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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.
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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.603 Oslofjord launched in 1937
18,673grt for Norwegian America Line by Deschimag AG ‘Weser’ Bremen Mined off Newcastle 1940 Image from Gamle skipsbilder Oslofjord from Gamle skipsbilder
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Deschimag, Mined, Newcastle, Norwegian America Line, Oslofjord, Weser Bremen
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No.73 Hanoverian launched in 1902
13,507grt for Leyland Line by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Mayflower 1903 Dominion Line Cretic 1903 White Star Line Devonian 1923 Leyland Line Scrapped Bo’ness 1929
No.572 Duntroon launched in 1935
10,514 Melbourne SS Co by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Tong Hoo 1961 Kie Hock Lydia 1966 Africa Shipping Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1973 Allan Green Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Duntroon, Kie Hock, Melbourne SS Co, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, Tong Hoo
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No.1060 Bass Trader launched in 1975
16,537grt for Australian National Line by NSW Govt, Engineering & Ship Building, Newcastle Australia Ionian Bridge 1997 Strintzis Blue Bridge 1999 Blue Ferries Mercedes del Mar 2004 Iscomar Bridge 2010 European Seaways Duba Bridge Arrived Alang 2 Jun 2021 IMO: 7356252 … Continue reading
Posted in ferry, Ro-pax
Tagged Alang, Australia, Australian National, Bass Trader, Blue Bridge, blue Ferries, Bridhe, Duba Bridge, European Seaways, Ionian Bridge, Iscomar, Mercedes de Mar, Newcastle, Strintzis
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No.799 Ocean Monarch launched in 1950
13,654grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Varna 1967 Navigation Maritime Bulgare Riviera 1979 Dolphin Hellas Reina del Mar 1979 Dolphin Hellas Sank Piraeus 1981 The elegant Ocean Monarch in Willemstad, Curaçao on 6.11.62 John Gibbard Image of … Continue reading
No.495 Campana launched in 1929
10,816grt for Société Générale de Transports Maritimes (SGTM) from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Rio Jachal 1943 Argentina Campana 1946 SGTM Irpinia 1955 Sicula Oceanica Scrapped in La Spezia 1983 IMO: 5163675
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Argentina, Campana, Irpinia, La Spezia, Newcastle, Rio Jachal, SGTM, Sicula Oceanica, Swan Hunter
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No.840 City of Port Elizabeth launched in 1952
13,363grt for Ellerman Line by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle Mediterranean Island 1971 MA Karageorgis Mediterranean Sun 1975 MA Karageorgis Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1980 IMO 5074020 Not the major conversion that you will see later on the other sisters Illustration by Henry Brayshaw
No.537 Monarch of Bermuda launched in 1931
22,424grt for Furness, Withy & Co by Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle In 1947 she was gutted by fire at Palmers Shipyard, Hebburn & declared a total loss. But the Ministry of Transport had her rebuilt as an emigrant ship & moved under … Continue reading
No.23 Ultonia launched 1898
10,402 Cunard Line C.S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle. Torpedoed by U 53 off Fastnet 1917
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged torpedoed, cunard, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, Ultonia, Fastnet, U53
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