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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: Kiel
No.371 Westphalia launched in 1923
11,343grt for Hamburg-America Line from Howaldt Kiel, Kiel General Artigas 1930 Hamburg-South America Line Bombed Hamburg 1943 Image attribution: Edson Lucas on Ship Spotting
No.1182 Karl Carstens launched in 1986
12,829GT for Bundesminister für Verkehr Deutsche Bundesbahn from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG, Kiel IMO: 8420115 Karl 2001 whilst awaiting sale Helix Producer I 2008 Storage Ship Completely transformed now into an Offshore Vessel Images from Pieter Inpyn and Dragec
No.1184 Astor launched in 1986
20,159GT for the Marlan Corp Ltd from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel IMO: 8506373 Fedor Dostoevskiy 1988 Black Sea Shipping Astor 1995 Transocean Tours Was to be Jules Verne in 2021 for CMV but was cancelled Arrived Aliaga to be broken up 23 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Aliaga, Astor, Black Sea Shipping, Fedor Dostoevskiy, Howaldswerke, IMO: 8506373, Kiel, Marlan Corp, Transocean
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No.765 Ostmark
Construction started in 1940, launched 1948 11,626 Hamburg-America Line from Germaniawerft, Kiel Skaugum 1948 I.M. Skaugen Ocean Builder 1964 Ocean Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1972 An immigrant ship to Australia for over a decade
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Germaniawerft, Hamburg-America, Kiel, Ocean builder, Skaugen, Skaugum, suez
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No.1116 Prinsesse Ragnhild launched in 1980
16,608 I/S Jahre Line by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche, Werft AG, Kiel IMO: 7904891 Bahamas Celebration 2008 Color Line 35483GT 2009–2014: Celebration Cruise Line Celebration 2015 Breakers Scrapped Alang 2015 Oct 2014 she struck an unknown object while departing from Freeport. The ship … Continue reading
No.408 Monte Olivia launched in 1924
13,750grt for for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed Kiel 1945 Her wreck was refloated on June 12th, 1946 and scrapped in 1948 MS Monte Olivia sailing out of Antwerp. circa 1928 Image from Rich Turnwald Kungsholm … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg- South America, Kiel, Monte Olivia
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No.443 New York launched in 1926
21,455 Hamburg-America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Bombed at Kiel in 1945, raised in 1947 scrapped in UK 1949 Image attribution: R. Geyer New York at Curacao
Posted in Cruise ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Blohm & Voss, Bombed, Hamburg, Hamburg-America, Kiel, New York
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No.1449 Deutschland launched 1998
22,496GT for Peter Deilmann from Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel World Odyssey 2015 Semester at Sea Deutschland 2016 Phoenix Reisen IMO: 9141807 She alternates between Deutschland & World Odyssey Images: Wayne A’Court & Mika Baucheron
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Deutschland, Howaldswerke, IMO: 9141807, Kiel, Peter Deilmann, Phoenix Reisen, Semester at Sea, World Odyssey
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No.1558 Superfast VIII launched in 2001
30,285GT for Superfast Ferries by Howaldswerke Deutsche, Kiel Stena Superfast VIII 2011 Stena Line IMO: 9198953 Image copyright: Sasha Grimm on Marine Traffic and Ian Collard
Posted in ferry, passenger ship
Tagged Deutsche, Howaldswerke, Kiel, Stena Line, Stena Superfast, Superfast Ferries, Superfast VIII
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No.490 General Osorio launched 1929
11,590grt for Hamburg-America Line from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Transferred to Hamburg-South America in 1936. Accommodation ship at Kiel from Apr 1940. Sunk by air attack at Kiel on 24 Jul 1944, raised. Heavily damaged and sunk again by bombing at … Continue reading
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