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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.1516 Nils Holgersson launched in 2000
36,468 TT Line by Schichau, Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven Akka 2022 TT Line A Baltic ferry shipsinpics Image copyright: Shipfriend on Ship spotting Images from Just Ferries
Posted in ferry, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged bremerhaven, Nils Holgersson, Schichau, TT Line
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No.1016 Gotland 1973
launched at 6643 grt for Rederi A/B Gotland by Brodogradliste, Trogir. 123.9m x 20.5m 1747 passengers. Corsica Victoria 1989 Corsica Ferries Rebuilt and lengthened 13005 GT146.6m x 20.5m 19.5 kts 1860 passengers. You can see the extra tonnage on top, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bastia, Brodogradliste, Corsica Ferries, Corsica Victoria, Gotland, Livorno
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No.555 Lurline launched in 1932
18,564grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem SB Corp, Quincy Ellinis 1963 Chandris Line Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 Ben Ayre photo Ellinis at Southampton by Stewart Ruskin
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bethlehem, Chandris, Ellinis, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lurline, Matson, Pacific, Quincy, Southampton, Sydney
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No.543 Mariposa launched 1931
18,017grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation, Quincy Homeric 1954 Home Lines Fire, scrapped Kaohsiung 1974 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color HOMERIC photo by Scott Jones Oslofjord and the Homeric in Curacao
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bethlehem, City of Honolulu, Hawaii, Homeric, Kaohsiung, Mariposa, Matson, Pacific, Quincy, Sydney
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No.533 Monterey launched in 1931
18,655grt for Matson Navigation Co by Bethlehem SB Corp, Quincy Matsonia 1956 Matson Nav Co Lurline 1963 Matson Nav Co Britanis 1970 Chandris Line Belofin I 2000 Breakers Sank near Cape Town 2000 Steve Walker Colour BRITANIS, my photo Miami … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belofin, Bethlehem, Britanis, Chandris, Hawaii, Honolulu, Lurline, Matson, Matsonia, Monterey, Pacific, Quincy, San Francisco
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No.437 Malolo launched 1926
Completed 1927 17,232grt for Matson Navigation Co by Cramp, Philadelphia Matsonia 1937 Matson Nav Co Atlantic 1949 Home Lines Queen Frederica 1954 Home Lines Queen Frederica 1965 Chandris Line Scrapped Eleusis Greece 1978 IMO: 5376997 Images: Alan Green & Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Atlantic, Chandris, Cramp, Eleusis, Greece, Hawaii, Home Lines, Honolulu, Malolo, Matson, Matsonia, Pacific, Phildelphia, Queen Frederica, San Francisco
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No.2012 Le Commandant Charcot launched 1 Jul 2021
31,283GT for Compagnie du Ponant by Vard Tulcea/Vard Soviknes IMO: 9846249 Image attribution: Roberto Garnham Poblete,Gwen Guedez, Daniel Antunez & Sindre Holberg on Marine Traffic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Compagnie du Ponant, Le Commandant Charcot, Tulcea, Vard
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No.515 Yasukuni Maru launched in1930
11,930 Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki. Torpedoed Truk Islands 1944
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Tagged Japan, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, Truk, Yasukuni Maru
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No.15 Briton launched 1897
10,248grt for Union Steam Ship Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. Scrapped Italy 1926 Union merged with Castle Line to form Union-Castle Line Image copyright: Geli Coloration
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Tagged Belfast, Briton, Castle, Harland & Wolff, union
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No.1514 Knossos Palace launched 2000
37,482GT for Minoan Line by Fincantieri, Sestri Ponente Cruise Bonaria 2021 Grimaldi Cia di Navigazione IMO: 9204063 Ernst-Gert Schmidt Irene L Cop Malcolm Millar
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Tagged Cruise Bonaria, fincantieri, Grimaldi, Knossos Palace, Minoan, Sestri Ponente
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