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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.478 Duchess of York launched 1928
20,021grt for Canadian Pacific from John Brown, Clydebank Bombed Oporto 1943
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bombed, Canadian Pacific, Clydebank, Duchess of York, John Brown, Oporto
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No.479 Virginia launched 1928
20,773grt for American Line from Newport News at Newport News Brazil 1938 Moore & McCormack Lines IMO: 5050854 Scrapped in New York 1964 Image attribution: Joe Wilhelm, artist & Gamle skipsbilder
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged American Line, Brazil, IMO: 5050854, Moore McCormack, New York, Newport News, Virginia
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No.567 Queen Mary launched in 1934
81,237grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank. Last voyage 1967. Hotel, Long Beach California Image copyright: Beken of Cowes & a postcard RMS Queen Mary at Balboa, en route to Long Beach She is No.567 on my database … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged California, Capt Treasure Jones, Clydebank, Cunard Line, John Brown, Long Beach, Queen Mary, Southampton
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No.566 Scharnhorst launched in 1934
18,184grt for North German Lloyd by Deschimag, AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Shinyo 1943 Japanese Navy (converted into a flat top aircraft carrier) Torpedoed by US submarine Spadefish off Shanghai 1944
No.482 Highland Brigade launched in 1928
14,131grt Nelson Line for Harland & Wolff, Belfast Incorporated into Royal Mail Line in 1932 Henrietta 1959 John S Latsis Marianna 1960 John S Latsis IMO: 5223578 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1965 Image attribution: Fotoflite, John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald Collection
No.65 Kronprinz Wilhelm launched in 1901
14,908grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin Von Steuben 1917 US Navy Scrapped Baltimore 1923 Colour photos by Steve Walker Color
No.483 Northern Prince launched 1928
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Sunk by German aircraft off Crete, whilst sailing in convoy from Liverpool for Piraeus with military stores. 1941 Image attribution: Clydeships website
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Crete, Furness Withy, Lithgows, Liverpool, Northern Prince, Port Glasgow
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No.564 Manoora launched in 1934
11,111grt for The Adelaide SS Co by Stephen, Glasgow Ambulombo 1961 Indonesian Government Affan Oceana 1965 PT Affan Raya Ambulombo 1966 PT Perusahaan Sank off Luzon 1972 Image copyright: Allan Green Collection and Don Ross The State Library of Victoria/Stephen … Continue reading
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Tagged Adelaide, Affan Oceana, Ambulombo, Indonesia, Luzon, Manoora, Stephen Glasgow
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No.563 Jagersfontein launched in 1934
10,077grt for Holland Africa Line by Nederlandsche SB Mij, Amsterdam Torpedoed by U 107 off Bermuda 1942
No.486 Eastern Prince launched in 1929
10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Napier & Miller, Glasgow Empire Medway 1950 Ministry of Transport Scrapped in Faslane 1953 A model of identical sister Northern Prince
The World's Passenger Ships 