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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.205 Kashima Maru launched in 1913
10,599grt for Nippon Yusen KK from Kawasaki, Kobe Kasima Maru 1938 Nippon Yusen KK Torpedoed Saigon 1943
Posted in Japanese, Navy Ship, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Kashima Maru, Kasima Maru, Kawasaki, Kobe, Nippon Yusen, Saigon, torpedoed
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No.197 Ixion launched in 1912
10,221grt for Blue Funnel Line from Scott´s, Greenock Torpedoed by U 94 off Iceland 1941
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Blue Funnel Line, Iceland, Ixion, Scott's Greenock, torpedoed
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No.190 Drina launched in 1912
11,483grt for Royal Mail Lines by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by UC 65 off Wales 1917 Image attribution: Rich Turnwald & Uboatprojectwales
Posted in Hospital ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Drina, Harland & Wolff, royal Mail Line, torpedoed, UC65
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No.436 Shropshire launched in 1926
10,560grt for Bibby Line from Fairfield, Glasgow Salopian 1939 Royal Navy Torpedoed by U 98 off Cape Farewell 1941
Posted in Navy Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Bibby Line, Fairfield Glasgow, Royal Navy, Salopian, Shropshire, torpedoed, U98
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No.438 Almeda launched in 1926
12,838grt for Blue Star Line from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Almeda Star 1929 Blue Star Line Torpedoed by U 96 off the Hebrides in 1941 Image attribution: Rick Andrews & Ross Robson via bluestarline.org
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Almeda, Almeda Star, birk, Blue Star, Cammell Laird, torpedoed, U96
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No.439 Llandaff Castle launched in 1926
10,786grt for Union-Castle Line from Workman Clark, Belfast Torpedoed by U 177 of Mozambique in 1942
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Llandaff Castle, Mozambique, torpedoed, U177, Union Castle, Workman Clark
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No.178 Medina launched in 1911
12,350grt for P & O Line from Caird, Greenock Torpedoed by UB 31 off Devon 1917 Between November 1911 and February 1912 Medina took King George V and Queen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar.
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Caird, Greenock, Medina, P&O, Royal Yacht, torpedoed, UB31
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No.177 Indrapura launched in 1911
10,286grt for Indra Line by Swan Hunter & Wigham, Richardson, Newcastle Port Adelaide 1916 Commonwealth & Dominion Torpedoed by U 81 off Fastnet 1917 David Little collection
No.174 Orama launched in 1911
12,927grt for Orient Steam Nav Co by John Brown, Clydebank Torpedoed by U 62 off Ireland in 1917 Image attribution: State Library of Queensland
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Clydebank, John Brown, Orama, Orient SN Co, torpedoed, U62
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