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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.100 Kaiserin Auguste Victoria launched in 1905
24,581grt for Hamburg-America Line by Vulcan, Stettin Empress of Scotland 1921 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Blyth 1931
No.451 Cheshire launched 1927
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, GlasgowScrapped in Newport 1957 Image from Gordy on Ship Spotting Image from Pamela Ross
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bibby Line, Cheshire, Fairfield, Glasgow
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No.99 Virginian launched in 1904
10,754 for Allan Line by Stephen, Glasgow Drottningholm 1920 Swedish-America Line Brasil 1948 Home Lines Homeland 1951 Home Lines Scrapped Trieste 1955
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Allan line, Brasil, Drottningholm, Glasgow, Home Lines, Homeland, Stephen, Swedish-America, Trieste, Virginian
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No.98 Victorian launched in 1904
10,653grt for Allan Line by Workman Clark, Belfast Marloch 1922 Canadian Pacific Scrapped Milford Haven 1929
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Tagged Allan line, Belfast, Canadian Pacific, Marloch, Milford Haven, Victorian, Workman Clark
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No.97 Caronia launched in 1904
19,594 Cunard Line by John Brown, Clydebank Taiseiyo Maru 1932 Japanese Breakers Scrapped Osaka 1933 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Artist is Gordon Bauwens
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Caronia, Clydebank, John Brown, Osaka, Taiseiyo Maru
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No.454 Laurentic launched in 1927
18,724grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 99 off Ireland in 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Daryl LeBlanc Color Laurentic in Haifa, 1936 during the Palestine disturbances Philippe Martin added – “Môle du … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bordeaux, Harland & Wolff, Ireland, Laurentic, Palestine, torpedoed, U99, White Star Line
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No.455 Conte Grande launched in 1927
25,661grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste Monticello 1942 US Navy Conte Grande 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Rhett Young Joubert Color
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Tagged Conte Grande, Itaalia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, Monticello, Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste, US Navy
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No.95 Servian launched in 1903
18,072grt Originally christened as the SS Servian, she was built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. of Belfast for the Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, a subsidiary of International Mercantile Marine Co. spearheaded by J.P. Morgan. After plans for a … Continue reading
No.94 Scotian launched in 1903
18,168grt for Harland & Wolff, Belfast by Harland & Wolff, Belfast The order was cancelled, she was uncompleted for many months and laid up until purchased by Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Hamburg, Germany in 1906 President Lincoln 1907 Hamburg-America … Continue reading
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