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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.1545 European Dream launched in 2001
58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Delivered as European Stars 2002 65542 Festival Cruises MSC Sinfonia 2015 MSC Crociere Image copyright: Ken Malcolm, EUROPEAN STARS photo by Manuel Moreno Martínez Image from Joost Keesing
No.1045 Wellamo launched in 1974
12,348 Finska Angfartygs by Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Dana Gloria 1981 Det Forenede D/S Svea Corona 1984 DFDS Dana Gloria 1985 DFDS King of Scandinavia 1988 DFDS Color Viking 1994 Color line Jupiter 1998 Fjord Line Sank Vietnam 2017
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Color Line, Color Viking, Dana Gloria, DFDS, Dubigeon-Normandie, Finska Angfartygs, Fjord Line, Jupiter, King of Scandinavia, Nantes, Svea Corona, Vietnam, Wellamo
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No.46 Main launched in 1900
10,067grt for North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Scrapped 1925 An interesting history at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Main_(1900) particularly with the lucky escape after the fire
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Main, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.546 Champlain launched in 1931
28,124grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire Mined La Pallice 1940 Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc and Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, Champlain, French Line, La Pallice, Mined, Penhoet, St Nazaire
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No.596 Circassia launched in 1937
11,137grt for Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Alicante 1966
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alicante, Anchor Line, Circassia, Fairfield, Glasgow
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No.466 Nieuw Zeeland launched in 1928
10,906grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij from Rotterdamsche DD Mij Torpedoed by U380 in the Mediterranean 1942; not the U407 in many publications Bridge photo 21 July 1930
No.922 Funchal launched & in service in 1961
10,031grt for Empresa Insulana from Helsingor Skibsc, Helsingor Laid up Lisbon IMO: 5124162 More details of her 60 year career at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Funchal Image attribution: Erik Ask, Vitor Francisco, Tony Davis & a recent photo from Luis Miguel Correia
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Empresa Insulana, Funchal, Helsingor, Lisbon
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No.495 Campana launched in 1929
10,816grt for Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM) from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Rio Jachal 1943 Argentina Campana 1946 SGTM Irpinia 1955 Sicula Oceanica Scrapped in La Spezia 1983 IMO: 5163675
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Argentina, Campana, Irpinia, La Spezia, Newcastle, Rio Jachal, SGTM, Sicula Oceanica, Swan Hunter
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No.496 Western Prince launched in 1929
10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Napier & Miller, Glasgow Torpedoed by U96 off Orkney in 1940 A single photo, plus a model of her identical sister Northern Prince. Another sister Southern Prince became the ANNA C
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Furness Withy, Glasgow, Napier & Miller, Orkney, torpedoed, Western Prince
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No.1840 Mein Schiff 4 launched in 2014
99,526GT for TUI Cruises from Meyer Turku, Turku Image from Capo Franz, Samt Mendher & Celso Hdez
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Mein Schiff 4, Meyer Turku, TUI Cruises, Turku
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The World's Passenger Ships 