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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.153 France launched in 1910
23,666grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire France IV 1914 Troop transport France 1919 CGT French Line Scrapped in Dunkirk 1935 Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc Color
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, Dunkirk, France, Penhoët, St Nazaire
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No.151 Aeneas launched in 1910
10,049grt for Blue Funnel Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Bombed off Devon 1940
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aeneas, Belfast, Blue Funnel Line, Bombed, Devon, Workman Clark
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No.150 Franconia launched in 1910
18,150grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 47 off Malta 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Franconia, Malta, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, UB47
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No.149 Maloja launched in 1910
12,431grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined off Dover 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Dover, Harland & Wolff, Maloja, Mined, P&O
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No.145 Balmoral Castle launched in 1909
13,361grt for Union-Castle Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Scrapped Newport 1939
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Balmoral Castle, Fairfield Glasgow, Newport, Union Castle
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No.142 Mantua launched in 1909
10,885grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Scrapped Shanghai 1935
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Caird, Greenock, Mantua, P&O, Shanghai
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No.141 Otranto launched in 1909
12,124grt for Orient Steam Nav Co by Workman Clark, Belfast Collision, sank Irish Sea 1918 with huge loss of life Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Irish Sea, Orient Line, Otranto, sank, Workman Clark
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No.170 Cap Finisterre launched in 1911
14,503grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg USS Cap Finisterre & then a Japanese War Prize Taiyo Maru 1920 Toyo Kisen KK Torpedoed US submarine Grenadier off Japan 1942 Image from Rich Turnwald
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cap Finisterre, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Taiyo Maru, Toyo Kisen, USS Grenadier
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No.169 Ballarat launched in 1911
11,120grt for P & O Line Branch Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 32 off Wolf Rock 1917 Image attribution: Australian War Memorial
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Ballarat, Branch Line, Caird, Greenock, P&O, torpedoed, UB32, Wolf rock
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No.167 Laconia launched in 1911
18,099grt for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 50 off Fastnet 1917 Image attribution: http://gjenvick.com
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Fastnet, Laconia, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U50
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