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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.701 General C H Muir launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy by Kaiser, Richmond California Chicago 1969 Pacific Far East Line San Juan 1976 Farrell Lines Scrapped 1988 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22142.htm
Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chicago, General C H Muir, Kaiser, Richmond California, San Juan, US Navy
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No.702 Admiral H T Mayo launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy Bethlehem Steel Co from Alameda, California Gen Nelson M Walker 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 2004 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22125.htm Image attribution: Rene Beauchamp
No.891 Sylvania launched in 1956
21,989grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Fairwind 1968 Fairwind Shipping (Sitmar) Sitmar Fairwind 1988 Sitmar Cruises Dawn Princess 1988 Princess Cruises Albatros 1993 Phoenix Reisen Genoa 2004 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2004 Image: Vincent Neale, Brian Fisher, Masato Nishiguchi … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Albatros, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Dawn Princess, Fairwind, Genoa, John Brown, Phoenix Reisen, Princess Cruises, Sitmar, Sitmar Fairwind, Sylvania
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No.892 Theodor Herzl launched in 1957
10,596grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Carnivale 1969 New Horizons Freeport 1975 New Horizons Veracruz I 1976 Freeport Cruise Liners Sun Ambassador 1990 Festival Shipping The Fiesta 1991 Festival Shipping Fire, sank Piraeus 1991 Images: Frank … Continue reading
No.917 Galileo Galilei launched 2 Jul 1961
Maiden voyage 22 Apr 1963 27,907grt for Lloyd Triestino from CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone IMO 5411254 Galileo 1984 Chandris Line Meridian 1990 Chandris subsidiary Celebrity Cruises (their first ship) Sun Vista 1997 Sun Cruises Fire, sank near Penang Island 1999 … Continue reading
No.1377 Polonia launched in 1995
29,875GT for Unity Line from Langsten Slip & Båtbyggeri, Tomrafjord IMO: 9108350 A Polish ferry
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Båtbyggeri, IMO: 9108350, Langsten Slip, Polonia, Tomrafjord, Unity Line
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No.1378 Splendour of the Seas launched in 1995
69,472Gt for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line from Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 9070632 TUI Discovery 2016 Thomson Cruises Marella Discovery 2017 Marella Cruises Image attribution: Flo L, Wolfgang Dreyer, Per Ustad Sotvik & Peter Ferrary
No.1379 Suzuran launched in 1995
17,329GT for Shin Nihonkai from Ishikawajima Tokyo IMO: 9116266 Hakuou 2013 Japanese Armed Forces Image attribution: Hiroyuki Yoshimoto & Mikeneko
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9116266, Ishikawajima, Shin Nihonkai, Tokyo
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No.1276 Costa Classica launched in 1991
52,926GT for Costa Crociere from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 8716502 Costa NeoClassica 2014 Costa Crociere Grand Classica 2018 Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Margaritaville At Sea Paradise 2022 Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Images: Me, the late Neven Jerković, Tony Davis, Shaun Gregg & … Continue reading
No.1277 Ocean East launched in 1991
11,523GT for Ocean Tokyu Ferry KK from Saiki Jukogyu KK, Saki IMO: 9000912 Golden Bird 7 2016 Mongolian Flag Mutiara Timur 1 2016 Japan Image attribution: Asahikawa Heavy Industries & 3 other named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Golden Bird, IMO: 9000912, Mutiara Timur, Ocean East, Ocean Tokyu Ferry KK, Saiki Jukogyu, Saki
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