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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: Mathias-Thesen Yard
No.935 Aleksandr Pushkin launched in 1964
19,860grt for USSR ( Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Marco Polo 1991 Orient Lines then Cruise & Maritime Voyages from 2010 Arrived Alang for breaking 9 Jan 21 aged 57 IMO: 6417097 Image attribution: René Beauchamp, Vitor Francisco … Continue reading
No.932 Ivan Franko launched 15 June 1963
in service 1964, 20,064grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Frank 1997 Breakers Scrapped Alang 1997 IMO 5415901 The first of 5 celebrated ships of the Poet Class Image attribution: Nick James, Gena Anfimov & Michael … Continue reading
No.939 Taras Shevchenko launched 16 Jan 1965
Delivered Apr ’66 19,549grt for USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) by Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar IMO 6508195 Tara 2005 Breakers Scrapped Chittagong 2005 The third ship of the Poet Class Images: Tony Davis, Gordon Dalzell & Masato Nishiguchi
No.955 Shota Rustaveli launched in 1967
20,146grt USSR (Black Sea Shipping Company) Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Assedo 2000 Kaalbye Shipping (Assedo is Odessa backwards) IMO:6707753 Scrapped Alang 2003 Named after the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli Image attribution: Mike Cornwall, Carlo Martinelli, me, Tony Davis & Neven Jerkovic
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Assedo, Black Sea Shipping, IMO:6707753, Mathias-Thesen Yard, Odessa, Shota Rustaveli, USSR, Wismar
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No.977 Mikhail Lermontov launched 1970
19,872grt USSR (Baltic Shipping Company) from Mathias-Thesen Yard, Wismar Aground Port Gore, New Zealand & sank 1986 IMO:7042318 The 5th of 5 Poet class liners/cruise ships Image attribution: Eric Sanders, Leo Johannes, Masato Nishiguchi, & Mike Cornwall
The World's Passenger Ships 