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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: La Spezia
No.794 Giulio Cesare launched 1950
27,078grt for ‘Italia’ SAN by CR dell’ Adriatico, Monfalcone Scrapped in La Spezia 1973 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Luiz Fernando Hornstein
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CR dell Adriatico, Giulio Cesare, Italia SAN, La Spezia, Monfalcone
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No.404 Ranpura launched in 1924
16,585grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Kevin Blair & Allan C Green HMS RANPURA as a repair ship. Photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, La Spezia, Newcastle, P&O Line, Ranpura
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No.455 Conte Grande launched in 1927
25,661grt for Lloyd Sabaudo from Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste Monticello 1942 US Navy Conte Grande 1947 Italia SAN Scrapped in La Spezia 1961 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Rhett Young Joubert Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Conte Grande, Itaalia SAN, La Spezia, Lloyd Sabaudo, Monticello, Stabilimento Tecnico, Trieste, US Navy
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No.470 Duchess of Richmond launched 1928
20,022grt for Canadian Pacific for John Brown, Clydebank Empress of Canada 1947 Canadian Pacific Fire Liverpool 25 Jan 1953 scrapped La Spezia in 1954 Image attribution: Peter Roach & Steve Walker Color Algiers Nov 1942 Image from Peter Roach
No.473 Europa launched in 1928
51,839grt for North German Lloyd from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg Liberté 1946 CGT French Line Scrapped in La Spezia 1962 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color USS Europa Dec 1946 the Liberte broke free from her moorings and hit the wreck … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged CGT, Europa, French Line, La Spezia, Liberte, Nord Deutsche Lloyd, North German Lloyd
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No.570 Ville d’Alger launched in 1935
10,172grt for CGT French Line by Penhoët, St Nazaire (although sunk from Aug ’44-Feb ’45) Poseidon 1966 Typaldos Scrapped in La Spezia 1969 From maitres-du-vent.blog
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged CGT, French Line, La Spezia, Penhoet, Poseidon, St Nazaire, Typaldos, Ville d'Alger
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No.489 Southern Prince launched in 1929
10,917grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Lithgows, Port Glasgow Anna C 1947 Costa fu Andrea Scrapped in La Spezia 1971 Image attribution: Roger Scozzafava, IWM, Emerson Franco Rocha & Ship2Shore
No.1050 Cunard Conquest launched 1975
17,586 tons for Cunard Line by Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen. Interior fittings were subsequently installed at the Navali Mechaniche Affini in La Spezia, Italy Cunard Princess 1976 Cunard Line Rhapsody 1995 StarLauro Golden Iris 2009 Mano Maritime Gold Club 2021 … Continue reading
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