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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.1051 Nils Holgersson launched in 1974
12,527grt for TT-Line GmbH & Co by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg Abel Tasman 1985 Transport Tasmania Pollux 1994 Ventouris Ferries Theofilos 1995 Maritime Co Lesvos Laid up for some time Ilos 2022 Breakers Arrived Aliaga 16 May 2022 Nils Holgersson from Hans … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Abel Tasman, Aliaga, Nils Holgersson, Pollux, Rendsburg, Theofilos, Transport Tasmania, TT Line, Ventouris, Werft Nobiskrug
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No.551 Manhattan launched in 1931
24,289grt for United States Lines by New York SB Co, Camden Wakefield 1941 US Navy Scrapped Kearny, NJ 1965 Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color – MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach Florida 12 Jan 1941 Manhattan outbound for Europe Oil painting … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Camden, Kearny NJ, Manhattan, New York, United States Line, US Navy, Wakefield
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No.51 Prinzess Irene launched in 1900
10,881grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Pocahontas 1917 US Navy Bremen 1923 North German Lloyd Karlsruhe 1928 North German Lloyd Scrapped Germany 1932
No.997 Orion launched in 1972
14975grt for Taiyo Ferry from Hayashikane, Shimonoseki Ferry Nishiki Maru 1980 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry Orion 1984 Kyushu Kyuko Ferry View of Nagasaki 1989 Glory Shipping Daedalus 1989 Minoan Line Riviera Adriatica 2005 Adria Ferries Claudia Prima 2012 Adria Ferries Caribbean … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Adria, Caribbean Galaxy, Claudia Prima, Daedalus, Ferry Nishiki Maru, Kyushu Kyuko, Minoan, Orion, Riviera Adriatica, Taiyo Ferry, View of Nagasaki
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No.1496 Blue Star 1 launched 1999
29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9197105 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Star, Blue Star Ferries, Krimpen, Van der Giessen
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No.1978 Aura Seaways launched 31 Aug 2020
54,900GT for DFDS from Guangzhou Shipyard, Guangzhou IMO: 9851036 Image attribution: Manfred Sesemann, Nils Herforth & Gena Anfimov on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Aura Seaways, DFDS, Guanghzou, Guangzhou Shipyard
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No.1550 Golfo dei Delfini launched in 2001
17,150GT for Lloyd Sardegna by Szczecin Shipyard, Stettin Dana Sirena 2002 22382 DFDS Seaways Sirena Seaways 2013 DFDS Seaways Baie de Seine 2015 Brittany Ferries Sirena Seaways 2020 Image copyright: Meijer on Marine Traffic Image Vitor Francisco
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Baie de Seine, Brittany Ferries, Dana Sirena, DFDS, Golfo dei Delfini, Lloyd Sardegna, Sirena Seaways, Stettin, Szczecin
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No.1050 Cunard Conquest launched 1975
17,586 tons for Cunard Line by Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen. Interior fittings were subsequently installed at the Navali Mechaniche Affini in La Spezia, Italy Cunard Princess 1976 Cunard Line Rhapsody 1995 StarLauro Golden Iris 2009 Mano Maritime Gold Club 2021 … Continue reading
No.550 Georgic launched in 1931
27,759grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1956 Originally with 2 funnels, rebuilt after significant war damage Rich Turnwald photo Georgic 1952 Photo Louis O. Gorman Steve Walker color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Faslane, Georgic, Harland & Wolff, White Star Line
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No.50 Vaderland launched in 1900
12,018 Red Star Line by John Brown, Clydebank Southland 1915 Red Star Line Torpedoed by U 70 off Tory Island, Ireland Renamed during the Great War as the Dutch word Vaderland was considered too similar to the German Vaterland. Image … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, red Star Line, Southland, torpedoed, Tory Island, Vaderland
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