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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.73 Hanoverian launched in 1902
13,507grt for Leyland Line by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Mayflower 1903 Dominion Line Cretic 1903 White Star Line Devonian 1923 Leyland Line Scrapped Bo’ness 1929
No.474 Bremen launched 1928
51,656grt for North German Lloyd from Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Fire 1941, although not due to the war. She was later scrapped in Bremerhaven More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Bremen_(1928) Image attribution: Steve Walker Color Europa and Bremen Image attribution: Daryl LeBlanc
No.572 Duntroon launched in 1935
10,514 Melbourne SS Co by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tong Hoo 1961 Kie Hock Lydia 1966 Africa Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Allan Green Collection
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Tagged Duntroon, Kie Hock, Melbourne SS Co, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, Tong Hoo
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No.475 Rangitiki launched 1928
16,755grt for New Zealand Shipping Company from John Brown, Clydebank Scrapped in Santander 1962
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, New Zealand Shipping Co, Rangitiki, Santander
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No.71 Merion launched in 1901
11,621grt for American Line by John Brown, Clydebank Tiger 1914 British Admiralty (A dummy ship for HMS Tiger) Torpedoed by UB8 off Mudros 1915 and as HMS Tiger
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Admiralty, American Line, Clydebank, HMS Tiger, John Brown, Merion, Mudros, torpedoed, UB8
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No.476 Viceroy of India launched 1928
19,648grt for P&O by Stephen, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 407 off Oran 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Viceroy_of_India Viceroy of India on the 11th of November, 1942
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Tagged Glasgow, P&O, Stephen, torpedoed, U407, Viceroy of India
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No.70 Walmer Castle launched in 1901
12,546grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Blyth 1932 Walmer is 7 miles north of Dover, Kent Image copyright: Bandcstaffregister
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Tagged Blyth, Harland & Wolff, Union-Castle Line, Walmer Castle
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No.477 Leopoldville launched in 1928
11,172grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge from Cockerill, Hoboken, Belgium Modernised 1936/37 Torpedoed by U 486, off Cherbourg 1944 with tragic loss of life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_L%C3%A9opoldville_(1928)
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Tagged Cherbourg, cockerill, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Hoboken, Leopoldville, torpedoed, U486
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No.569 Potsdam launched in 1935
17,528grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Empire Jewel 1945 Ministry of Transport Empire Fowey 1946 Ministry of Transport Safina-E-Hujjaj 1960 Pan-Islamic SS Co (and a regular caller in Aden) Scrapped Gadani Beach 1976 Potsdam at Suez Empire … Continue reading
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