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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.1549 Pride of Hull launched in 2001
59,925GT for P&O North Sea Ferries by Fincantieri, Marghera Image copyright: Rob de Visser Pride of York and Pride of Hull
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, Marghera, North Sea Ferries, P&O, Pride of Hull
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No.1049 Tor Scandinavia launched in 1975
15,673grt for Tor Line by Flender Werft, Lubeck Holland Expo 1979 Holland Expo Tor Scandinavia 1980 Tor Line World Wide Expo 1983 World Wide Expo Tor Scandinavia 1983 Tor Line Princess of Scandinavia 1991 DFDS Seaways Moby Otta 2006 Moby … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged DFDS, Flender Werft, Holland Expo, Lubeck, Moby Lines, Moby Otta, Princess of Scandinavia, Tor Line, Tor Scandinavia, World Wide Expo
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No. 549 Conte di Savoia launched in 1931
48,502grt for ‘Italia’ Flotta Riunite by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Bombed 1943, later scrapped at Monfalcone Colourations by Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Adriatico, Bombed, Conte di Savoia, Flotta Riunite, Italia, Monfalcone
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No.49 Devonian launched in 1900
10,418 F.Leyland by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 53 off Tory Island 1917 Image copyright: Priestley & Sons Ltd. Egremont
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Devonian, Harland & Wolff, Leyland Line, torpedoed, Tory Island, U53
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No.1497 Stena Britannica launched 1999
33,769GT for Stena Line from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real Finnfellow 2003 Finnlines O/Y IMO: 9145164 Image attribution: Simonwp of Ship Spotting & Franz Airiman
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Astilleros, Finnfellow, Finnliines, Puerto Real, Stena, Stena Britannica
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No.998 Visby launched in 1972
13,004grt from A/B Gotland from Brodogradliste, Trogir Drotten 1980 A/B Gotland Corsica Viva II 1985 Corsica Ferries Corsica Regina 1989 Corsica Ferries Sardinia Regina 1996 Corsica Ferries Kevalay Queen 2022 Kevalay IMO: 7205910 Image from : GORDON DALZELL Image: Tapio … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Brodogradliste, Corsica Ferries, Corsica Viva, Drotten, Gotland, Kevalay, Kevalay Queen, Sardinia Regina, Trogir, Visby
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No.2026 Stena Ebba launched 21 Dec 2021
48035GT for Stena Line from AVIC Weihai Shipyard, China IMO 9863003 Images from Piotr Gora, Huw Gibby & Peter Stockwell on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged AVIC Weihai, China, eflexer, Stena Ebba, Stena Line
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No.1048 Gruziya launched in 1975
16,631grt for USSR by Wärtsilä, Turku Odessa Sky 1995 Blasco UK Club I 1999 Club Cruise Van Gogh 2000 Van Gogh Salamis Filoxenia 2009 Salamis Cruise Lines Arrived Alang 19 Apr 2022 My photo Image copyright: Marc Piche Image from … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blasco, Club I, Gruziya, Odessa Sky, Salamis Cruise, Salamis Filoxenia, Turku, USSR, Van Gogh, Wartsila
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No.48 Commonwealth launched in 1900
11,394grt for Dominion Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Canopic 1903 White Star Line Scrapped Briton Ferry 1925
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Briton Ferry, Canopic, Commonwealth, Dominion Line, Harland & Wolff, white star
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No.799 Ocean Monarch launched in 1950
13,654grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Varna 1967 Navigation Maritime Bulgare Riviera 1979 Dolphin Hellas Reina del Mar 1979 Dolphin Hellas Sank Piraeus 1981 The elegant Ocean Monarch in Willemstad, Curaçao on 6.11.62 John Gibbard Image of … Continue reading
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