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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: Cape Town
No.147 Rangatira launched in 1909
10,118grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion by Workman Clark, Belfast Ashore on Robben Island, Table Bay, Cape Town 1916 http://nzmaritime.co.nz/Rangatira1909.htm Image attribution: NZ National Maritime Museum
No.601 Capetown Castle launched in 1937
27,002grt Union-Castle Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in La Spezia 1967 Image attribution: Trevor Jones Image from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cape Town, Capetown Castle, Durban, Harland & Wolff, La Spezia, Southampton, Union Castle
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The World's Passenger Ships 