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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.2053 Seven Seas Grandeur floated out 2 Feb 2023
54,000GT for Regent Seven Seas from Fincantieri, Ancona IMO: 9877444 Image attribution: Shippax, Vitor Francicso, Oliver Kessler & Claudio Ritossa
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged fincantieri, IMO: 9877444, Regent Seven Seas, Sestri Ponente, Seven Seas Grandeur
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No.1146 Ciudad de Valencia launched in 1982
11,513grt for Cia Trasmediterranea from Union Naval de Levante, Valencia IMO: 7915802 Mary The Queen 2009 Romblon Shipping Driven ashore Manila 2015 First 3 – named images from Marine Traffic Image attribution: Manuel Mohedano Torres
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Ashore, Cia Trasmediterranea, Ciudad de Valencia, IMO: 7915802, Manila, Mary The Queen, Romblon, Union Naval de Levante, Valencia
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No.1148 Corse launched in 1982
12,686grt for Soc Nationale Maritime Corse-Méditerranée by Dubigeon-Normandie SA, Nantes IMO: 8003620 Grand Ferry 2018 20805 Karaneh Lines Last position Persian Gulf Image attribution: Carlo Martinelli & Brian on Ship Spotting Grand Ferry photo by Georgios Togias
No.1149 Kapitan Khlebnikov launched in 1982
12,288grt for Quark Expeditions from Wärtsilä, Helsinki IMO: 7824417 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court in New Zealand
Posted in Cruise ship, Expedition, passenger ship
Tagged Helsinki, IMO: 7824417, Kapitan Khlebnikov, Quark Expeditions, Wartsila
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No.421 Berlin launched in 1925
15,286grt for North German Lloyd by Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Admiral Nakhimov 1949 USSR Collision, sank Black Sea with heavy loss of life 1986 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Admiral_Nakhimov for a more detailed history, including sinkings in 1945 & 1947. Image attribution: Dragomir Novakovic & … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Admiral Nakhimov, Berlin, Bremer Vulcan, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd, sank, USSR, Vegesack
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No.422 Rawalpindi launched in 1925
16,619grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi Sunk North Atlantic 1939 in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Captain Edward Kennedy RN, killed in action with 237 others, was the … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Kennedy, P&O, Rawalpindi
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No.424 Conte Biancamano launched in 1925
24,416grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Beardmore, Glasgow USS Hermitage 1942 US Navy Conte Biancamano 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Conte_Biancamano Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Don Gammon USS Hermitage Image attribution: Don Gammon
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Beardmore, Conte Biancamano, Glasgow, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, US Navy, USS Hermitage
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No.423 Caledonia launched in 1925
17,046grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow HMS Scotstoun 1939 Royal Navy Torpedoed by U25 off Inishtrahull 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color HMS Scotstoun
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Caledonia, HMS Scotstoun, Royal Navy, Stephen Glasgow, torpedoed, U25
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No.425 Rajputana launched in 1925
16,568grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Torpedoed by U 108 off Ireland in 1941 Image attribution: Norman Stewart
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Greenock, Harland & Wolff, P&O, Rajputana, torpedoed, U108
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