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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.337 Tuscania launched in 1921
16,991grt for Anchor Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Nea Hellas 1939 Greek Line New York 1955 Greek Line Scrapped in Onomichi 1961 New York in Southampton 19th July 1959 – John Gibbard
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Anchor Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Greek Line, Nea Hellas, Onomichi, Tuscania
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No.1700 AIDAdiva launched in 2007
69,203GT for AIDA Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9334856 Image attribution: David Sky, Neil Hopper and Joost Keesing
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged AIDA cruises, AIDAdiva, IMO: 9334856, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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No.695 General W.P. Richardson launched in 1944
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny La Guardia 1949 American Export Lines Leilani 1956 Hawaiian SS Co President Roosevelt 1961 American President Lines Atlantis 1970 Chandris Line Emerald Seas 1972 Ares Shipping Funtastica 1992 Ares … Continue reading
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Atlantis, Emerald Seas, Funtastica, General W.P. Richardson, La Guardia, Leilani, Ocean Explorer, President Roosevelt, Sapphire Seas, Terrifica
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No.696 General R M Blatchford launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Stonewall Jackson 1970 Waterman Carriers Alex Stephens 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22153.htm USS General R. M. Blatchford (AP-153) on a Magic Carpet cruise entering San Francisco Bay in 1945.
No.697 General William Weigel launched in 1944
17,812grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22119.htm
No.698 General Le Roy Eltinge launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Robert E Lee 1969 Waterman Carriers Robert Toombs 1973 Waterman Carriers Scrapped Kaohsiung 1980 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22154.htm Photo – General Le Roy Eltinge at Sasebo, Japan 1951
No.1746 Oasis of the Seas launched in 2008
225,282GT for Royal Caribbean Cruise from STX Finland, Turku Image attribution: Tony Davis Image from Karen Snow
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9383936, Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International, STX Finland, Turku
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No.1747 Lisco Maxima launched in 2008
25,518GT for DFDS Tor Line by Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Marina di Carrera IMO: 9350721 Victoria Seaways 2012 DFDS Seaways Image attribution: Carsten Brecht & named images from Marine Traffic
