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 , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.338 Hobsons Bay launched in 1921

13,837grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow Esperance Bay 1936 Aberdeen & Commonwealth Scrapped in Faslane 1955 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection

Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

No.1699 Bo Hai Yin Zhu launched in 2007

19,847GT for Bo Hai Ferry Co by Shandong Huanghai, Shidau IMO: 9486219 Not to be confused with the identical Bo Hai Jin Zhu !! Image attribution: Gena Anfimov

Posted in China, ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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.

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Class C4-S-A1 (30 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment