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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: Taiwan
No.332 Hakone Maru launched in 1921
10,423grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Bombed off Formosa 1943
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Formosa, Hakone Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, Taiwan
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No.919 Ru Yung launched in 1961
10,343grt for Chinese Maritime Trust from Uraga Dock Co, Yokasuka IMO: 5301552 Only 26 passengers Scrapped in Taiwan 1982 Image attribution: Bob Scott & Malcolm Cranfield
Posted in Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Chinese Maritime Trust, IMO: 5301552, Ru Yung, Taiwan, Uraga Dock Co, Yokasuka
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No.532 President Hoover launched in 1930
21,936grt for Dollar Line by Newport News at Newport News Aground in 1937, she met her final fate on the rocks of Hoishoto (Kasho-to) Island off Formosa Broken up on the spot 1938-41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_President_Hoover
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Dollar Line, Formosa, Hoishoto Island, Newport News, President Hoover, Taiwan
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The World's Passenger Ships 