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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.12 Königin Luise launched 1896
10,566grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Omar 1921 Orient Steam Navigation Co Edison 1924 Byron SS Co Scrapped in Italy 1935
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Tagged Byron, Edison, Italy, Königin Luise, North German Lloyd, Omar, Orient
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No.1511 Olympic Explorer launched 2000
24,318GT Royal Olympic by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Olympia Explorer 2001 Royal Olympic Explorer 2004 Semester at Sea (at Kobe Port) Celestyal Odyssey 2015 Celestyal Glory Sea 2016 Diamond Cruise Blue Dream Star 2020 Image copyright: Masato Nishiguchi Brian Baglietto’s … Continue reading
No.511 Marnix van Sint Aldegonde launched 1929
19,129grt for Stoomv Mij ‘Nederland’ by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Bombed, sank Algeria 1943 Sister of the No.501 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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Tagged Algeria, Amsterdam, Bombed, Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, Nederland, sank, Stoomv Mij
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No.11 Pennsylvania launched 1896
12,891grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Nansemond 1917 US Navy Scrapped USA 1924
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Tagged Belfast, Hamburg-America, Harland & Wolff, nansemond, Pennsylvania, USA
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No.406 Letitia launched 1924
13,475grt Anchor-Donaldson Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Empire Brent 1946 Ministry of Transport Captain Cook 1951 Donaldson Line Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1960 Sister of the ill fated Athenia, sunk on the first day of WW2 Image: John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald … Continue reading
No.1646 Super Liner Ogasawara launched 2004
13923GT for Ogasawara Kaiun by Mitsui & Eng & SB, Tamano 42 kts? Cancelled Project, Scrapped Japan 2017 Image attribution: Yuichi Morita & A Simizu
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Tagged Japan, Mitsui, Nippon, Ogasawara, Super liner, Tamano
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No.1651 Maersk Dunkerque launched 2004
35,923GT Norfolk Line from Samsung Heavy Industries, Koje Dunkerque Seaways 2010 DFDS Seaways IMO: 9089085 Image attribution: Karel Van Stappen on Marine Traffic
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Tagged DFDS, Dunkerque Seaways, Koje, Maersk Dunkerque, Norfold Line, Samsung
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No.1131 Atlantic launched 1981
19337 grt when launched. 35143 GT after the 1982 change in tonnage definition. No physical change, just different measurement criteria. Home Lines by Constructions Navales, La Seyne Starship Atlantic 1988 Premier Cruise Line Melody 1997 Mediterranean Shipping Company Qing 2013 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Atlantic, Constructions Navales, Home Lines, Melody, MSC, Qing, Starship
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