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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: Fire
No.813 Monasterio de el Escoria launched 1951
10,123grt for Empresa Nacional Elcano from Soc Española de Construction Navales, Bilbao Completed as the Monte Ulia 1952 Naviera Aznar Climax Opal 1976 Climax Shipping Damaged by fire, scrapped in Santander 1977 2nd image from Robert Smith Climax Opal in … Continue reading
No.740 Willem Ruys launched in 1946
23,629grt for Rotterdamsche Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen Achille Lauro 1965 Flotta Lauro Fire, sank Indian Ocean 1994 Named after the grandson of the owner of Rotterdamsche Lloyd, who was killed in the war Willem Ruys in Aden Malta Christmas … Continue reading
No.903 Leonardo da Vinci launched in 1958
33,340grt ‘Italia’ SAN by Ansaldo, Sestri-Ponente 1978 returned to La Spezia, Italy to be laid up. Fire started on board on 4 July 1980. The burnt-out hull was later righted and towed to the scrapyard at La Spezia in 1982. … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ansaldo, Fire, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Leonardo da Vinci, Sestri Ponente
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No.747 Media launched in 1946
15,465grt for Cunard-White Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Flavia 1961 Cogedar Flavian 1982 Flavian Shipping Lavia 1986 Lavia Shipping Fire 1989, scrapped Kaohsiung Image from: John Gibbard & Panama Maru Naoyuki
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Clydebank, Cogedar, Cunard-White Star Line, Fire, Flavia, Flavian, John Brown, Lavia, Media
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No.898 Santa Paula launched in 1958
15,366grt for Grace Line from Newport News at Newport News Stella Polaris 1972 Oceanic Sun Line Kuwait Marriott Hotel 1980 Marriott Hotels Ramada al Salem Hotel 1989 Ramada Hotels Fire Kuwait 1990, scrapped in Kuwait in 2002 Image attribution: Daryl … Continue reading
No.831 Europa launched in 1951
11,430grt for Lloyd Triestino from Ansaldo, La Spezia Blue Sea 1976 Freighter Fire, sank Jeddah 1976 Image attribution: Les Pivnic, Trevor Jones & my photo My photo, Aden
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Ansaldo, Blue Sea, Europa, Fire, Jeddah, La Spezia, Lloyd Triestino
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No.820 Antilles launched in 1951
19,828grt for CGT French Line from Arsenal de Brest, Brest Fire, sank off Mustique 1971 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes & Ben Ayre Antilles 1966 photographer Karl-Heinz Wolff
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Antilles, Arsenal de Brest, Brest, CGT French Line, Fire, Mustique
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No.834 Flandre launched in 1951
20,469grt for CGT French Line by Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk Carla C 1968 Costa Armatori Carla Costa 1986 Costa Armatori Pallas Athena 1992 Epirotiki Line Scrapped Aliaga 1994 after a major fire Image attribution: Linesman, Kenneth Barton, Tony … Continue reading
No.622 Huascaran launched in 1938
10,022grt for Hamburg-America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia 1954 Cogedar Line Romanza 1970 Chandris Line Romantica 1991 New Ambassador Fire Cyprus 1998, Scrapped Alexandria Beaverbrae 1948 Canadian Pacific Aurelia by Ben Ayre Romanza 1970 … Continue reading
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