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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.1960 Yamato launched 10 Jan 2020
16,292GT for Hankyu Ferry from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shiminoseki IMO: 9860843 Image attribution: Spyridon Roussos S Katsuragi on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Hankyu Ferry, IMO: 9860843, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Yamato
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No.1589 Hrossey launched in 2002
11,486GT for Northlink by Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9244960 Image from: Charlie Umphray as she leaves Aberdeen and a calmer one from Magnus Dixon
Posted in Fast Ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aker Finnyards, Hrossey, IMO: 9244960, Northlink, Rauma
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No.89 Macedonia launched in 1903
10,512grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Japan 1931
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Japan, Macedonia, P&O
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No.462 Ausonia launched in 1927
12,955grt for Società Italiana di Transporti Marittimi Raggio & Co from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Fire 1935, scrapped Trieste Owned at the time of her loss by Lloyd Triestino, on voyage from Trieste to Alexandria in ballast, was badly damaged in … Continue reading
No.1462 R Two launched in 1998
30,277 Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Insignia 2003 Oceania Cruises Regatta 2003 Oceania Cruises IMO: 9156474 Image attribution: Brian Fisher, Michael Neidig, Giannis Mavronas, Bob Smith & Eumelzocker
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9156474, Insignia, Oceania, R Two, Regatta, Renaissance, St Nazaire
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No.1962 Celebrity Apex floated out 1 Feb 2020
130,818GT for Celebrity Cruises from Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire IMO: 9838383 Image attribution: Tom Gulbrandsen & Peter Ferrary
No.1588 Mont St Michel launched in 2002
35,592GT for Brittany Ferries by Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9238337 My photos from Ouistreham John Pitcher on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Brittany Ferries, IMO: 9238337, Krimpen, Mont St Michel, Ouistreham, Portsmouth, Van de Giessen
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No.1088 Galloway Princess launched in 1979
12,175grt for Sealink UK Ltd by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Stena Galloway 1991 Sealink Stena Line Le Rif 2002 IMTC Morocco Sun 2019 Africa Morocco Line IMO: 7719430 Galloway Princess, St Anselm, St Christopher and St David at Belfast Ships@tin.it Image … Continue reading
No.588 Windhuk launched in 1936
16,662grt for Woermann Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Lejeune 1943 US Navy Scrapped in Portland 1966 Sister of the Pretoria, later Empire Orwell (No.586) Windhuk, two paintings by Klaus Roskam USS Lejeune
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Lejeune, Portland, US Navy, Windhuk, Woermann Line
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