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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.605 Pasteur launched in 1938
32,360grt for Cie Sudatlantique by Penhoët, St Nazaire Bremen 1959 North German Lloyd Regina Magna 1972 Chandris Line Saudiphil I 1977 Philippine Singapore Filipinas Saudi I 1980 Philsimport International Sank en route to breakers 1980 As a troopship in Aden … Continue reading
No.105 Empress of Britain launched in 1905
14,189grt for Canadian Pacific by Fairfield, Glasgow Montroyal 1924 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Stavanger 1930 Empress of Britain during The Great War – Everyone on the port side 1915 MONTROYAL built as EMPRESS OF BRITAIN Paul Strathdee
No.604 Patria launched in 1938
17,870grt for Hamburg-America Line by Deutsche Werft, Hamburg Empire Welland 1945 Ministry of Transport Rossia 1946 USSR Aniva 1985 Breakers Scrapped in Etajima, Japan 1986 Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Image attribution: Arne Lütkenhorst Rossia and Admiral Nakhimov
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Aniva, Deutsche Werft, Empire Welland, Etajima, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Japan, Ministry of Transport, Patria, Rossia, USSR
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No.104 Carmania launched in 1905
19,524grt for Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped Blyth 1932 Image attribution: National Museums Liverpool Carmania wartime
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Blyth, Carmania, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown
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No.446 Augustus launched in 1926
32,650grt for Navigazione Generale Italiana from Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente Taken over by the Italian Navy, the Augustus was converted into an aircraft carrier and renamed Falco and later Sparviero Scuttled Genoa 1944, scrapped 1946 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Augustus_(1926) Roma, Duilio e Augustus a … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Ansaldo, Augustus, Falco, Genoa, Genova, Navigazione Generale Italiana, Sestri Ponente, Sparviero
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No.442 Alcantara launched in 1926
22,181grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, BelfastKaisho Maru 1958 Japanese BreakersScrapped in Osaka 1958 In Funchal, Madeira Rio de Janeiro Wartime photo from IWM At Port Said Photo from John Winters Alcantara in Southampton 8.6.58 after her … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Alcantara, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Kaisho Maru, Osaka, royal Mail Line
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No.103 Amerika launched in 1905
22,225grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast America 1917 US Navy Edmund B Alexander 1941 US Maritime Commission Scrapped Baltimore 1958 Another vessel that sailed in both World Wars USAT EDMUND B. ALEXANDER. ex AMERIKA in New York … Continue reading
No.602 Cilicia launched in 1937
11,137grt Anchor Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Jan Backx 1966 Stichting Rotterdam Scrapped in Bilbao 1980 Cilicia in Aden, photo by Mark Bowd Cilicia in Aden
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Bilbao, Cilicia, Fairfield Glasgow, Jan Backx, Stichting Rotterdam
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No.102 La Provence launched in 1905
13,753 CGT French Line from Penhoët, St Nazaire Provence II 1914 French Navy Torpedoed by U 35 in the Mediterranean 1916 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT French Line, French Navy, La Provence, Mediterranean, Penhoet, Provence II, St Nazaire, torpedoed, U35
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No.450 Sibajak launched in 1927
12,040 for Rotterdam Lloyd from De Schelde, Vlissingen Scrapped in Hong Kong 1959 Image attribution: Rhett Young Joubert & John Gibbard Image attribution: John Gibbard, taken at Southampton 18 May 1958
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged de Schelde, Hong Kong, Rotterdam Lloyd, Sibajak, Vlissingen
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