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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.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931
22,424grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle In 1947 she was gutted by fire at Palmers Shipyard, Hebburn & declared a total loss. But the Ministry of Transport had her rebuilt as an emigrant ship & moved under … Continue reading
No.37 Belgia launched in 1899
11,585grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast, as a cargo ship Then delivered as the Michigan 1899 Atlantic Transport Line and converted to a passenger ship to carry 2700 people in 2 classes Irishman 1900 Dominion Line Scrapped … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belgia, Dominion Line, Hamburg-America, Irishman, Michigan
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No.2018 Ferry Fukuoka launched 7 Oct 2021
15,400GT for City Line (Meimon Taiyo Ferry) by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki IMO: 9908657 Image attribution: Elf Hill, GITO, S Katsuragi & Hiroshi Miyaji on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged City Line, Ferry Fukuoka, Meimon Taiyo Ferry, Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki
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No.600 Ruys launched in 1937
14,155grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by De Schelde, Vlissingen Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1968 Photo by Barry Parsons Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged de Schelde, Kaohsiung, Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij, Ruys, Vlissingen
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No.597 Tegelberg launched in 1937
14,150grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1968 MS Tegelberg in Adabya Harbour (Ataka, Egypt), 1946.Willem van de Poll TEGELBERG at Nagoya photo by Hiromaru Image by Edson de Lima Lucas
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Amsterdam, Kaohsiung, Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij, Nederlandsche, Tegelberg
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No.595 Boissevain launched in 1937
14,134grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1968 Image attribution: Trevor Jones & Kenneth Barton One of three sisters, all of which survived the war
No.1985 Nils Holgersson launched 10 Nov 2020
56,138GT for TT Line from Jinling, China IMO: 9865685 Image attribution: TT Line, Arno Bruegmann & Wolfgang Specht on Marine Traffic
No.1536 Moby Freedom launched in 2000
36,365GT for Moby Lines by Daewoo Shipbuilding, Okpo Freedom 2012 Eckero Line Finlandia 2012 Eckero Line IMO: 9214379 Image from Sverre Andreas Rud Sami Aaltonen on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Daewoo, Eckero Line, Finlandia, Freedom, Moby Freedom, Moby Line, Okpo
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No.1036 Stena Normandica launched in 1974
12,108grt for Stena Line A/B by Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven St Brendan 1985 Sealink UK Moby Vincent 1990 Moby Lines IMO: 7360605 Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 18 April 2024 Image by Tony Davis Image by Geoffrey Watson
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged bremerhaven, Moby, Moby Vincent, Rickmers, Sealink, St Brendan, Stena, Stena Normandica
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No.536 President Coolidge launched in 1931
21,936grt for Dollar Line by Newport News at Newport News Mined, New Hebrides, (Vanuatu) 1942 Colour picture from Hayao Nogam Photo from Rich Turnwald
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dollar Line, Mined, New Hebrides, Newport News, President Coolidge, Vanuatu
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