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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.320 Vandyck launched 1921
13,233grt for Lamport & Holt by Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed Norway 1940
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bombed, Lamport & Holt, Norway, Vandyck, Workman Clark
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No.240 Almanzora launched in 1914
16,034grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Blyth 1948
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Almanzora, Blefast, Blyth, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.200 Benalla launched in 1912
11,118grt for P & O Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Benalla, Branch Line, Caird, Greenock, P&O
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No.160 Shropshire launched in 1911
11,911grt for Federal SN Co by John Brown, Clydebank Rotorua 1922 New Zealand Shipping Company Torpedoed by U96 off St Kilda 1940 Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Clydebank, Federal Steam, John Brown, New Zealand, Rotorus, Shropshire, St Kilda
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No.1600 Pascal Paoli launched in 2002
35,760 SNCM Ferryterranee by Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen Now Corsica Line Image attribution: Lois Moutard-Martin on Marine Traffic Image attribution: M Rousselot on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Corsica Line, Ferryterranee, Krimpen, Pascal Paoli, SNCM, Van de Giessen
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No.1560 Superfast XI launched in 2001
30,902 Superfast Ferries by Flender Werft, Lubeck IMO: 9227417 Image copyright: Flo L Image by Griff
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Flender Werft, Lubeck, Superfast Ferries, superfast Xi
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No.440 Andalucia launched 1926
12,846grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Andalucia Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 107 off Monrovia 1942 Image attribution: A. Duncan, Fraser Darragh Collection & Peter Stacey illustration
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andalucia, Andalucia Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed
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No.480 Staffordshire launched 1928
10,654grt Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Stafford Maru 1959 Mitsui Bussan Scrapped in Osaka 1959 Image from Malcolm Cranfield
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Fairfield, Glasgow, Osaka, Staffordshire
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No.1080 Emilia launched 1978
12,750grt for Tirrenia di Navigazione by Italcantieri SpA, Castellammare Adriatica 2006 Enermar Shipping Al Yosefeyah 2011 Aljoudy Maritime Amanah 2014 Namma Shipping Image copyright: Constantino
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Adriatica, Al Yosefeyah, Amanah, Castellammare, Emilia, Tirrenia
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No.120 Chiyo Maru launched in 1907
13,426grt for Toyo Kisen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Ran aground Hong Kong 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Chiyo Maru, Hong Kong, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Toyo Kisen
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The World's Passenger Ships 