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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.181 Demerara launched in 1911
11,484grt for Royal Mail Lines from Harland & Wolff, Belfast 1st July 1917 torpedoed off La Rochelle but reached port and repaired Scrapped in Japan 1933 Image attribution: https://benjidog.co.uk
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Demerara, Harland & Wolff, Japan, La Rochelle, royal Mail Line
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No.761 Caronia launched in 1947
34,183grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Columbia 1968 Universal Line (only for the delivery voyage to Greece) Caribia 1968 Universal Line Sank Guam 1974 whilst being towed to the breakers Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Steve Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Beken, Caribia, Caronia, Clydebank, Columbia, cunard, Guam, John Brown, Universal
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No.80 Kaiser Wilhelm II launched in 1902
19,361grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Agamemnon 1917 US Navy Monticello 1929 US Shipping Board Scrapped Baltimore 1940 Photo from Rich Turnwald USS Agamemnon after World War One in 1919. (Boston Public Library – Leslie Jones)
No.1841 Le Lyrial launched in 2014
10,944GT for Compagnie du Ponent by Fincantieri, Ancona Image attribution: Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, Compagnie du Ponent, fincantieri, Le Lyrial
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No.1561 Finnmarken launched in 2001
15,690GT for Ofotens og Vesteraalens by Kværner Kleven, Ulsteinvik Otto Sverdrup 2021 Hurtigruten Image copyright: Aviation & Maritime. Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Finnmarken, Hurtigruten, Kværner Kleven, Ofotens og Vesteraalens, Otto Sverdrup, Ulsteinvik
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No.681 Admiral W L Capps launched 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Hugh J Gaffey 1947 US Army Sunk as a target in the Pacific in 2000 General Hugh J.Gaffey (IX-507) at Pearl Harbor 1986
Posted in passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Admiral W L Capps, Alameda, Bethlehem Steel, California, Gen Hugh J Gaffey, US Army, US Navy
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No.641 Westerdam launched in 1940
12,149grt for Holland-America Line by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam Scrapped in Alicante 1965 ROTTERDAM, STATENDAM, and WESTERDAM at Holland America Line’s Pier 40, New York 1965 Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Fijenoord, Holland America, Schiedam, Westerdam, Wilton
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No.1481 R Three launched in 1999
30,277GT for Renaissance Cruises from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire Pacific Princess 2002 Princess Cruises P Prince 2021 Azamara Onward 2021 Azamara Cruises IMO: 9187887 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Azamara, Azamara Onward, Chantiers, Pacific Princess, Princess Cruises, R Three, Renaissance, St Nazaire
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No.1441 Pacific Venus launched in 1997
26,518GT for Japan Cruise Line from Ishikawajima Tokyo Eastern Venus 2023 To be withdrawn. Currently laid up IMO: 9160011 Image attribution: Neven Jerković, Erik Ask & Wayne A’Court
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Ishikawajima, Japan Cruise, Pacific Venus, Tokyo
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The World's Passenger Ships 