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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.969 Song of Norway launched in 1969
18,416grt for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki Sundream 1997 23005 Airtours Dream Princess 2004 Tumaco Navigation Dream 2006 Lance Shipping Clipper Pearl 2007 Pearl Owner Clipper Pacific (Peaceboat) 2008 Pearl Owner Festival 2009 Caspi Cruises Ocean Pearl 2010 … Continue reading
No.1469 Carnival Triumph launched in 1998
101,509GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone Carnival Sunrise 2019 Carnival Cruise Line IMO: 9138850 Image attribution: Phil Moreton, David Hanson & Tony Davis Alongside the Ocean Breeze, formerly Shaw, Savill & Albion’s Southern Cross
No.1969 Queen Jenuvia launched 20 Mar 2020
27,391GT for Sea World Express from Hyundai Mipo yard in South Korea IMO: 9867475 Image attribution: Sea World Express
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Hyundai Mipo, IMO: 9867475, Queen Jenuvia, Sea World Express, South Korea
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No.1581 Costa Fortuna floated out in 2002
102,587 Costa Crociere SpA from Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente IMO: 9239783 to be Beachcomber 2026 for Margaritaville at Sea Image copyright: Luiz Fernando Hornstein and Caroline Freeman JWF Smallegange
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Costa Crociere, Costa Fortuna, fincantieri, IMO: 9239783, Sestri Ponente
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No.1580 Gotland launched 2001
29,746GT for Rederi AB Gotland by Guangzhou Shipyard Drotten 2020 Rederi AB Gotland IMO: 9223796 Image copyright: Uffe Altin, Rikard, Gotland in Nynäshamn by Micke Asklander & Maximilian Frey on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Drotten, Gotland, Guangzhou Shipyard, IMO: 9223796, Rederi AB Gotland
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No.1079 Jens Kofoed launched in 1978
12,131grt for Bornholmstrafikken by Aalborg Vaerft A/S, Aalborg Eckero 2005 Eckero Line IMO: 7633155 Image Wolfgang Fricke Image: William Keogh Two labelled images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aalborg, Aalborg Vaerft, BornholmsTrafikken, Eckero, Eckero Line, IMO: 7633155, Jens Kofoed
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No.580 Ville d’Oran launched in 1935
10,172grt for CGT French Line by Constructions Navales, La Ciotat Mount Olympos 1965 Typaldos Bros Scrapped in Trieste 1969 Image from Peter Ferrary Image by Trenor
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Construction Naval, La Ciotat, Mount Olympos, Trieste, Typaldos, Ville d'Oran
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No.579 Stirling Castle launched in 1935
25,550grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara, Japan 1966 Stirling Castle, 21st Feb. 1946 Allan C. Green Image from Keith Wood
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Harland & Wolff, Japan, Mikara, Stirling Castle, Union Castle
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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928
20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954 Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color Algiers Nov 1942 Image from Peter Roach
No.1470 Varuna launched in 1998
13,654 Blue Highway Line from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Sapporo 2005 Shosen Mitsui Ferry Queen Mary 2017 Sea World Express Ferries Mar 2022 Breakers IMO: 9184574 Arrived Chittagong 13 Oct 2022 Image from Yosshii
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Highway Line, Chittagong, Mitsubishi, Queen Mary, Sea World Express, Shimonoseki, Shosen Mitsui, Sun Flower Sapporo, Varuna
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The World's Passenger Ships 