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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.1287 Sun Flower Nishiki launched in 1991
19,468GT for Kansai Kisen Kaisha from Kanasahi Co, Toyohashi IMO: 9042764 Superferry 21 2010 Aboitiz Transport St Leo the Great 2012 2Go Travel Arrived Chittagong for breaking 18 Jan 2022 Image attribution: Vincent Paul Sanchez & Capt Turboboss ST LEO THE … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged 2Go Travel, Aboitiz, Chittagong, IMO: 9042764, Kanasahi, Kansai Kisen Kaisha, St Leo the Great, Sun Flower Nishiki, Superferry, Toyohashi
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No.1288 European Pathway launched in 1991
30,365GT for P & O European Ferries by Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Bremerhaven IMO: 9007295 Pride of Canterbury 2003 P&O Ferries Arrived Aliaga, Turkey 16 January 2024 to be broken up My photo
No.687 General C G Morton launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Green Wave 1967 Central Gulf SS Corp Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22138.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged General C G Morton, Green Wave, Kaiser, Richmond California, US Navy
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No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944
17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General W H Gordon, Kaohsiung, Kearny, US Navy
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No.689 Admiral E W Eberle launched in 1944
17,100grt for US Navy from Bethlehem Steel Co, Alameda, California Gen Simon B Buckner 1947 US Army Scrapped Brownsville 1999 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22123.htm
No.322 Pine Tree State launched in 1921
14,119grt for US Shipping Board from Bethlehem SB Corp, Sparrow’s Point President Grant 1922 Admiral Oriental Harris 1940 US Navy President Grant 1946 US Maritime Commission Scrapped in Wilmington 1947 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03002.htm USS Harris
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship, US Shipping Board 535ft Class
Tagged Admiral Oriental, Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Harris, Pine Tree Mariner, President Grant, Sparrow's Point, US Maritime Commission, US Navy, US Shipping Board, Wilmington
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No.324 City of Paris launched in 1921
10,902grt for Ellerman Lines from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Newport 1956 Image attribution: John Crossland
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged City of Paris, Ellerman Line, Newcastle, Newport, Swan Hunter
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No.325 Ausonia launched in 1921
13,912grt for Cunard Line by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Scrapped in Castlellon 1965 From 1942 she was a Royal Navy heavy repair ship. The oldest ship in my database that I’ve seen – Gibraltar 1964 Photo from Richard Cox Ausonia in … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Armstrong Whitworth, Ausonia, Castellon, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Royal Navy
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No.326 Balranald launched in 1921
13,039grt for P & O Branch Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Scrapped in Troon 1936
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Balranald, Greenock, Harland & Wolff, P&O Branch Line, Troon
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The World's Passenger Ships 