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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.899 Argentina Maru launched in 1958
10,864grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Kobe IMO 5023215 Nippon Maru 1972 Osaka Shosen KK Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1976 Image attribution: Barry Davis
Posted in Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Argentina Maru, IMO 5023215, Kobe, Mitsubishi, Nippon Maru, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.621 Argentina Maru launched in 1938
12,755grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Kaiyo 1943 Japanese Navy Bombed Beppu Bay 1945
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Argentina Maru, Beppu Bay, Bombed, Japanese Navy, Kaiyo, Mitsubishi, Nagasak, Osaka Shosen KK
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No.631 Hokoku Maru launched in 1939
10,438grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Sank Indian Ocean 1942 after a surface action
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hokoku Maru, Osaka Shosen KK, sunk, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano
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No. 632 Brasil Maru launched in 1939
12,733grt for Osaka Shosen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine Greenling 1942 Photo from Colombo 1940 by the late Jim Arnold – in my collection BRASIL MARU at Hong Kong in January 1940, shot by the late Don … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Brasil Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Osaka Shosen KK, torpedoed, USS Greenling
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No.637 Aikoku Maru launched in 1939
10,437 Osaka Shosen KK from Tama SB Co, Tacoma, Tamano Bombed Truk Atoll 1944 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com/Aikoku_t.htm
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Aikoku Maru, Bombed, Osaka Shosen KK, Tacoma, Tama Shipbuilding, Tamano, Truk Atoll
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No.869 Brazil Maru launched in 1954
10,100grt for Osaka Shosen KK by Mitsubishi, Kobe until 1972 IMO 5050866 Served as a maritime pavilion called the “Toba Brazil Maru” at Toba from 1974 until 1996 Since 1996 Museum Ship in Zhanjiang, China. She was called Hai Shang … Continue reading
The World's Passenger Ships 