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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.327 Laconia launched in 1921
19,680grt for Cunard Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle Torpedoed by U 156 in the South Atlantic 1942 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921) From Rich Turnwald U-156 37-35 Laconia 1942 09 15
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Tagged Cunard Line, Laconia, Newcastle, Swan Hunter, torpedoed, U156
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No.340 Andania launched in 1921
13,950grt for Cunard Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by UA 70 off Iceland 1944 Image attribution: Old Ship Picture Galleries
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Andania, Cunard Line, Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, torpedoed, UA70
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No.244 Suwa Maru launched in 1914
10,927grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Torpedoed Wake Island Pacific 1943 Image attribution: http://combinedfleet.com Suwa Maru in Singapore in the 1930s whilst the Empress of Britain was on her World Cruise Suwa Maru at Wake Island
No.250 Statendam launched 1914
32,234grt for Holland-America Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Renamed Justicia 1917 & managed by White Star Line for service as a troopship Torpedoed by UB 64 & UB 124 off Skerrymore 1918 Image: Steve Walker Color As intended – … Continue reading
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, Holland America Line, Justicia, Skerrymore, Statendam, torpedoed, UB124, UB64, White Star Line
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No.392 Tilawa launched in 1924
10,006grt for British India Line from Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I 29 in the Indian Ocean 1942
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged British India, Hawthorn Leslie, I29, Newcastle, Tilawa, torpedoed
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No.254 Fushimi Maru launched in 1914
10,940grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Husimi Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed off Japan 1943
Posted in fire on ship, Japanese, Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Fushimi Maru, Husimi Maru, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Nippon Yusen, torpedoed
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No.255 Yasaka Maru launched in 1914
10,932grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Kawasaki, Kobe Torpedoed by U38 off Port Said 1915
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Tagged Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, Port Said, torpedoed, U38, Yasaka Maru
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No.258 Aotearoa launched in 1915
14,744 grt for Union SS Co of New Zealand by Fairfield, Glasgow HMS Avenger 1916 Royal Navy Torpedoed by UB 69 at Scapa Flow 1917 http://naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-08-HMS_Avenger.htm & The John Oxley Library
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Tagged Aotearoa, Fairfield Glasgow, HMS Avenger, New Zealand, Royal Navy, Scapa Flow, torpedoed, UB69, Union SS Co
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