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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: P&O
No.276 Narkunda launched in 1918
16,118grt P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed, bombed Bougie 1942 The first two photos were sold on board during my grandparents’ posting to Gibraltar in 1924. They also returned to the UK on her in 1929. … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Bougie, Gibraltar, Harland & Wolff, Narkunda, P&O, torpedoed
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No.1150 Fairsky launched in 1982
38,876GT for Sitmar Cruises by Chantiers de Nord et de la Mediterranee, La Seyne-Sur Mer IMO: 8024026 Sky Princess 1988 P&O Group Pacific Sky 2000 P&O Princess Cruises Sky Wonder 2006 Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Atlantic Star 2009 Royal Caribbean Cruise … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Antic, Atlantic Star, Chantiers du Nord, Fairsky, IMO: 8024026, La Seyne, P&O, Pacific Sky, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Sitmar, Sky Princess, Sky Wonder
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No.414 Ranchi launched in 1925
16,650grt for P & O Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Her second funnel was removed in Bombay 23 Oct 1939 Scrapped in Newport 1953 Ranchi – photo from Kevin Blair on tynebuiltships In 1947 the Ministry of Transport returned Ranchi … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, Newport, P&O, Ranchi
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No.415 Chitral launched in 1925
15,248grt for P & O Line from Stephen, Glasgow Scrapped in Dalmuir 1953 Images from the Allen Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Chitral, Dalmuir, P&O, Stephen Glasgow
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No.422 Rawalpindi launched in 1925
16,619grt for P & O Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rawalpindi Sunk North Atlantic 1939 in a surface action against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The Captain Edward Kennedy RN, killed in action with 237 others, was the … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Kennedy, P&O, Rawalpindi
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No.425 Rajputana launched in 1925
16,568grt for P & O Line from Harland & Wolff, Greenock Torpedoed by U 108 off Ireland in 1941 Image attribution: Norman Stewart
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Greenock, Harland & Wolff, P&O, Rajputana, torpedoed, U108
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No.893 Baudouinville launched in 1957
13,922grt for Compagnie Maritime Belge by Cockerill, Hoboken (Belgium) Cathay 1961 P&O Line Kengshin 1976 Republic of China Shanghai 1978 Republic of China Reported to be scrapped in China in 1996 and deleted off registry in 2007 Image attribution: Trevor … Continue reading
No.882 Carinthia launched in 1955
21,947grt for Cunard Line from John Brown, Clydebank IMO 5063629 Fairland 1968 Fairland Shipping (Sitmar) Fairsea 1971 Fairsea Shipping (Sitmar) Fair Princess 1988 P&O Line China Sea Discovery 2000 China Sea Cruises Scrapped Alang 2005 Fairwind & Fairland awaiting full … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Alang, Carinthia, China Sea Discovery, Clydebank, Cunard Line, Fair Princess, Fairland, Fairsea, IMO 5063629, John Brown, P&O, Sitmar
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No.1639 Arcadia 2004
82,972GT for P&O Cruises from Fincantieri, Marghera IMO: 9226906 Image attribution: Wayne A’Court & Adam Walsh She was originally ordered/designed for Cunard as Queen Victoria. Then Carnival shuffled their strategy and assigned her to P&O
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger ship
Tagged Arcadia, fincantieri, IMO: 9226906, Marghera, P&O
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No.178 Medina launched in 1911
12,350grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 31 off Devon 1917 Between November 1911 and February 1912 Medina took King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar.
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Caird, Greenock, Medina, P&O, Royal Yacht, torpedoed, UB31
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