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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: Barclay Curle
No.113 Corsican launched in 1907
11,436grt for Allan Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Marvale 1922 Canadian Pacific On May 21, 1923, the Marvale , with 437 passengers and crew, ran aground in thick fog at the entrance to Trepassey Bay at Cape Pine, about 25 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aground, Allan line, Barclay Curle, Canadian Pacific, Corsican, Fairfield Glasgow, Marvale
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No.410 Comorin launched in 1924
15,116grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Fire mid-Atlantic Apr 1941. As the fire was out of control she was shelled and sunk by HMS Lincoln Image from Norman Stewart Two images from Rich Turnwald
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
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Tagged Barclay Curle, Comorin, Fire, Glasgow, P&O
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No.409 Cathay launched in 1924
15,104grt for P & O Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Bombed Bougie 1942 Image attribution: Allan C. Green State Library of Victoria In Aden
Posted in fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
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Tagged Barclay Curle, Bougie, Cathay, Glasgow, P&O
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No.463 Beaverhill launched in 1927
10,041grt for Canadian Pacific from Barclay Curle, Glasgow 159.3m x 18.8m 14kts 138 passengers Stranded off St John in 1944, broken up in 1946 Please see this blog, from where I have shared the photos http://thelostvalley.blogspot.com/2013/07/wrecked-in-harbour-loss-of-ss.html
Posted in passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
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Tagged Barclay Curle, Beaverhill, Canada, Canadian Pacific, Glasgow, St John, Stranded
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No.587 City of Benares launched in 1936
11,081get for Ellerman Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed by U48 N Atlantic 1940 A most tragic event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares 1st image from Shipping Magazine
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Tagged Barclay Curle, City of Benares, Ellerman Line, Glasgow, torpedoed, U48
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No.880 Nevasa launched in 1955
20,527grt for British India Line from Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Built as a troopship (yellow funnel), then in late 1962 trooping by sea ended and she was converted into a schools’ cruise ship. (1964 after a long … Continue reading →
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship, troopship
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Tagged Barclay Curle, British India, Glasgow, Nevasa, Schools cruise
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No.593 Ettrick launched 1938
11,279grt managed by P & O Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Torpedoed by U 155 in the Atlantic 1942 In a class of 4 troopships with the Dilwara, Dunera and Devonshire, the only one not to survive the war.
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Tagged Barclay Curle, Ettrick, P&O, torpedoed
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No.592 Dunera launched 1937
12,620 British India Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Scrapped in Bilbao 1967 In a class of 4 troopships with the Dilwara, Ettrick and Devonshire Image by Emdee on Shispotting Dunera and Nevasa at Falmouth 1964
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
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Tagged Barclay Curle, Bilbao, British India, Dunera, Glasgow, Schools cruise
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No.581 Dilwara launched 1935
12,598 British India Line by Barclay Curle, Glasgow Kuala Lumpur 1960 China Navigation Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1971 Built as the first of a class of 4 British troopships Photo by Keith Wood
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Tagged Barclay Curle, British India, Dilwara, Glasgow, Kaohsiung, Kuala Lumpur
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The World's Passenger Ships 