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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: Blue Star
No.735 Empire Mercia launched in 1946
11,861grt for Ministry of Transport from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Empire Star 1946 Blue Star Line Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1971 Image attribution: Geoffrey Watson & Richard Clack
No.769 Paraguay Star launched in 1948
10,722grt for Blue Star Line by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Fire, scrapped Hamburg 1969 Photos: Ken Smith bluestarline.org and for the keen eyed, Himalaya and Orcades in the background
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Birkenhead, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, Fire, Hamburg, Paraguay Star
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No.438 Almeda launched in 1926
12,838grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Almeda Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 96 off the Hebrides in 1941 Image attribution: Rick Andrews & Ross Robson via bluestarline.org
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Almeda, Almeda Star, birk, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U96
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No.445 Avelona launched in 1926
12,858 Blue Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Avelona Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 43 in the Atlantic 1940 The Avelona Star was one of five ships ordered by Blue Star Line, named Almeda, Avila, Andalucia, Arandora, … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Avelona, Avelona Star, Blue Star, torpedoed
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No.1496 Blue Star 1 launched 1999
29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries from Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen IMO: 9197105 Image attribution: Vitor Francisco
Posted in Fast Ferry, ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Blue Star, Blue Star Ferries, Krimpen, Van der Giessen
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No.1507 Blue Star 2 launched 2000
29,415GT for Blue Star Ferries by Van der Giessen-de Noord, Krimpen
The World's Passenger Ships 