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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: torpedoed
No.50 Vaderland launched in 1900
12,018 Red Star Line by John Brown, Clydebank Southland 1915 Red Star Line Torpedoed by U 70 off Tory Island, Ireland Renamed during the Great War as the Dutch word Vaderland was considered too similar to the German Vaterland. Image … Continue reading
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Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, red Star Line, Southland, torpedoed, Tory Island, Vaderland
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No.49 Devonian launched in 1900
10,418 F.Leyland by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 53 off Tory Island 1917 Image copyright: Priestley & Sons Ltd. Egremont
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Tagged Belfast, Devonian, Harland & Wolff, Leyland Line, torpedoed, Tory Island, U53
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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
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Tagged Archimede, Clydebank, John Brown, Lancastria, Orient SN Co, Oronsay, St Nazaire, torpedoed
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No.466 Nieuw Zeeland launched in 1928
10,906grt for Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij from Rotterdamsche DD Mij Torpedoed by U380 in the Mediterranean 1942; not the U407 in many publications Bridge photo 21 July 1930
No.496 Western Prince launched in 1929
10,926grt for Furness, Withy & Co from Napier & Miller, Glasgow Torpedoed by U96 off Orkney in 1940 A single photo, plus a model of her identical sister Northern Prince. Another sister Southern Prince became the ANNA C
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Tagged Furness Withy, Glasgow, Napier & Miller, Orkney, torpedoed, Western Prince
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No.481 Asama Maru launched 1928
16,975grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed China Sea 1944 Image attribution: Steve Walker & Daryl LeBlanc Color Image from Panama Maru Naoyuki
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Tagged Asama Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.441 Avila launched in 1926
12,872grt for Blue Star Line from John Brown, Clydebank Avila Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 201 in the Atlantic 1942 Replacing the bonnet on the rear funnel of the blue funnel liner AVILA STAR. London docks
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Tagged Avila, Avila Star, Blue Star Line, Clydebank, John Brown, torpedoed
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No.440 Andalucia launched 1926
12,846grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Andalucia Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 107 off Monrovia 1942 Image attribution: A. Duncan, Fraser Darragh Collection & Peter Stacey illustration
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Tagged Andalucia, Andalucia Star, Birkenhead, Blue Star Line, Cammell Laird, torpedoed
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No.361 Perseus launched in 1922
10,276grt for Blue Funnel Line from Caledon SB & E Co, Dundee Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 165 off Madras in 1944 Image from https://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/BF11.php#Perseus_(1922)
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Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Caledon, Dundee, Madras, Perseus, torpedoed
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