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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: Barrow
No.330 Largs Bay launched in 1921
13,851grt for Commonwealth Government Line by Beardmore, Glasgow Scrapped in Barrow 1957 From the Allan Green Collection
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Tagged Barrow, Beardmore, Commonwealth Government Line, Glasgow, Largs Bay
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No.338 Hobsons Bay launched in 1921
13,837grt for Commonwealth Government Line from Vickers, Barrow Esperance Bay 1936 Aberdeen & Commonwealth Scrapped in Faslane 1955 Image attribution: Allan Green Collection
No.397 Orama launched in 1924
19,777grt for Orient SN Co from Vickers, Barrow Sunk Norway in 1940 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color, Artist is Edward Beckett, image via George Duncan Image attribution: 1938. RMS Empress of Britain – RMS Orama – Woolloomooloo Andrew Alekseev Color
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Tagged Barrow, Norway, Orama, Orient SN Co, sunk, Vickers
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No.265 Lancashire launched in 1917
10,391grt in Bibby Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Barrow 1956 This British troopship brought my parents back from Singapore in 1952. Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & one with the Queen Mary Lancashire in Singapore 1952
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Tagged Barrow, Beken of Cowes, Belfast, Bibby Line, Harland & Wolff, Lancashire
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No.418 Carinthia launched in 1925
20,277grt for Cunard Line from Vickers, Barrow Torpedoed by U 46 off Ireland in 1940 From left to right Carinthia, Kungsholm, Strathnaver and Kościuszko 1935 in Stockholm
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
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Tagged Barrow, Carinthia, Cunard Line, torpedoed, U46, Vickers
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No.426 Otranto launched in 1925
20,032grt for Orient Steam Navigation Co from Vickers, Barrow Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
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Tagged Barrow, Faslane, Orient SN Co, Otranto, Vickers
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No.191 Empress of Russia launched 1912
16,810grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Fire 1945, scrapped Barrow Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & City of Vancouver Archives Hong Kong 1929 RMS Empress of Russia at Vancouver David Loughnan City of Vancouver Archives
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Tagged Barrow, Canadian Pacific, Empress of Russia, Fairfield Glasgow, Fire, Hong Kong, Vancouver
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No.775 Presidente Peron launched in 1948
12,459grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Argentina 1955 Flota Argentina de Nav Scrapped in Campana 1973 Image attribution: Keith Wood
No.789 Perseus launched in 1949
10,109grt for Blue Funnel Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image from Kevin Blair Image from Malcolm Cranfield Image from George Robinson
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Tagged Barrow, Blue Funnel Line, Perseus, Vickers Armstrongs
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No.787 Eva Peron launched in 1949
12,627grt for Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero from Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow Uruguay 1955 Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero Scrapped in San Pedro 1973 Eva Peron photo by Hans Richard Removal of the Eva Peron name, photo from Germán Symcha Uruguay 1955 … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barrow, Cia Argentina de Nav Dodero, Eva Peron, San Pedro, Uruguay, Vickers Armstrongs
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The World's Passenger Ships 