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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.227 Borda launched in 1913
11,136grt for P & O Line Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Borda, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.229 Admiral von Tirpitz launched in 1913
21,498grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Tirpitz 1914 Hamburg-America Line Empress of China 1921 Canadian Pacific Empress of Australia 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1952 Empress of China 20 Jan 1943 HMS Sturgeon entering Mers-el-kebir harbour, passing Empress … Continue reading
No.1155 Kambuna launched in 1983
13,944GT Indonesian Government (PELNI) by Jos. L. Meyer, Papenburg IMO: 8209688 Tanjung Nusanive 2010 Indonesian Navy Sunk in the Thousand Islands, Jakarta to be utilized as an underwater tourism spot, decommissioned on 24 Jan 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRI_Tanjung_Nusanive_(973) Pic: Fadhil Nugroho
Posted in ferry, Navy Ship, passenger ship, Static ship, troopship
Tagged IMO: 8209688, Indonesian Government, Indonesian Navy, Jakarta, Jos L Meyer, Kambuna, Papenburg, PELNI, Tanjung Nusanuve
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No.211 Vaterland launched in 1913
54,282grt for Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Leviathan 1917 United States Lines Scrapped in Rosyth 1938 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Leviathan, United States Line, Vaterland
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No.220 Llanstephan Castle launched in 1913
11,293grt Union-Castle Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1952 Another ship to serve in both World Wars
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Dalmuir, Fairfield Glasgow, Llanstephan Castle, Union Castle
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No.218 Berrima launched in 1913
11,137grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped in Japan 1930 P&O’s Berrima, displaying Lund’s Blue Anchor on her funnel
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Berrima, Caird, Greenock, Japan, P&O Branch Line
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No.216 Alaunia launched in 1913
13,405grt for Cunard Line from Scott´s, Greenock Mined English Channel 1916
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alaunia, cunard, English Channel, Mined, Scott's Greenock
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No.213 Calgarian launched in 1913
17,521get for Allan Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U19 off Rathlin 1918 HMS Calgarian
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Allan line, Calgarian, Fairfield Glasgow, Rathlin, torpedoed, U19
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No.883 Oxfordshire launched in 1955
21,618grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow IMO 5267732 Fairstar 1964 Fairstar Shipping Corp (Sitmar) – later with P&O Australia Ripa 1997 Breakers Scrapped Alang 1997 As a troopship was the running mate, not sister ship, of British India’s Nevasa … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alang, Bibby Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Fairstar, IMO 5267732, Nevasa, Oxfordshire, P&O Australia, Ripa, Sitmar
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The World's Passenger Ships 