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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.270 Stavangerfjord launched in 1917
12,977grt for Norwegian America Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Hong Kong 1964 Image from fokalfoto
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Hong Kong, Norwegian America Line, Stavangerfjord
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No.1701 Coastal Renaissance launched in 2007
21,777GT for British Columbia Ferries from Flensburger Schiffbau, Flensburg IMO: 9332755 Image attribution: ML Jacobs Mario Garcia-oliva on Marine Traffic Julian Eusanio on Marine Traffic
No.1702 Cotentin launched in 2007
19,909GT for Brittany Ferries from Aker Finnyards, Helsinki IMO: 9364978 Stena Baltica 2013 Stena Line Cotentin 2020 Brittany Ferries Image attribution: Lukasz Blaszczak Barry Quince from Marine Traffic Nicolas Guerin from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Aker Finnyards, Brittany Ferries, Cotentin, Helsinki, IMO: 9364978, Stena Baltica, Stena Line
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No.1704 Ventura launched in 2007
116,017GT for P&O Cruises from Fincantieri, Monfalcone IMO: 9333175 Image attribution: Lawrence Robson, Peter Ferrary, Tony Davis & Paul King
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO: 9333175, Monfalcone, P&O Cruises, Ventura
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No.1705 Cruise Roma launched in 2007
54,310GT for Grimaldi Lines from Fincantieri, Castellammare IMO: 9351476 Was 225m, now 254m long 63000 GT Image attribution: Vitor Francisco & my photo Barcelona from the Miramar Pix in Cruise
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Castellammare, Cruise Roma, fincantieri, Grimaldi Lines, IMO: 9351476
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No.1706 Borja Dos launched in 2007
27,105GT for Balearia from Cantiere Navale Visentini, Porto Viro IMO: 9349772 T Rex Uno 2009 Balearia Dimonios 2011 Tirrenia Ciudad de Palma 2018 Trasmediterránea Image attribution: Josep Pretel Rene Henri Rosseel on Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Ro-pax
Tagged Balearia, Borja Dos, Cantiere Navale Visentini, Cia Trasmediterranea, Ciudad de Palma, Dimonios, IMO: 9349772, Porto Viro, T Rex Uno, Tirrenia
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No.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939
10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hokoku Maru, Osaka Shosen KK, sunk, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano
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No. 632 Brasil Maru launched in 1939
12,733grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Greenling 1942 Photo from Colombo 1940 by the late Jim Arnold – in my collection BRASIL MARU at Hong Kong in January 1940, shot by the late Don … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Brasil Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Osaka Shosen KK, torpedoed, USS Greenling
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No.635 Kasuga Maru launched in 1940
17,127grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Taiyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944 by USS Rasher off the Philippines The ship as intended
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Japanese Navy, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Philippines, Taiyo Ferry, torpedoed, USS Rasher
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