Search
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.455 Conte Grande launched in 1927
25,661grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste Monticello 1942 US Navy Conte Grande 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Rhett Young Joubert Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Conte Grande, Itaalia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, Monticello, Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste, US Navy
Leave a comment
No.955 Shota Rustaveli launched in 1967
20,146grt USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Assedo 2000 Kaalbye Shipping (Assedo is Odessa backwards) IMO:6707753 Scrapped Alang 2003 Named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Carlo Martinelli, me, Tony Davis & Neven Jerkovic
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Assedo, Black Sea Shipping, IMO:6707753, Mathias-Thesen Yard, Odessa, Shota Rustaveli, USSR, Wismar
Leave a comment
No.1455 Superfast III launched in 1998
29,338GT for Superfast Ferries from Masa-Yards Inc, Turku Spirit of Tasmania II 2002 TT Line IMO: 9158434 Image attribution: Roger Cordeiro, Clyde Dickens, David Wallace and Owen Foley on Marine Traffic
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9158434, Masa Yards, Spirit of Tasmania, Superfast Ferries, Superfast III, TT Line, Turku
Leave a comment
No.1595 Stena Britannica II launched in 2002
43,487GT for Stena Line A/B by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan Renamed Stena Britannica after maiden voyage 2003 lengthened 57958GT Stena Line A/B Britannica 2010 Stena Line A/B Stena Scandinavica 2011 Stena Line A/B IMO: 9235517 Image attribution: Horst Gotschel Image from … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Britannica, Hyundai Mipo, Stena, Stena Britannica, Stena Scandinavica, Ulsan
Leave a comment
No.1095 Liberté launched in 1979
10,766grt for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée by Dubigeon-Normandie SA, Nantes Biladi 2003 Comarit Ferries Scrapped Aliaga, Turkey 2013 IMO:7824912 Image attribution: Malcolm Cranfield & Biladi by Benoit Donne
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Biladi, Comarit, Dubigeon-Normandie, IMO:7824912, Liberté, Nantes, SNCM, Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée
Leave a comment
No.95 Servian launched in 1903
18,072grt Originally christened as the SS Servian, she was built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. of Belfast for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine Co. spearheaded by J.P. Morgan. After plans for a … Continue reading
No.456 Bermuda launched 1927
19,086grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Workman Clark, Belfast Fire in Bermuda 1931, towed to Belfast for repairs where fire broke out again. Her engines were removed and the hulk was towed to Scotland for breaking but she ran … Continue reading
No.1456 Superfast IV launched in 1998
29,067GT for Superfast Ferries from Masa-Yards Inc, Turku Spirit of Tasmania I 2002 TT Line IMO: 9158446 Image attribution: Rogério Cordeiro, Cody Williams, Graham Flett and Yiwen Song on Marine Traffic
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9158446, Masa Yards, Spirit of Tasmania, Superfast Ferries, Superfast IV, TT Line, Turku
Leave a comment
No.1594 Yue Hai Tie 1 Hao launched in 2002
14,381 Yuehai Railway by Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai IMO: 9255866
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged China, IMO: 9255866, Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai, Yue Hai Tie 1 Hao, Yuehai Railway
Leave a comment
No.1094 Aurelia launched in 1979
12,523GT for Tirrenia di Navigazione by Fincantieri, Castellammare IMO: 7602120 Currently an accommodation ship in Turkey Image by Korkira
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Accommodation ship, Aurelia, Castellammare, fincantieri, IMO: 7602120, Tirrenia
Leave a comment
The World's Passenger Ships 