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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.381 Sierra Ventana launched in 1923
11,392 North German Lloyd from Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Sardegna 1935 Italia Flotta Riunite Torpedoed by Greek submarine Proteus off Valona 1940 One of four Proteus class built in 1929-29 in France, Proteus was rammed and sunk after this attack by … Continue reading
No.297 Golden State launched in 1920
14,123grt for US Shipping Board by Newport News, Newport News President Cleveland 1922 Pacific Mail SS Co Tasker H. Bliss 1941 US Army Torpedoed by U130 off North Africa 1942 U-130 sank 3 US troopships; Edward Rutledge, Hugh L. Scott … Continue reading
No.367 München launched in 1922
13,325grt for North German Lloyd by Vulcan, Stettin General von Steuben 1931 North German Lloyd Steuben 1938 North German Lloyd Torpedoed by Soviet submarine S 13 in the Baltic 1945 Image attribution: Neven Jerković – Dubrovnik
No.299 Empress of Canada launched in 1920
21,517grt for Canadian Pacific from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci, South Atlantic 1943 Of approximately 1,800 people on board, 392 died. 149 of the fatalities were Italian prisoners of war Photo: Steve Walker Color & Edwin … Continue reading
No.389 Camranh launched in 1923
10,193grt for Chargeurs Réunis from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes Brazza 1927 Chargeurs Réunis Torpedoed by U 37 off Oporto in 1940 Images from Rich Turnwald Collection
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Brazza, Camranh, Chargeurs Reunis, Nantes, Oporto, torpedoed
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No.350 Athenia launched in 1922
13,465grt Anchor-Donaldson Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Torpedoed by U30 off the Hebrides on the day war was declared 3 September 1939 My father’s photo from the 1930s Athenia departing from Glasgow on her fateful voyage in 1939
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Tagged Anchor-Donaldson, Athenia, Fairfield Glasgow, torpedoed, U30
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No.646 launched as the Izumo Maru 1941
27,500 Nippon Yusen by Kawasaki, Kobe Proposed Japanese ocean-liner of 27,000 tons and 722 feet long. Ordered late 1938, completed as an aircraft carrier in 1942 Hiyō, launched 1941 She was sunk by a US torpedo in the Battle of … Continue reading
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Tagged aircraft carrier, Hiyo, Izumo Maru, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.647 launched as Kashiwara Maru 1941
24,150grt for Nippon Yusen KK by Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Completed as aircraft carrier Junyo 1941 Japanese Navy Torpedoed 1944, hulked & broken up 1947 Japanese aircraft carrier Junyō moored at Sasebo, Japan, in 1945
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Tagged aircraft carrier, Junyo, Kashiwara Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen KK, torpedoed
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No.352 Hakozaki Maru launched in 1922
10,413grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed by US submarine off Balao East China Sea 1945
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Hakozaki Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.356 City of Nagpur launched in 1922
10,138grt for Ellerman Lines from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U75 off Fastnet in the Atlantic 1941 City of Nagpur, Vandyck or Voltaire) and Canadian Pacific’s unmistakable Empress of Britain,
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, City of Nagpur, Ellerman Line, torpedoed, U75, Workman Clark
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The World's Passenger Ships 