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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.1961 Hanil Gold Stella launched 1 Feb 2020
20,263GT Hanil Express from Dae Sun Shipbuilding IMO: 9873307 Image attribution: Lappino on Ship Spotting
No.1120 Esterel launched in 1980
12,676grt for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée by Dubigeon-Normandie SA Nantes Mistral 1997 Ferrymaroc Mistral Express 2005 Euroferrys Scrapped Aliaga 2016 Images: Stéphane Saissi & Mike Barker My photo
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Dubigeon-Normandie, Esterel, Ferrymaroc, Mistral, Mistral Express, Nantes, SNCM
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No.400 Monte Sarmiento launched in 1924
13,625grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1942 Monte Sarmiento in Bergen Summer of 1925
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Kiel, Monte Sarmiento
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No.360 Thuringia launched in 1922
11,343grt for Hamburg-America Line by Howaldt Kiel, Kiel General San Martin 1930 Hamburg-South America Line Empire Deben 1946 Ministry of Transport Scrapped in Newport 1949 Image attribution: Dr J Meyer, Hans Hartz & Lawrence Dunn collection
No.1200 Repubblica di Venezia launched in 1987
39,701GT for Atlantica SpA di Navigazione (Grimaldi) from Fincantieri, Marghera Venezia 2011 Breakers She originally carried 56 passengers Scrapped Alang 2011 Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli on Ship Spotting
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, fincantieri, Grimaldi, Marghera, Repubblica di Venezia, Venzia
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No.1320 Kong Harald launched in 1992
11,204GT Trom Fylkes from Volkswerft, Stralsund IMO: 9039119 Image attribution: Hugo Lohre, Paul Misje, Kai Bretschneider & Geir Vinnes on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Kong Harald, Stralsund, Trom Fylkes, Volswerft
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No.1280 Asuka launched in 1991
28,717GT for Nippon Yusen Kashia (NYK) from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki Amadea 2006 Phoenix Reisen Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Bob Smith
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Amadea, Asuka, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, NYK, Phoenix Reisen
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No.1240 Victory launched in 1989
17,113grt for Eiyu Shoji YK by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kobe Chihuahua Star 2008 Baja Ferries Caribbean Fantasy 2011 America Cruise Ferries Fire Aug 2016, scrapped Aliaga 2017 Image from Malta Ship Photos
Posted in ferry, fire on ship, passenger ship
Tagged Baja Ferries, Caribbean Fantasy, Chihuhua Star, Eiyu Shoji, Kobe, Mitsubishi, Victory
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No.2023 Havila Polaris floated out 12 Dec 2021
15812GT for Havila Kystruten from Tersan Turkey IMO: 9873759 Images from Tony Davis, Erlend Karlsen, Dag Hareide
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Havila Kystruten, Havila Polaris, Tersan Turkey
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No.2022 MSC World Europa, floated out 2 Dec 2021
210000GT for MSC Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9837420 Image attribution: Plague Christian, Manuel Hernandez, Lucian Ojog & Ian Preciados on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Chantiers de l´Atlantique, IMO: 9837420, MSC Cruises, MSC World Europa, St Nazaire
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The World's Passenger Ships 