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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.630 Baudouinville launched in 1939
13,761grt for Compagnie Maritime by Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken Lindau 1942 German Navy Sunk Nantes 1944, raised 1946. scrapped Antwerp 1947 Image attribution: Ships Nostalgia Frederik Janssens
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Antwerp, Baudouinville, cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, German Navy, Hoboken, Lindau, Nantes
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No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914
10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island
No.247 Kaisar-I-Hind launched in 1914
11,430grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Emperor of India 1921 Cunard Line Kaisar-I-Hind 1921 P & O Line Scrapped in Blyth 1938 Hindi name meaning Empress of India KAISAR-I-HIND at Tilbury
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Caird, Cunard Line, Emperor of India, Greenock, Kaisar-I-Hind, P&O
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No.248 Tuscania launched in 1914
14,348grt for Anchor Line from Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by UB 77 off Rathlin Island 1918
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Rathlin Island, Stephen Glasgow, Tuscania, UB77
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No.699 General M B Stewart launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Albany 1967 Albany River Transport Mission Viking 1974 Avondale Shipyards Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22140.htm
No.700 General A W Greely launched in 1944
10,654grt for US Navy from Kaiser, Richmond California Hawaii Bear 1969 Pacific Far East Line Austral Glade 1976 Farrell Lines Pacific Enterprise 1979 American Pacific Caribe Enterprise 1982 American Pacific Scrapped 1986 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22141.htm
No.250 Statendam launched 1914
32,234grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Renamed Justicia 1917 & managed by White Star Line for service as a troopship Torpedoed by UB 64 & UB 124 off Skerrymore 1918 Image: Steve Walker Color As intended – … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Justicia, Skerrymore, Statendam, torpedoed, UB124, UB64, White Star Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 