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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.1490 Silver Shadow launched 1999
28,258GT for Silversea Cruises from Cantieri Navale, Porto Viro & Mariotti, Genoa IMO: 9192167 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court, Manuel Fernandez in Malaga & PTZtv
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Cantieri Navale, Genova, Geoa, Mariotti, Porto Viro, Silver Shadow, Silversea Cruise
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No.1557 Norwegian Star, originally ordered as the Superstar Libra in 2001
91,740GT for Star Cruise Line by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg Norwegian Star 2001 Norwegian Cruise Line Norwegian Star by Neven Jerković John Kennedy photo John Henry Rigaud photo John Henry Rigaud photo
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Jos L Meyer, NCL, Norwegian Cruise Line, Norwegian Star, Papenburg, Star Cruise, Superstar Libra
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No.57 Suevic launched in 1900
12,531grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Skytteren 1928 Y Hvistengahl Scuttled off Maseskjner 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color In 1907 she was wrecked, the ship was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, rebuild, Skytteren, Suevic, White Star Line, Y Hvistengahl
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No.491 Chichibu Maru launched in 1929
17,498grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Yokohama Dock Co, Yokohama Titibu Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Kamakura Maru 1939 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Gudgeon off Lagayan, Philippines 1943
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chichiby Maru, Kamakura Maru, Lagayan, Nippon Yusen, Philippines, titibu Maru, USS Gudheon, Yokohama
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No.991 Erimo Maru launched in 1972
10164grt for Nihon Enkai Ferry from Kanasashi Zosensho, Shimizu King Minos 1988 Minoan Line Mawaddah 2004 Namma Lines IMO: 7214521 Scrapped Gadani Beach, Pakistan 2019 Credits on Marine Traffic photos
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Erimo Maru, Gadani Beach, Kanasashi Zosensho, King Minos, Mawaddah, Minoan, Namma, Nihon Enkai Ferry
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No.1491 Explorer of the Seas floated out 1999
137,308GT for Royal Caribbean International from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9161728 Image attribution: Eirik Kvale Stensland, Tom Gulbrandsen & Francis Ferro
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Explorer of the Seas, Kvaerner Masa, Royal Caribbean International, Turku
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No.1556 New Rainbow Bell launched in 2001
11,410GT for Kyuetsu Ferry by Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Sun Flower Shiretoko 2007 Shosen Mitsui Ferry IMO: 9236717 Image copyright: Yosshii on Marine Traffic credits on photos
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Kyuetsu Ferry, Mitsubishi, new Rainbow Bell, Shimonoseki, Shosen Mitsui, Sun Flower Shiretoko
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No.556 Washington launched in 1932
29,627grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Mount Vernon 1941 US Navy Washington 1945 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Kearny 1965 (Stern view – Washington at Wilmington. August 8, 1940 by Pacific National) Daryl LeBlanc color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny, Mount Vernon, New York SB, United States Line, US Navy, Washington
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