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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.1585 Coral Princess launched in 2002
91,627GT for Princess Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9229659 Image attribution: John Henry Rigaud & Birdy Tsao
No.1085 New Suzuran launched in 1979
16,239grt for Shin Nipponkai Ferry by Koyo Dock Co Ltd, Mihara Kriti I 1996 ANEK IMO: 7814046 Sailing for Aliaga, Turkey in May 2025 Image attribution: Flo L
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged ANEK, IMO: 7814046, Koyo Dock, Kriti, Mihara, new Suzuran, Shin Nipponkai Ferry
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No.585 Dunvegan Castle launched in 1936
15,007grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 46 off Ireland 1940 Sister ship of the Dunnottar Castle which sailed for 68 years Image attribution: BandcStaffRegister
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dunvegan Castle, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, U46, Union Castle
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No.85 United States launched in 1903
10,095grt for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) by Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped Leghorn 1935 UNITED STATES in New York for Copenhagen on her final voyage, November 1934. Percy L Sperr
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged DFDS, Leghorn, Stephen Glasgow, United States
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No.465 Nieuw Holland launched in 1927
10,903grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam IMO: 5606875 Scrapped in Hong Kong 1958
No.964 Starward launched 1968
16,254grt Klosters Rederi A/S from AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven Bolero 1995 Festival Cruises Orient Queen 2004 Abou Merhi Cruises Louis Aura 2013 Louis Cruise Line Aegean Queen 2017 ETS TUR Aegean 2018 Breakers IMO: 6821080 Scrapped Alang 2018 Image attribution: Tony … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aegean, Aegean Queen, AG Weser, Bolero, bremerhaven, ETS TUR, Festival Cruises, IMO: 6821080, Klosters, Louis Aura, Louis Cruise, Orient Queen, Starward
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No.963 Freeport I launched 1968
10,488grt for Freeport Cruise Liners from MG Lübeck, Lubeck Freeport 1968 Freeport Cruise Liners Svea Star 1974 Stockholms Rederi A/B Svea Caribe 1976 Bremer Schiffahrts Caribe Bremen 1981 Det Forenede D/S (DFDS) Scandinavian Sun 1982 SeaEscape Balanga Queen 1992 Corona … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Balanga Queen, Bremer Schiffahrts, Caribe, Caribe Bremen, Corona Line, DFDS, Discovery Sun, Freeport, IMO: 6815158, Lübeck, Lubeck, Scandinavian Sun, SeaEscape, Stockholms Rederi, Svea, Svea Star, Za Durr
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No.966 Boccaccio launched in 1969
11,779grt for Tirrenia from Italcantieri SpA, Monfalcone ‘Al Salam Boccaccio 98’ 1999 El Salam Shipping IMO:6921282 Sank off Egypt 2006 Image: Carlo Martinelli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_al-Salam_Boccaccio_98
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Al Salam Boccasscio, Boccaccio, El Salam, IMO:6921282, Italcantieri, Monfalcone, sank, Tirrenia
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No.1466 Raffaele Rubattino launched in 1998
30,650GT for Tirrenia from Cantieri Navale, Ferrari IMO: 9144744 Image attribution: Lorenzo Pallotta, Hartmut Knape, Paul Barker, Sven Stensby & from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Cantieri Navale, Ferrari, IMO: 9144744, Raffaele Rubattino, Tirrenia
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No.1966 IONA floated out 14 Feb 2020
184,089GT for P&O Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany IMO: 9826548 Image attribution: Meyer Werft, Andrew Sassoli-Walker & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Germany, IMO: 9826548, Iona, Meyer Werft, P&O Cruises, Papenburg
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