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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.
Category Archives: passenger ship
No.574 Canada launched in 1935
11,108grt for East Asiatic Co by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Mined, Spurn Head 1939 (off the port of Hull)
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Canada, East Asiatic Co, Hull, Mined, Nakskov, Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Spurn Head
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No.74 Kroonland launched 1902
12,760grt for for Red Star Line by Cramp, Philadelphia Scrapped Genoa 1927 More details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kroonland 2nd image – Panama Pacific Line steamer SS Kroonland 1923 from James Gordon Steese
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cramp, Genoa, Kroonland, Philadelphia, red Star Line
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No.1573 Seong Hee launched in 2001
16,875GT for Pukwan Ferry by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, Ulsan IMO: 9241700 Images on Vladimir Tonic & Yuichi Morita on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Hyundai Mipo, Pukwan Ferry, Seong Hee, Ulsan
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No.1073 Alpha Enterprise launched in 1978
21,162grt for Stena Line by Hyundai Heavy Industries, Ulsan 180 passengers apparently Syria 1979 Hellas Ferries Stena Transporter 1983 Stena Line Cerdic Ferry 1985 European Ferries European Freeway 1992 P&O European Ferries Freeway 2002 Stena Line Stena Partner 2003 Stena … Continue reading
No.73 Hanoverian launched in 1902
13,507grt for Leyland Line by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Mayflower 1903 Dominion Line Cretic 1903 White Star Line Devonian 1923 Leyland Line Scrapped Bo’ness 1929
No.474 Bremen launched 1928
51,656grt for North German Lloyd from Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Fire 1941, although not due to the war. She was later scrapped in Bremerhaven More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bremen_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Europa and Bremen Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc
No.974 Nordic Prince launched 1970
18436grt for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Wärtsilä, Helsinki 168.3m x 24m 714 passengers, then lengthened to 194.3m 1194 passengers 23200grt Carousel 1995 Sun Cruises Aquamarine 2005 Louis Cruise Line Arielle 2006 Transocean Aquamarine 2008 Louis Cruise Line Ocean Star … Continue reading
No.1474 Aries launched 1998
11,347GT Tirrenia from Fincantieri, Riva Trigoso IMO:9144275 Scrapped Aliaga, Turkey 2011 Image attribution: Ian Boyle, Carlo Martinelli and simonwp on Shipspotting
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Aries, fincantieri, IMO:9144275, Riva Trigoso, Tirrrenia
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No.1974 Viking Venus launched 11 Jun 2020
47,800GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from Fincantieri, Ancona, IMO: 9833175 Image attribution: Fraser Grey, Mike Jackson, Daniel Gosling and Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, fincantieri, IMO: 9833175, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Venus
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