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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.45 Minnehaha launched in 1900
13,403grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 48 off Fastnet 1917
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Atlantic Transport, Fastnet, Harland & Wolff, Minnehaha, torpedoed, U48
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No.44 Minneapolis launched in 1899
13,401grt for Atlantic Transport Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U35 Malta in 1916
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Tagged Atlantic Transport, Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Minneapolis, torpedoed, U35
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No.497 Tatsuta Maru launched in 1929
16,975grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Tatuta Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed by US submarine Tarpon off Japan 1943 Image attribution: Yoshiaki Nishimura Tatsuta Maru, marked with symbols of safe passage while working as a repatriation ship … Continue reading
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, Tarpon, Tatsuta Maru, Tatuta Maru, torpedoed
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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.499 Llangibby Castle launched in 1929
11,951grt for Union-Castle Line from Harland & Wolff, Govan Scrapped Newport 1954 She was torpedoed 16 Jan 1942 by the German submarine U-402 The torpedo hit the stern, killing 26 people and blowing away her aft gun and rudder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Llangibby_Castle … Continue reading
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Tagged Govan, Harland & Wolff, Llangibby Castle, Newport, torpedoed, U402, Union Castle
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No.201 Ceramic launched in 1912
18,481grt for White Star Line from Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by U 515 of the Azores 1942 Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
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Tagged Azores, Cermamic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, White Star Line
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No.523 Empress of Britain launched in 1930
42,348grt for Canadian Pacific by John Brown, Clydebank Bombed off Ireland 1940. The largest British passenger ship lost in WW2 Image copyright: John Brown & Steve Walker color
Posted in Cruise ship, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Bombed, Canadian Pacific, Empress of Britain, John Brown, torpedoed
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No.25 Medic launched in 1898
11,985 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Hektoria 1928 N Bugge Torpedoed by U 608 Atlantic 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
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Tagged Harland & Wolff, Hektoria, Medic, torpedoed, U608, White Star Line
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No.524 Dempo launched in 1930
16,979grt for Rotterdam Lloyd by De Schelde, Vlissingen Torpedoed by U 371 off Algeria 1944 (Painting by C C de Vries) Dempo wartime
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Tagged Algeria, de Schelde, Dempo, Rotterdam Lloyd, torpedoed, U371, Vlissingen
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The World's Passenger Ships 