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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.350 Athenia launched in 1922
13,465grt Anchor-Donaldson Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U30 off the Hebrides on the day war was declared 3 September 1939 My father’s photo from the 1930s Athenia departing from Glasgow on her fateful voyage in 1939
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Anchor-Donaldson, Athenia, Fairfield Glasgow, torpedoed, U30
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No.1695 Stena Traveller launched in 2006
26,663GT for Stena Line A/B from Baltijsky Zavod, St Petersburg & Fosen Mek Verksted, Rissa Highlanders 2011 Marine Atlantic Inc Image attribution: Jarrod David
No.1696 Color Magic launched in 2006
75,156GT for Color Line from Aker Finnyards, Rauma IMO: 9349863 Celebrity Infinity and the cruise ferry Color Magic arriving at Oslo together 2014 Tom Gulbrandsen Named image from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Aker Finnyards, Color Magic, IMO: 9349863, Rauma
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No.1697 Borja launched in 2006
27,414GT for Balearia from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9349760 Baltic Amber 2010 Ave Line Norman Asturias 2011 LD Lines Asterion 2016 ANEK Connemara 2018 Stena Ro-Ro (Brittany) Image Nachete Muccio
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged ANEK, Asterion, Balearia, Baltic Amber, Borja, Brittany, Cantiere Navale Visentini, Connemara, IMO: 9349760, LD lines, Norman Asturias, Porto Viro, Stena
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No.1698 Queen Victoria floated out 2007
90,049GT for Cunard Line from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9320556 Image attribution: Don Williams & Mike Burke
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Cunard Line, fincantieri, IMO: 9320556, Marghera, Queen Victoria
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No.715 Marine Falcon launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver IMO 5224845 Trenton 1966 Litton Industries Borinquen 1975 Litton Industries Scrapped in Beihei 1989
No.716 Marine Flasher launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Vancouver Long Beach 1966 Litton Industries Grounded San Juan 1988 Marine Flasher leaving Bremerhaven 1946
No.717 Marine Adder launched in 1945
12,420grt for US Maritime Commission from Kaiser, Richmond California Transcolorado 1967 Hudson Waterways Scrapped Kaohsiung 1988
No.718 Vassar Victory launched in 1945
10,139grt for US Maritime Commission from Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore Castelbianco 1947 Sitmar Line Castel Bianco 1952 Sitmar Line Begona 1957 Cia Trasatlantica Scrapped in Castellon 1974
No.1741 Stena Hollandica launched in 2008
64,039GT for Stena Line from Nordic Yards, Wismar IMO: 9419163 Image attribution: Rob de Visser & Vitor Francisco Note the change in funnel top Malte Kopfer’s image
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9419163, Nordic Yards, Stena Hollandica, Stena Line, Wismar
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