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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.94 Scotian launched in 1903
18,168grt for Harland & Wolff, Belfast by Harland & Wolff, Belfast The order was cancelled, she was uncompleted for many months and laid up until purchased by Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Hamburg, Germany in 1906 President Lincoln 1907 Hamburg-America … Continue reading
No.957 Ohrmazd launched in 1967
11,046 East & West SS Co from Burntisland Shipbuilding Co, Burntisland 276 passengers! IMO: 6714744 Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1994 The Ohrmazd at King George V Dock, Glasgow, in January 1978. Photo courtesy of Chris Claydon and Paul Strathdee … Continue reading
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Burntisland Shipbuilding, east & west, Gadani Beach, IMO: 6714744, Ohrmazd, Pakistan
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No.1457 Finnclipper launched in 1999
29,841GT for Finnlines O/Y from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real Rosalind Franklin 2018 Balearia Finnclipper 2021 Finnlines O/Y Igoumenitsa 2022 Grimaldi IMO: 9137997 Image from Kevin Gothe on Marine Traffic Image from Irene L Cop on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Ro-pax
Tagged Astilleros Españoles, Balearia, Finnclipper, Finnlines, Igoumenitsa, Puerto Real, Rosalind Franklin
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No.1957 MSC Virtuosa floated out 2 Dec 2019
181,541GT MSC Cruises from Chantiers, St Nazaire IMO: 9803625 Image attribution: Mike Mahon, Ian Collard and Daniel Gosling
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9803625, Liverpool, MSC Cruises, MSC Virtuosa, St Nazaire
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No.1593 Island Princess launched in 2002
91,627GT for Princess Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9230402 Tony Davis describes this as ‘ISLAND PRINCESS before her curlers were removed’ Than after – from Tony Davis Image from David Gilbert Island Princess in Victoria Harbour from Rob … Continue reading
No.1093 Georg Ots launched in 1979
11,496grt for USSR-Estonian Shipping Co by Stocznia Szczecinska, Stettin Scrapped China 2014 IMO: 7625835 ‘Shut the door someone’ Image from Marine Traffic image by Leo Johannes Image by Kenin Dmitry
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged China, Estonian Shipping, Georg Ots, IMO: 7625835, Stettin, Stocznia Szczecinska, USSR
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No.93 Baltic launched in 1903
23,884grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Japan 1933 Coloured by Steve Walker 1904 White Star piers New York
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Blatic, Harland & Wolff, Japan, White Star Line
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No.458 Christiaan Huygens launched 1927
15,637grt from Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ for Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Mined Netherlands 1945 Frank Thomas added ‘She struck a mine leaving River Scheldt in August ’45, her wreck is still there’
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Amsterdam, Christiaan Huygens, Mined, Nederland, Nederlandsche, Netherlands, Stoomv Mij
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No.958 Queen Elizabeth 2 launched 20 September 1967
Maiden voyage 2 May 1969 65,863grt 70,327GT Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Queen Elizabeth 2 left Southampton Docks for the final time 11 November 2008 Now an hotel in Dubai IMO: 6725418 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc, Andrew Petrie, John … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, Cunard Line, Dubai, IMO: 6725418, John Brown, Queen Elizabeth 2, Southampton
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