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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.602 Cilicia launched in 1937
11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bilbao, Cilicia, Fairfield Glasgow, Jan Backx, Stichting Rotterdam
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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905
13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, French Navy, La Provence, Mediterranean, Penhoet, Provence II, St Nazaire, torpedoed, U35
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No.449 Arandora launched in 1927
12,847 Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Arandora Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 47 off Ireland in 1940 with tragic loss of lives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star (Arandora Star and Stavangerfjord in Geiranger 1932 by Allan Marshall colour)
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Arandora, Arandora Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U47
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No.1449 Deutschland launched 1998
22,496GT for Peter Deilmann from Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel World Odyssey 2015 Semester at Sea Deutschland 2016 Phoenix Reisen IMO: 9141807 She alternates between Deutschland & World Odyssey Images: Wayne A’Court & Mika Baucheron
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Deutschland, Howaldswerke, IMO: 9141807, Kiel, Peter Deilmann, Phoenix Reisen, Semester at Sea, World Odyssey
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No.1949 Enchanted Princess floated out 6 Aug 2019
145,281GT Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9807126 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen & Marjan Stropnik
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Enchanted Princess, fincantieri, IMO: 9807126, Monfalcone, Princess Cruises
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No.1101 Pride of Free Enterprise 1979
13,601grt for Townsend Thoresen by Schichau Unterweser, Bremerhaven Pride of Bruges 1987 P&O European Ferries P&OSL Picardy 1999 P&O Stena Line Oleander 2001 TransEuropa Ferries Sherbatskiy 2013 Novgorod Shipping IMO: 7820497 Scrapped Alang 2015 IMO: 7820497 Image from John Jones … Continue reading
No.101 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1905
16,967 Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Osaka 1932
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Nieuw Amsterdam, Osaka
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No.450 Sibajak launched in 1927
12,040 for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Scrapped in Hong Kong 1959 Image attribution: Rhett Young Joubert & John Gibbard Image attribution: John Gibbard, taken at Southampton 18 May 1958
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged de Schelde, Hong Kong, Rotterdam Lloyd, Sibajak, Vlissingen
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No.1450 Sea Princess launched 1998
77,499GT for Princess Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Adonia 2003 P&O Cruises Sea Princess 2005 Princess Cruises Charming 2021 Sanya International Cruise Dream 2023 IMO: 9150913 Image attribution: Mine, Eirik Kvale Stensland & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Adonia, Charming, Dream, fincantieri, IMO: 9150913, Monfalcone, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Sea Princess
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No.1950 Norwegian Encore floated out 17 Aug 2019
167,725GT for Norwegian Cruise Line from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9751511 Image attribution: Tony Davis, LH Fotografie & Jan Czonstke Fotografie
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9751511, Meyer Werft, Norwegian Cruise, Norwegian Encore, Papenburg
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