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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: Kaohsiung
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.736 Del Mar launched in 1946
10,073grt for Delta SS Lines by Ingalls, Pascagoula Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 The youngest of the 3 sisters
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Del Mar, Delta SS Line, Ingalls Pascagoula, Kaohsiung
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No.750 Brasil Star launched in 1947
10,716grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 https://www.bluestarline.org/brasil.html Fotoflite Fraser Darrah Collection Brasil Star Image from Malcolm Cranfield
No.756 Pretoria Castle launched in 1947
28,705grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast S.A. Oranje 1966 South African Marine Corp Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Don Hazeldine & Beken of Cowes
No.710 General J C Breckinridge launched in 1945
17,811grt for US Navy by Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22176.htm
No.688 General W H Gordon launched in 1944
17,833grt for US Navy from Federal SB & DD Co, Kearny Scrapped Kaohsiung 1987 https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/22/22117.htm
Posted in Class P2-S2-R2 (11 ships), Navy Ship, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Federal SB & DD Co, General W H Gordon, Kaohsiung, Kearny, US Navy
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No.885 Empress of England launched in 1956
25,585grt for Canadian Pacific from Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Ocean Monarch 1970 Shaw, Savill & Albion Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Image attribution: Emdee on Shipspotting, Len Baker, Mike Cornwall & Peter J Fitzpatrick
No.811 Ruahine launched in 1950
17,851grt for New Zealand Shipping Co. by John Brown, Clydebank Oriental Rio 1968 CY Tung Group Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Image attribution: Beken of Cowes, Anthony Frost & Chris Howell
No.916 Northern Star launched 1961
in service 10 July 1962 24,733grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle IMO: 5257543 Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1975 Yes, only 12+ years of service Image attribution: Trevor Jones, John Johnson, Edwin Webb & Trevor Page
The World's Passenger Ships 