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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.1233 Fantasy launched 1988
70,367GT Carnival Cruise Line by Wärtsilä Marine, Helsinki IMO: 8700773 Carnival Fantasy 2007 Carnival Cruise Line Arrived at Aliaga 29 Jul 2020 Image attribution: Me, Tony Davis & JH Rigaud
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Carnival cruise, Carnival Fantasy, Fantasy, Helsinki, IMO: 8700773, Wartsila
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No.1234 Danielle Casanova launched in 1988
30,985GT for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8705395 Mediterranee 2002 SNCM, now with Corsica Line Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli, Pascal Bredel, Maeva Joly & Stephane Saissi
No.1775 L’Austral launched in 2010
10,944GT for Compagnie du Ponant from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9502518 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Birdy Tsao
Posted in Cruise ship, Expedition, passenger ship
Tagged ancona, Compagnie du Ponant, fincantieri, IMO: 9502518, L'Austral
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No.1777 Visemar One launched in 2010
26,275GT for Visemar di Navigazione from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9498743 Hedy Lamarr 2018 Balearia Image attribution: Per Ustad Søtvik & 2 named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Balearia, Cantiere Navale Visentini, Hedy Lamarr, IMO: 9498743, Porto Viro, Visemar di Navigazione, Visemar One
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No.1181 Peter Pan launched in 1985
31,356grt for Travemünde-Trelleborg Linie from Seebeckwerft, Bremerhaven IMO: 8502391 Spirit of Tasmania 1993 Transport Tasmania Fjord Norway 2003 Fjord Line Princess of Norway 2006 DFDS Seaways Princess Seaways 2011 DFDS Images: Erik Ask, Ruud Rijke & Vitor Francisco
No.898 Santa Paula launched in 1958
15,366grt for Grace Line from Newport News at Newport News Stella Polaris 1972 Oceanic Sun Line Kuwait Marriott Hotel 1980 Marriott Hotels Ramada al Salem Hotel 1989 Ramada Hotels Fire Kuwait 1990, scrapped in Kuwait in 2002 Image attribution: Daryl … Continue reading
No.827 Bretagne launched in 1951
16,335grt for SGTM from Penhoët, St Nazaire Brittany 1962 Chandris Line Fire scrapped La Spezia 1964 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & George Togias
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bretagne, Brittany, Chandris Line, La Spezia, Penhoët, SGTM, St Nazaire
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No.831 Europa launched in 1951
11,430grt for Lloyd Triestino from Ansaldo, La Spezia Blue Sea 1976 Freighter Fire, sank Jeddah 1976 Image attribution: Les Pivnic, Trevor Jones & my photo My photo, Aden
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Ansaldo, Blue Sea, Europa, Fire, Jeddah, La Spezia, Lloyd Triestino
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No.722 Marine Swallow launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Richmond California Missouri 1965 Meadowbrook Transport Ogden Missouri 1974 Ogden Missouri Transport Linnet 1977 Linnet Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1978
