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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.
Category Archives: Pilgrim Ship
No.1878 Genting Dream floated out in 2016
150,695GT for Dream Cruises from Meyer Werft, Papenburg IMO: 9733105 Image attribution: Meyer Werft & Tony Davis My photo from Singapore 25 Aug 2025
Posted in Cruise ship, Pilgrim Ship
Tagged Dream Cruises, Genting Dream, IMO: 9733105, Meyer Werft, Papenburg
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No.261 Tyndareus launched in 1915
11,347grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Scrapped in Hong Kong 1960 Completed during WW1, she served as a troopship and was nearly sunk by a German mine but without loss of life. Between the wars she operated commercially in the … Continue reading
No.605 Pasteur launched in 1938
32,360grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Bremen 1959 North German Lloyd Regina Magna 1972 Chandris Line Saudiphil I 1977 Philippine Singapore Filipinas Saudi I 1980 Philsimport International Sank en route to breakers 1980 As a troopship in Aden … Continue reading
No.1955 Costa Firenze floated out 6 Nov 2019
135,136GT for Costa Asia by Fincantieri, Maghera Renamed Carnival Firenze in 2024 IMO: 9801691 Image attribution: Celso Hdez, Lele Urso, Michael Hahn & Ralf MBS on Ship Spotting, and Carnival Cruise Line
Posted in Cruise ship, Pilgrim Ship
Tagged Costa Asia, Costa Firenze, fincantieri, IMO: 9801691, Maghera
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No.586 Pretoria launched in 1936
17,891grt for German East Africa Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Doon 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Orwell 1949 Ministry of Transport Gunung Djati 1959 Pan-Islamic SS Co then Alfred Holt Tanjung Pandan 1979 Indonesian Navy Scrapped Taiwan 1987 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Pilgrim Ship, troopship
Tagged Alfred Holt, Blohm & Voss, Blue Funnel Line, Empire Doon, Empire Orwell, German East Africa Line, Gunung Djate, Hamburg, Indonesian Navy, Ministry of Transport, Pan-Islamic, Pretoria, Tanjung Pandan
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No.569 Potsdam launched in 1935
17,528grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Jewel 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Fowey 1946 Ministry of Transport Safina-E-Hujjaj 1960 Pan-Islamic SS Co (and a regular caller in Aden) Scrapped Gadani Beach 1976 Potsdam at Suez Empire … Continue reading
The World's Passenger Ships 