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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.624 Chrobry launched in 1939
11,442grt for Gdynia-America Line by Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Nakskov Bombed Norway 1940 Image attribution: Naviearmatori Chrobry – Bombed Norway 1940
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, Chrobry, Gdynia-America Line, Nakskov, Nakskov Skibsvaerft, Norway
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No.625 Cristobal launched in 1939
10,021grt for Panama Railroad by Bethlehem Steel Co, Quincy Scrapped in Brownsville 1981
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bethlehem Steel, Brownsville, Cristobal, Panama Railroad, Quincy
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No.626 Klipfontein launched in 1939
10,544grt for United Netherlands Navigation Co by Smit Jr, Rotterdam Aground near Inhambane, Mozambique 1953 Image attribution: John Sins Klipfontein photo posted on Ship Spotting by Andreas Hoppe
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Inhambane, Klipfontein, Mozambique, Rotterdam, Smit Jr, United Netherlands
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No.627 Andes launched in 1939
25,689grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Ghent 1971 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes ANDES on trials ANDES arriving in Oslo in May 31st 1945, with the Norwegian Government in exile on board
Posted in Cruise ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andes, Belfast, Ghent, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.628 Oranjefontein launched in 1940
10,544grt for United Netherlands Navigation Co by Smit Jr, Rotterdam Fontein 1967 Breakers Scrapped in Bilbao 1969 Image attribution: Frank van der Heul, Allan Green Collection & Andreas Hoppe
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bilbao, Fontein, Oranjefontein, Rotterdam, Smit Jr, United Netherlands
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No.629 Nitta Maru launched in 1939
17,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Chuyo 1942 an aircraft carrier with the Japanese Navy Torpedoed by US submarine Sailfish 1943 Nitta Maru as she pulls into Pier 8 in Honolulu harbor on May 26, 1940 From Rich … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged aircraft carrier, Chuyp, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Nitta Maru, Sailfish
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No.630 Baudouinville launched in 1939
13,761grt for Compagnie Maritime by Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Lindau 1942 German Navy Sunk Nantes 1944, raised 1946. scrapped Antwerp 1947 Image attribution: Ships Nostalgia Frederik Janssens
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Antwerp, Baudouinville, cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, German Navy, Hoboken, Lindau, Nantes
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No.243 Cap Polonio launched in 1914
20,576grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Vineta 1915 Auxiliary Cruiser Cap Polonio 1915 Hamburg-South America Scrapped Bremerhaven 1935 CAP POLONIO leaving Santos
No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914
10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island
The World's Passenger Ships 