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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.
Tag Archives: Azores
No.82 Yamuna launched in 1902
10,606grt for British India Line by Laing, Sunderland Slavonia 1904 Cunard Line Ashore in 1909 near Flores in the Azores, (where Sir Richard Grenville lay – Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Azores, British India, Cunard Line, Flores, Laing, Slavonia, Sunderland, Yamuna
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No.201 Ceramic launched in 1912
18,481grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 515 of the Azores 1942 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Azores, Cermamic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, White Star Line
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No.741 Stockholm launched 1946 – Once the Oldest Serving Cruiseship
I’ve been asked which is the oldest serving cruiseship and which vessel has had the most name changes? It is the same ship, last sailed as the Astoria and arrived at the breakers at Ghent. What is remarkable about this … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, Static ship
Tagged Accommodation ship, Ambiente Kreuzfahren, Andrea Doria, Astoria, Athena, Azores, Caribe, Classic Cruises, Collision, Festival Cruises, Fridtjof Nansen, Genoa, Gothenburg, Italia, Italia Prima, Nina SpA, Rivages du Monde, sank, StarLauro, Sweden, Valtur Prima, VEB Deutsche Seereederei, Volerfreundschaft, Volker, Vultur Tourist
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The World's Passenger Ships 