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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: Swan Hunter
No.762 Gothic launched in 1947
15,902grt for Shaw, Savill & Albion from Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Kaohsiung 1969 Three photos of her as the Royal Yacht in 1954 Gothic, after the devastating bridge fire
Posted in fire on ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Gothic, Kaohsiung, Newcastle, Royal Yacht, Shaw Savill & Albion, Swan Hunter
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No.803 Provence launched in 1950
15,889grt for SGTM by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle IMO 5286128 Enrico C 1965 Costa Armatori Enrico Costa 1987 Costa Armatori Symphony 1994 Navitalia Aegean Spirit 2000 Golden Sun Ocean Glory 1 2001 Cruise Holdings Classica 2001 Cruise Holdings … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Aegean Spirit, Alang, Classica, Costa Armatori, Enrico C, Enrico Costa, Newcastle, Ocean Glory, Provence, SGTM, Swan Hunter, Symphony
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No.111 Mauretania launched in 1906
31,938 tons for Cunard Line from Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Scrapped in Rosyth 1935 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color & Daryl LeBlanc
Posted in Cruise ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cunard Line, Mauretania, Newcastle, Rosyth, Swan Hunter
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No.78 Carpathia launched in 1902
13,564 Cunard Line by Swan Hunter, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 55 off Bishop Rock 1918 In April 1912, she became famous for rescuing survivors of the rival White Star Line’s RMS Titanic after the latter struck an iceberg and sank … Continue reading
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Bishop Rock, Carpathia, Cunard Line, Swan Hunter, Titanic, torpedoed
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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.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.42 Ivernia launched in 1899
13,799grt for Cunard Line by C.S. Swan & Hunter, Newcastle Torpedoed by UB 47 in 1917 off Cape Matapan Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Cape Matapan, cunard, Ivernia, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, UB47
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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 cunard, Fastnet, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U53, Ultonia
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No.1003 Vistafjord launched 1972
24,292 Norwegian America Line by Swan Hunter Group, Wallsend Caronia 1999 Cunard Line Saga Ruby 2004 Saga Cruises Oasia 2014 Millenium View Scrapped Alang 2017 IMO: 7214715 CARONIA by Bob Smith Saga Ruby in Copenhagen, photo by Tony Davis who also … Continue reading
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Tagged Ameria, Gibraltar, Norwegian, Oasia, Saga, Saga Ruby, Swan Hunter, Vistafjord
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The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024
The Compendium of the World’s Passenger Ships 2024 is the latest edition of the most up-to-date passenger ship database currently available anywhere online or in bookstores. The Compendium lists 2130 liners, troopships, ferries and cruise ships, listing every passenger carrying … Continue reading
Posted in Cruise ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic, Australia, Clyde, Clydebank, Cruise ship, cunard, Far East, Harbour, Indian, Middle East, Newcastle, Newport News, ocean, Orient, P&O Line, Pacific, passenger ship, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary, Southampton, Swan Hunter, Sydney, tilbury, Titanic
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The World's Passenger Ships 