Search
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: Oronsay
No.402 Oronsay launched in 1924
20,001grt for Orient Line by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by Italian submarine Archimede off West Africa 1942. She survived an attack at St Nazaire when the Lancastria was lost. My father was aboard when she was bombed off Ireland in … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Archimede, Clydebank, John Brown, Lancastria, Orient SN Co, Oronsay, St Nazaire, torpedoed
Leave a comment
The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2017
I became aware of passenger ships about the age of 6 from my father’s books. He was a soldier who had been brought up in Gibraltar and the Southampton area so ships played a large part in his life. He … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, troopship, Uncategorized
Tagged Amazon, America, Angelina Lauro, Argentina, Arnold Kludas, Arosa Sun, Australis, Brasil, Canton, Colin Worker, Convoy, Cruise ship, cruiseship, Duchess of Atholl, Ellinis, Empire Fowey, Eridan, Europa, Felix Roussel, ferry ferries, genealogy, Gibraltar, Great Eastern, Invicta, Italia, Kungsholm, Liberte, Lurline, Malolo, Matsonia, Nritanis, ocean liners, Oranje, Orion, Oronsay, Palestine, passenger liners, passenger ship, Potsdam, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, SA Oranje, SA Vaal, Safuna E Hujjaj, Spirit of Britain, Spirit of France, Tjitjalengka, Tuscania, United States
Leave a comment
The World's Passenger Ships 