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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.36 Potsdam launched in 1899
12,606grt for Holland-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Stockholm 1915 Swedish-America Line Solglimt 1928 C Nielsen & Co Sonderburg 1941 German War Prize Scuttled Cherbourg scrapped UK 1947
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Tagged Cherbourg, Holland America Line, Nielsen, Potsdam, Solglimt, Sonderburg
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No.1986 Luna Seaways launched 13 Nov 2020
40,331GT for DFDS from Guangzhou Shipyard in Guangzhou IMO: 9851048 Image attribution: Jan Williams, Gena Anfimov, Goran H Olssen & Peter Bernhard
No.1535 Fortuny launched in 2000
26,916 gross tons (GT) for Cia Trasmediterranea from Astilleros Españoles, Puerto Real 172.6m x 26.2m 23.5 kts 1000 passengers Ciudad Autonoma Melilla 2019 Cia Trasmediterranea Buenavista Express 2025 Fred Olsen Line Image from Geoffrey Watson Image by Det on Ship … Continue reading
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Tagged Astilleros, Cia Trasmediterranea, Ciudad Autonoma Melilla, Fortuny, Puerto Real
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No.1035 Marine Atlantica launched 1974
11,637 Stena Line A/B Rickmers Werft, Bremerhaven Corsica Vera 1987 Corsica Ferries Sardinia Vera 1987 Corsica Ferries IMO: 7360617 Arrived Aliaga for breaking 4 May 2024 Image copyright: Manuel Hernandez Lafuente
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Tagged bremerhaven, Corsica Ferries, Corsica Vera, Marine Atlantica, Rickmers, Sardinia Vera, Stena
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No.535 Europa launched in 1931
10,224grt for East Asiatic Co by Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen Bombed Liverpool 1941
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Tagged Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, East Asiatic Co, Europa, Liverpool
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No.35 Belgravia launched 1899
10,155grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Riga 1905 Black and Asow Sea Transbalt 1919 Sovtorgflot Torpedoed by US submarine Spadefish 1945, having been mistaken for a Japanese ship
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Tagged Belgravia, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Riga, Sovtorflot, Transbalt, USS Spadefish
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No.1987 Odyssey of the Seas floated out 28 Nov 2020
168,600GT for Royal Caribbean International from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9795737 Image attribution: Unimedien, Jan Czonstke Fotografie, Luca Spurtszem & Capo Franz
No.1534 European Vision launched in 2000
58,625GT for Festival Cruises by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire MSC Armonia 2004 65542 MSC Crociere IMO: 9210141 Image copyright: David Sky MSC Armonia seen departing Kotor, Montenegro in 2011 David Sky MSC Armonia in Corfu end Corfu Albanian straits, Giannis … Continue reading
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Tagged Chantiers, European vision, Festival Cruises, MSC Armonia, MSC Crociere, St Nazaire
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