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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.
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No.15 Briton launched 1897
10,248grt for Union Steam Ship Co by Harland & Wolff, Belfast. Scrapped Italy 1926 Union merged with Castle Line to form Union-Castle Line Image copyright: Geli Coloration
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Tagged Belfast, Briton, Castle, Harland & Wolff, union
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No.148 Edinburgh Castle launched in 1910
13,326grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast During WW2 she was moored at Freetown in Sierra Leone to accommodate survivors of sunk ships. After the war, was deemed uneconomic to return her to the UK. She was sunk … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast, Edinburgh Castle, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Union-Castle
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No.11 Pennsylvania launched 1896
12,891grt for Hamburg-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Nansemond 1917 US Navy Scrapped USA 1924
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Tagged Belfast, Hamburg-America, Harland & Wolff, nansemond, Pennsylvania, USA
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No.823 Kenya Castle launched 1951
19,904grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Amerikanis 1967 Chandris Line Scrapped Alang 2001 Image attribution: Gary Faux, Richard MacGregory, Tony Davis and Ben Ayre
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Tagged Alang, Amerikanis, Belfast, Chandris, Harland & Wolff, Kenya Castle, Union Castle
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No.508 Winchester Castle launched 1929
Originally built with 2 funnels 20,109grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Mihara Japan 1960 WINCHESTER CASTLE in 1958, Image copyright: Linesman. from the Rich Turnwald Collection
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Tagged Belfast, Castle, Harland & Wolff, Japan, Mihara, Union-Castle, Winchester
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No.502 Britannic launched 1929
26,943grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Inverkeithing 1961 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color Image Daryl LeBlanc Britannic in WW2 and in 1946 in the Suez Canal
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Tagged Belfast, Britannic, Harland & Wolff, Inverkeithing, White Star Line
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