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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.279 Sea Girt launched in 1919
13,789grt for US Shipping Board 535ft Class from New York SB Corp, Camden Southern Cross 1921 Munson Line Wharton 1939 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1952 Image attribution: Percy Loomis Sperr SOUTHERN CROSS. Oct.31, 1932, thanks to Yoshiaki Nishimura SOUTHERN CROSS … Continue reading
No.878 Bergensfjord launched in 1955
18,739grt for Norwegian America Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO 5042120 De Grasse 1972 CGT French Line Rasa Sayang 1973 Thoresen & Co Golden Moon 1978 Sunlit Cruises Rasa Sayang 1980 Greek Aphrodite Fire, sank Piraeus 1980 … Continue reading
No.879 Zion launched in 1955
10,195grt for Zim Israel Navigation Co from Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Amelia de Mello 1966 Soc Geral de Commercio Ithaca 1972 Cia Vapores Realma Dolphin IV 1978 Ulysses Cruises Scrapped at Alang, India in 2003 under the name ‘Khaw’ Image attribution: … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Alang, Amelia de Mello, Cia Vapores Realma, Deutsche Werft, Dolphin, Hamburg, Ithaca, Khaw, Ulysses, Zim Israel, Zion
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No.617 Oranje launched in 1938
24,377grt for Stoomvaart Mij by ‘Nederland’ Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Angelina Lauro 1964 Flotta Lauro Angelina 1977 Costa Line Fire St Thomas, Sank in the Pacific 1979 ORANJE in Cape Town Photo from Ben Ayre
No.1142 Olau Britannia launched in 1981
14,983grt for Olau Line by AG ‘Weser’, Bremerhaven Bayard 1990 Fred Olsen Christian IV 1991 Color Line Julia 2008 Stella Naves Wind Perfection 2012 C Bed Moby Zaza 2015 Moby Lines 22161GT World Legacy 2026 World Cruises Sustained a fire … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, passenger ship, Static ship
Tagged AG Weser, Bayard, bremerhaven, Christian IV, Color Line, Fred Olsen, IMO: 8020642, Julia, Moby Lines, Moby Zaza, Olau Britannia, Olau Line, Stella Naves, Wind Perfection
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No.1143 Prinsessan Birgitta launched in 1981
14,368 Stena Sessan Line from Goteverken Arendal, Gothenburg IMO: 7901772 St Nicholas 1983 Sealink UK Ltd Stena Normandy 1991 Stena Line A/B Normandy 1997 Irish Ferries Scrapped Alang 2012 Derek Sands on Ship Spotting
No.1144 Mazowia launched in 1981
10,552grt for Turkiye Denizcilik from Stocznia Szczecinska, Szczecin IMO: 7615672 Ankara 1982 Turkiye Denizcilik Piri Reis Universitesi 2015 Turkiye Denizcilik Raess for final voyage, arrived Alang 18 May 2022 Image attribution: Marko Zoga & 3 other named images from Marine Traffic
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Ankara, IMO: 7615672, Mazowia, Piri Reis Universitesi, Stocznia Szczecinska, Szczecin, Turkiye Denizcilik
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No.1145 Abegweit launched in 1982
13,483 CN Marine Inc by Saint John SB Co Ltd, Saint John NB IMO: 7927843 Scrapped Alang 2004 Image attribution: Mac McKay
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Abegweit, Alang, CN Marine, IMO: 7927843, St John SB
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No.1147 Nieuw Amsterdam launched in 1982
33,930GT for Holland America Tours by Chantiers de l´Atlantique, St Nazaire IMO: 8024014 Patriot 2000 American Classic Voyages Nieuw Amsterdam 2002 Holland America Tours Spirit 2002 Louis Cruise Line Thomson Spirit 2003 Thomson Cruises Marella Spirit 2017 Marella Cruises La Spirit … Continue reading
No.1150 Fairsky launched in 1982
38,876GT for Sitmar Cruises by Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee, La Seyne-Sur Mer IMO: 8024026 Sky Princess 1988 P&O Group Pacific Sky 2000 P&O Princess Cruises Sky Wonder 2006 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Atlantic Star 2009 Royal Caribbean Cruise … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Antic, Atlantic Star, Chantiers du Nord, Fairsky, IMO: 8024026, La Seyne, P&O, Pacific Sky, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Sitmar, Sky Princess, Sky Wonder
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