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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.406 Letitia launched 1924
13,475grt Anchor-Donaldson Line by Fairfield, Glasgow Empire Brent 1946 Ministry of Transport Captain Cook 1951 Donaldson Line Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1960 Sister of the ill fated Athenia, sunk on the first day of WW2 Image: John Gibbard & Rich Turnwald … Continue reading
No.280 Cameronia launched in 1919
16,280grt for Anchor Line from Beardmore, Glasgow Empire Clyde 1953 Ministry of Transport Scrapped in Newport 1957
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Anchor, Beardmore, Cameronia, Empire Clyde, Glasgow, Ministry of Transport, Newport
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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024
The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024 is the latest edition of the most up-to-date passenger ship database currently available anywhere online or in bookstores. The Compendium lists 2130 liners, troopships, ferries and cruise ships, listing every passenger carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic, Australia, Clyde, Clydebank, Cruise ship, cunard, Far East, Harbour, Indian, Middle East, Newcastle, Newport News, ocean, Orient, P&O Line, Pacific, passenger ship, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Southampton, Swan Hunter, Sydney, tilbury, Titanic
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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017
I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, troopship, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, America, Angelina Lauro, Argentina, Arnold Kludas, Arosa Sun, Australis, Brasil, Canton, Colin Worker, Convoy, Cruise ship, cruiseship, Duchess of Atholl, Ellinis, Empire Fowey, Eridan, Europa, Felix Roussel, ferry ferries, genealogy, Gibraltar, Great Eastern, Invicta, Italia, Kungsholm, Liberte, Lurline, Malolo, Matsonia, Nritanis, ocean liners, Oranje, Orion, Oronsay, Palestine, passenger liners, passenger ship, Potsdam, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, SA Oranje, SA Vaal, Safuna E Hujjaj, Spirit of Britain, Spirit of France, Tjitjalengka, Tuscania, United States
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The Oranje and Willem Ruys – later Lauro running mates
Two interesting ships that began as rivals and ended up as near sisters (running mates). The Oranje was built for the Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatschapij (Nederland Line) in Amsterdam by the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company. She was launched by Queen Wilhelmina and named in honour … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Hospital ship, passenger liner, troopship
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The Canton of P&O Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 