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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.684 Admiral R E Coontz launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Alexander M Patch 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 2003 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22122.htm
No.685 General J H McRae launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy Kaiser, Richmond California Transhawaii 1969 Hudson Waterways Aguadilla 1975 Puerto Rico Marit Amco Voyager 1985 Merchant Terminal Corp Voyager 1985 Janet Navigation Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 Image attribution: David Wright
No.686 General R E Callan launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California General H H Arnold 1963 US Air Force Scrapped 1982 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22139.htm
No.1875 Viking Sky launched in 2016
47,842GT for Viking Ocean Cruises from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9650420 Image attribution: Tony Davis, Oliver Seseman, Tom Gulbrandsen & Marinko Radulic
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO: 9650420, Marghera, Viking Ocean Cruises, Viking Sky
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No.915 Transvaal Castle launched 1961
32,697grt for Union-Castle Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO: 5367623 S.A. Vaal 1966 South African Marine Corporation Festivale 1977 Carnival Cruise Lines IslandBreeze 1996 Dolphin Cruise Line The Big Red Boat III 1998 Premier Cruise Line The Big Boat 2003 Breakers … Continue reading
No.362 Mongolia launched in 1922
16,385grt for P&O Line from Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Rimutaka 1938 New Zealand Shipping Co Europa 1950 Cia de Nav Incres Panama Nassau 1951 Incres SS Co Acapulco 1961 Cia Nav Turistica Mexicana Scrapped in Osaka 1964 ACAPULCO from Richard MacGregory
No.1311 Pacific Express launched in 1992
11,580GT for Marine Express from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki IMO: 9035096 KC Rainbow 2006 KC Line Seco Maru 2010 Grand Ferry Ri Zhao Ding Fang 2011 Rizhao Port Shipping Baja Star 2015 Baja Ferries Image attribution: Yuichi Morita & Manuel Constantin
Posted in China, ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Baja Star, IMO: 9035096, KC Line, KC Rainbow, Marine Express, Mitsubishi, Pacific Express, Ri Zhao Ding Fang, Seco Maru, Shimonoseki
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No.1312 Via Adriatico launched in 1992
14,398GT for Viamare di Navigazione from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9019066 Beniamino Carnevale 2017 Tirrenia di Navagazione Leider Prestij 2024 Image attribution: Gianmario Tedesco, Mauritzio Pierotti & 2 named images from Marine Traffic
No.1313 Via Tirreno launched in 1992
15,848GT for Viamare di Navigazione from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9019078 Galileusz 2006 Unity Line Image attribution: Adawo & 2 named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Galileusz, IMO: 9019078, Krimpen, Unity Line, Van der Giessen, Via Tirreno, Viamare di Navigazione
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No.1314 Ciremai launched in 1992
14,610GT for Indonesian Government (PELNI) by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg IMO: 9032135 Image attribution: Fahmy Indraman others named from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Ciremai, IMO: 9032135, Indonesian Government, Jos L Meyer, Papenburg, PELNI
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