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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.246 Ile de Cuba launched in 1914
11,953grt for CGT French Line from Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence at Port de Bouc Lafayette 1914 CGT French Line Mexique 1928 CGT French Line Mined Le Verdon 1940 Lafayette as a hospital ship Lafayette in Le Havre before 1928
No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914
11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Hindi name meaning Empress of India KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Caird, Cunard Line, Emperor of India, Greenock, Kaisar-I-Hind, P&O
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No.248 Tuscania launched in 1914
14,348grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by UB 77 off Rathlin Island 1918
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Rathlin Island, Stephen Glasgow, Tuscania, UB77
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No.1132 Saga Star launched in 1981
17,672grt for Scandinavian Ferry Lines from FEAB Marstrandsverken, Uddevalla IMO: 7931997 Girolata 1989 DFDS Saga Star 1993 TT Line Dieppe 2002 Transmanche Ferries Baltivia 2003 Polferries Dioscuria 2024 Georgian Owners Image attribution: simonwp on Ship Spotting
No.1133 Travemunde launched in 1981
17,046grt for Gedser-Travemünde Røuten from Wärtsilä, Helsinki IMO: 8000226 Travemunde Link 1987 Gedser-Travemünde Røuten Sally Star 1988 Sally Line Thjelvar 1997 Rederi AB Gotland Color Traveller 2004 Color Line Thjelvar 2006 Rederi AB Gotland Rostock 2007 Scandlines Thjelvar 2010 Rederi AB … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Balearia, Betancuria, Color Lne, Color Traveller, Fred Olsen, Gedser-Travemünde Røuten, Helsinki, IMO: 8000226, Rederi AB Gotland, Rostock, Sally Line, Sally Star, Scandlines, Thjelvar, Travemunde, Travemunde Link, Wasa Express, Wasa Line, Wärtsilä
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No.699 General M B Stewart launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Albany 1967 Albany River Transport Mission Viking 1974 Avondale Shipyards Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22140.htm
No.700 General A W Greely launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Hawaii Bear 1969 Pacific Far East Line Austral Glade 1976 Farrell Lines Pacific Enterprise 1979 American Pacific Caribe Enterprise 1982 American Pacific Scrapped 1986 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22141.htm
No.359 Doric launched in 1922
16,484grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Newport 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & a photo from Geirangerfjord DORIC & RELIANCE in Copenhagen 1934 Doric in Geirangerfjord
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Copenhagen, Doric, Harland & Wolff, Newport
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No.877 Empress of Britain launched in 1955
25,516grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Queen Anna Maria 1964 Greek Line Carnivale 1975 Carnival Cruise Line Fiesta Marina 1993 Fiesta Marina Cruises Olympic 1995 Epirotiki Line The Topaz 1997 TUI Travel The Topaz 2003 Topaz International Scrapped Alang … Continue reading
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