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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.250 Statendam launched 1914
32,234grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Renamed Justicia 1917 & managed by White Star Line for service as a troopship Torpedoed by UB 64 & UB 124 off Skerrymore 1918 Image: Steve Walker Color As intended – … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Justicia, Skerrymore, Statendam, torpedoed, UB124, UB64, White Star Line
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No.245 Bismarck launched in 1914
56,551grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Majestic 1922 White Star Line Caledonia 1937 British Admiralty Scrapped Inverkeithing by 1944 after a fire in 1939, awaiting disposal Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Caledonia
No.1296 Royal Majesty launched in 1991
32,396GT for Majesty Cruise Line Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku 173.5m x 33.2m 1056 passengers Stretched 207.3m x 33.2m 1800 Norwegian Majesty 1997 40876 Norwegian Cruise Line Louis Majesty 2009 Louis Cruise Line Thomson Majesty 2012 Thomson Cruises Celestyal Majesty 2018 Celestyal … Continue reading
No.1301 Spirit of British Columbia launched in 1992
18,747GT from British Columbia Ferries from Yarrows, Victoria IMO: 9015668 Three named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged British Columbia Ferries, IMO: 9015668, Spirit of British Columbia, Victoria, Yarrows
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No.1293 Stena Challenger launched in 1991
18,523GT for Sealink UK from Fosen Mek, Rissa IMO: 8917388 Leif Ericson 2001 Marine Atlantic 3rd image Jack Ronalds
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Fosen Mek, IMO: 8917388, Leif Ericson, marine Atlantic, Rissa, Sealink, Stena Challenger
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No.1294 Normandie launched in 1991
27,541GT for Brittany Ferries from Kværner Masa-Yards, Turku IMO: 9006253 Image attribution: Don Hazeldine See the modified funnel Massalia 2025 La Meridionale Daniel Gosling’s image MASSALIA ex NORMANDIE in Marseilles. Image from David Corsu
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Brittany Ferries, IMO: 9006253, Kvaerner Masa, Turku
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No.1299 Lu Xun launched in 1991
14,410GT for Chinese Maritime Trust Ltd from Shin Kurushima, Onishi IMO: 9030632 Su Zhou Hao 1993 Shanghai Ferry Arrived Chittagong for breaking 23 Aug 2024 Images from Kero and S Katsuragi Image attribution: Kero S Katsuragi
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Chinese Maritime Trust, IMO: 9030632, Lu Xun, Onishi, Shanghai, Shun Kurushima, Su Zhou Hao
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No.391 Aurania launched in 1924
13,984grt for Cunard Line from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Artifex 1942 Royal Navy Scrapped in La Spezia 1961
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Artifex, Aurania, Cunard Line, Newcastle, Royal Navy, Swan Hunter
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No.392 Tilawa launched in 1924
10,006grt for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 29 in the Indian Ocean 1942
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, I29, Newcastle, Tilawa, torpedoed
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