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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: Belfast
No.276 Narkunda launched in 1918
16,118grt P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed, bombed Bougie 1942 The first two photos were sold on board during my grandparents’ posting to Gibraltar in 1924. They also returned to the UK on her in 1929. … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bougie, Gibraltar, Harland & Wolff, Narkunda, P&O, torpedoed
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No.611 Durban Castle launched in 1938
17,388grt for Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped Hamburg 1962 Image attribution: Andreas Hoppe & Ian Joseph Image from Yoshiaki Nishimura Image from Chris Howell
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Durban Castle, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Union Castle
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No.620 Pretoria Castle launched in 1938
17,392 Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Warwick Castle 1946 Union-Castle Line Scrapped in Barcelona 1962 Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle in WW2 Warwick Castle in Aden
No.422 Rawalpindi launched in 1925
16,619grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi Sunk North Atlantic 1939 in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Captain Edward Kennedy RN, killed in action with 237 others, was the … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Kennedy, P&O, Rawalpindi
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No.428 Asturias launched in 1925
22,071grt for Royal Mail Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Originally with two funnels Scrapped in Faslane 1957 Image attribution: John Wilson, State Library of Queensland & Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Asturias, Belfast, Faslane, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line
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No.232 Euripides launched in 1914
14,947grt for Aberdeen Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Akaroa 1932 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Antwerp 1954 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color The Euripides at Princes Pier, Port Melbourne
No.233 Britannic launched in 1914
48,158 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Mined Aegean 1916 Younger sister of the Olympic and Titanic Image attribution: Steve Walker Color By Darly LeBlanc color
Posted in Hospital ship, Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Britannic, Harland & Wolff, Mined Aegean, Olympic, Titanic, White Star Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 