: 9860831 Image attribution: LikaJzuchiN, M Kinoshita & Egawa Tomoki
No.1102 Viking Saga 1980
14,330GT for Rederi A/B Sally by O/Y Wärtsilä A/B, Turku Sally Albatross 1986 Rederi A/B Sally Fire partially scrapped & rebuilt at Mäntyluoto in 1990 Leeward 1995 Norwegian Cruise Line Superstar Taurus 2000 Star Cruises Silja Opera 2002 Silja Line … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Celestyal, Celestyal Crystal, Cristal, IMO: 7827213, Leeward, Louis Cristal, Louis Cruise, NCL, Opera, Rederi A/B Sally, Sally Albatross, Silja, Silja Opera, Star Cruises, Superstar Taurus, Turku, Viking Saga, Wartsila
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