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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.256 Belgenland launched in 1914
27,132grt for Red Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Belgic 1917 White Star Line Belgenland 1923 Red Star Line Columbia 1935 Atlantic Transport Line Scrapped in Bo’ness 1936 Image from Steve Walker Color Belgic in early service Belgenland leaving … Continue reading
No.257 Ausonia launched in 1915
11,300grt for for Società Italiana di Servizi Marittimi (SITMAR) from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg There were plans to convert her to an aircraft carrier. Never completed, broken up in 1922
No.258 Aotearoa launched in 1915
14,744 grt for Union SS Co of New Zealand by Fairfield, Glasgow HMS Avenger 1916 Royal Navy Torpedoed by UB 69 at Scapa Flow 1917 http://naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Avenger.htm & The John Oxley Library
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aotearoa, Fairfield Glasgow, HMS Avenger, New Zealand, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, torpedoed, UB69, Union SS Co
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No.259 San Gennaro launched in 1915
12,087grt for Sicula Americana from Palmers, Jarrow Colombo 1921 Navigazione Generale Italiana Scuttled Massawa 1941 Painting from George Duncan As a war transport in the Suez Canal
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Colombo, Jarrow, Massawa, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Palmers, San Gennaro, Scuttled, Sicula Americana
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No.260 Esperia launched in 1915
11,398grt for Soc Ital di Servizi Marittimi from Soc Ersercicio Bacini, Riva Trigoso Torpedoed by HMS Unique, Mediterranean 1941 Image attribution: Paolo Piccone, Archivio Stefano Cioglia Cagliari & Rich Turnwald
No.1411 Miyazaki Express launched in 1996
11,931GT for Marine Express from Mitsubishi, Shimonoseki Dharma Ferry V 2022 DLU Ferry IMO: 9145865 Image: Kenro Oshita, Shinichi Awa and rofer.id
Posted in ferry, Japanese, passenger ship
Tagged Dharma Ferry V, DLU Ferry, IMO: 9145865, Marine Express, Mitsubishi, Miyazaki Express, Shimonoseki
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No.1412 Tacoma launched in 1996
12,864GT for State of Washington from Todd Pacific, Seattle IMO: 9133977 Image attribution: Jackie Pritchard & Chas Hitz on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9133977, Seattle, State of Washington, Tacoma, Todd Pacific
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No.1413 Galaxy launched in 1996
76,522GT for Celebrity Cruises by Meyer Werft, Papenburg Celebrity Galaxy 2008 Celebrity Cruises Mein Schiff 2009 TUI Cruises Mein Schiff 1 2010 TUI Cruises Marella Explorer 2018 TUI Cruises IMO: 9106297 Image attribution: Osman Kaynak, Nektarios Papadakis & Tony Davis
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Celebrity, Celebrity Galaxy, Galaxy, IMO: 9106297, Marella Explorer, Mein Schiff, Meyer Werft, Papenburg, TUI Cruises
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No.1414 Isle of Inishmore launched in 1996
34,031GT for Irish Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9142605 Image attribution: Martin Howell; John Pegden, Kevin Clark and Sean Boyce on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged IMO: 9142605, Irish Ferries, Isle of Inishmore, Krimpen, Van der Giessen
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No.1415 Norwegian Sky, incomplete hull launched 1996
at Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack & she was eventually completed in 1999 at Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven for Norwegian Cruise Line 77,104GT Pride of Aloha 2004 NCL America Norwegian Sky 2008 Norwegian Cruise Line She was originally ordered by Costa Cruises as … Continue reading
The World's Passenger Ships 