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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.299 Empress of Canada launched in 1920
21,517grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci, South Atlantic 1943 Of approximately 1,800 people on board, 392 died. 149 of the fatalities were Italian prisoners of war Photo: Steve Walker Color & Edwin … Continue reading
No.1683 MSC Orchestra launched in 2006
92,409GT for MSC Crociere from Aker Yards, St Nazaire (as it was then – now Chantiers) IMO: 9320099 Image attribution: Philip Blackwell & Giannis Mavronas Two images from Tom Gulbrandsen
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aker Yards, IMO: 9320099, MSC Crociere, MSC Orchestra, St Nazaire
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No.1684 Bo Hai Jin Zhu launched 2006
19,847grt for Bo Hai Ferry Co from Shandong Huanghai, Shidau IMO: 9486219
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Bo Hai Ferry Co, Bo Hai Jin Zhu, IMO: 9486219, Shandong Huanghai, Shidau
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No.1685 Zhong Tie Bohai 1 Hao launched in 2006
24,975GT for Sinorail Bohai Train from Xingang Shipyard, Tianjin MMSI: 412328490 Image attribution: Kevin Wang
Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged MMSI: 412328490, Sinorail Bohai Train, Tianjin, Xingang Shipyard, Zhong Tie Bohai 1 Hao
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No.1891 Carnival Horizon launched in 2017
133,956GT for Carnival Cruise Line from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9767091 Image attribution: Giannis Mavronas, Cliff Saunders, JD Schwartz & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Horizon, fincantieri, IMO: 9767091, Monfalcone
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No.300 Buckeye State launched in 1920
1920grt for 14,123 US Shipping Board by Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Taft 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Williard A. Holbrook 1941 US Army Scrapped Maryland 1952 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22044.htm Willard A. Holbrook in Australia
No.389 Camranh launched in 1923
10,193grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes Brazza 1927 Chargeurs Réunis Torpedoed by U 37 off Oporto in 1940 Images from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Brazza, Camranh, Chargeurs Reunis, Nantes, Oporto, torpedoed
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No.390 Ascania launched in 1923
14,013grt for Cunard Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Scrapped in Newport 1957 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color – ASCANIA & CARINTHIA Montreal 1956
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Armstrong Whitworth, Ascania, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Newport
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No.679 General E T Collins launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California New Orleans 1969 Containership Chartering Guayama 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Eastern Kin 1981 United Southern Shipping Sank in the Pacific 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22147.htm
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