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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.494 Lafayette launched 1929
25,178grt for CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Fire Le Havre 4 May 1938, scrapped in Rotterdam Photos and detailed history at http://thegreatoceanliners.com/articles/lafayette-ii/ Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Stewart Ruskin
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, French Line, Lafayette, Penhoet, Rotterdam, St Nazaire
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No.1547 Carnival Pride floated out in 2001
85,920GT for Carnival Cruise Lines by Kværner Masa-Yards, Helsinki Images by Tony Davis and Richard MacGregory
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival cruise, Carnival Pride, Helsinki, Kvaerner Masa
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No.547 Carthage launched in 1931
14,304grt for P&O Line from Stephen, Glasgow. Two funnels pre-war Carthage Maru 1961 Mitsui Bussan Scrapped in Osaka 1961
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Carthage, Glasgow, Mitsui Bussan, Osaka, P&O, Stephen
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No.1546 Aeolos Kenteris launched in 2001
11,705GT for NEL Lines by Alstom Leroux Naval, Lorient Red Sea 1 2007 Pictor Shipping Aeolos Kenteris 2009 NEL Lines Sunk in Augusta, Italy 2020 after a long period of lay up Image copyright: Flo L
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aeolos Kenteris, Alstom, NEL Lines, Pictor, Red Sea
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No.780 Helenus launched in 1949
10,125grt for Blue Funnel Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Harland & Wolff, Helenus, Kaohsiung
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No.779 Oslofjord launched in 1949
16,844grt for Norwegian America Line from Nederlandsche Sb Mij, Amsterdam Fulvia 1969 Costa Armatori Fire, sank Canary Islands 1970 Roger Aves added: Launched by N.V. Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouv, Amsterdam for NAL. 11.1949 delivered. 11.1966 Refit started by shipbuilders. 2.1967 … Continue reading
No.778 Rio de la Plata launched in 1949
11,317grt for Flota Mercante del Estado by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente Fire, scrapped in Buenos Aires 1968
No.47 Tunisian launched in 1900
10,576grt for Allan Line from Stephen, Glasgow Marburn 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Genoa 1928 Images from Clydeships
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Allan line, Canadian Pacific, Glasgow, Marburn, Stephen, Tunisian
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The World's Passenger Ships 