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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.
Category Archives: passenger ship
No.1201 Varuna launched in 1987
16,725grt for Eiyu Shoji YK & Higashi Nihon Ferry KK by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki Superferry Hellas 1998 Strintzis Line Blue Horizon 2000 Blue Ferries Lefka Ori 2023 ANEK Image attribution: Stefanos Antoniadis & Flo L IMO: 8616336 Image from Vasilis … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Horizon, Eiyu Shoji, Higashi Nihon, Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki, Strintzis, Superferry Hellas, Varuna
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No.601 Capetown Castle launched in 1937
27,002grt Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in La Spezia 1967 Image attribution: Trevor Jones Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cape Town, Capetown Castle, Durban, Harland & Wolff, La Spezia, Southampton, Union Castle
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No.201 Ceramic launched in 1912
18,481grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 515 of the Azores 1942 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Azores, Cermamic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, White Star Line
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No.1981 Havila Castor floated out 5 Sep 2020
15,812GT Havila Kystruten from Tersan shipyard in Turkey IMO: 9865582 Image attribution: Erlend Karlsen, Ali Sari, Gunder Falck & Sonder M Pettersen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Havila Castor, Havila Kystruten, Tersan, Turkey
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No.1540 The World launched in 2001
43,188GT for ResidenSea by Bruces Verkstads, Landskrona & Fosen Mek, Rissa Image copyright: The late Neven Jerković from Dubrovnik Next two images from Wayne A’Court in NZ
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bruces Verstads, Fosen Mek, Landskrona, ResidenSea, Rissa, The World
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No.1040 Mette Mols launched in 1974
11,907grt for Mols Line by Helsingör Vaerft, Helsingör Mette Mo 1996 Mols Line Banassa 1996 Comarit Ferries Banasa 1996 Comarit Ferries Galaxy 2015 European Seaways Moby Kiss 2015 Moby Lines Mehdo Azhari’s image Moby Kiss – image from Tony Davis
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Banasa, Banassa, Comarit, European Seaways, Galaxy, Helsingör, Helsingor Vaerft, Mette Mo, Mette Mols, Moby Kiss, Moby Lines, Mols Line
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No.40 Rhein launched in 1899
10,058grt for North German Lloyd by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Susquehanna 1917 US Navy Scrapped Japan 1928 Rhein from Norway Heritage
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Japan, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, Rhein, Susquehanna, US Navy
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No.1982 Aurora Botnia launched 11 Sep 2020
24,036GT for Wasa Line by Rauma Marine Construction IMO: 9878319 Image attribution: Rauma Marine Constructions, Antti Lehto & Mats Sjogren
No.1539 Bithia launched in 2001
36,475GT for Tirrenia by Fincantieri, Castellammare Bithia by Nicolas Crossman 1539a Moby Ale Due 2025 Moby Lines 1539b GNV Pegsus 2,025 GNV IMO: 9222522 Bithia by Tom Gulbrandsen
