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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: troopship
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.262 Duilio launched in 1916
24,281grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Bombed Trieste 1944 DUILIO and GIULIO CESARE chartered by International Red Cross, photographed in April 1942 in Gibraltar
No.263 Aurania launched in 1916
13,936grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 67 in 1918 off the coast of Donegal. A trawler took the ship in tow but she became stranded near Tobermory on the Isle of Mull, … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aurania, Cunard Line, Donegal, Mull, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, UB67
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No.266 Mahana launched in 1917
11,796grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Workman Clark, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Image attribution: ClydeMaritime
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Dalmuir, Mahana, Shaw Savill & Albion, Workman Clark
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No.267 Minnekahda launched in 1917
17,221grt for Atlantic Transport Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Dalmuir 1936 Minnekahda in dazzle camouflage, approaching New York on 4 December 1918 with 3,010 U.S. troops aboard
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Dalmuir, Dazzle, Harland & Wolff, Minnekahda
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No.268 Ormonde launched in 1917
14,853grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Late WW1 photo ORMONDE Melbourne circa 1950 ORMONDE (1917) on her last voyage through the Suez Canal on 9th November 1952
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orient SN Co, Ormonde
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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.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939
10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aikoku Maru, Bombed, Osaka Shosen KK, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano, Truk Atoll
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The World's Passenger Ships 