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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.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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No.428 Asturias launched in 1925
22,071grt for Royal Mail Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Originally with two funnels Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: John Wilson, State Library of Queensland & Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Asturias, Belfast, Faslane, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.212 Aquitania launched in 1913
45,647grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Faslane 1950 Served as a troopship in both world wars Two images coloured by Steve Walker Leaving New Zealand during WW2 Cunard White Star RMS Aquitania passing Royal Pier, Southampton … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Hospital ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aquitania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Faslane, John Brown
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No.232 Euripides launched in 1914
14,947grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Akaroa 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Antwerp 1954 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color The Euripides at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne
No.233 Britannic launched in 1914
48,158 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined Aegean 1916 Younger sister of the Olympic and Titanic Image attribution: Steve Walker Color By Darly LeBlanc color
Posted in Hospital ship, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Britannic, Harland & Wolff, Mined Aegean, Olympic, Titanic, White Star Line
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No.237 Transylvania launched in 1914
14,315 Cunard Line (later Anchor Line) by Scott’s, Greenock Torpedoed U63 off Genoa 1917 Transylvania sinking in 1917
Posted in Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor Line, Cunard Line, Genoa, Scott's Greenock, torpedoed, Transylvania
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