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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: White Star Line
No.73 Hanoverian launched in 1902
13,507grt for Leyland Line by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle Mayflower 1903 Dominion Line Cretic 1903 White Star Line Devonian 1923 Leyland Line Scrapped Bo’ness 1929
No.68 Athenic launched in 1901
12,234 White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Pelagos 1928 Pelagos A/S (a whaling factory ship) Scrapped Hamburg 1962 She was captured by the German Raider SS Pinguin on Jan 15, 1941 along with other factory ship, one depot … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Athenic, Belfast, Hamburg, Harland & Wolff, Pelagos, Whale, White Star Line
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No.61 Celtic launched in 1901
20,904grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Stranded Cobh 1928 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Belfast, Celtic, Cobh, Harland & Wolff, White Star Line
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No.57 Suevic launched in 1900
12,531grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Skytteren 1928 Y Hvistengahl Scuttled off Maseskjner 1942 Image copyright: Steve Walker Color In 1907 she was wrecked, the ship was deliberately broken in two, and a new bow was … Continue reading
Posted in Emigrant Ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Belfast, Harland & Wolff, rebuild, Skytteren, Suevic, White Star Line, Y Hvistengahl
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No.56 Runic launched in 1900
12,482grt for White Star Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast New Sevilla 1930 Sevilla Whaling (converted into a whaling ship- registered in London) Torpedoed by U 138 off Galway 1940 Image copyright: Allan Green Collection
Posted in Emigrant Ship, fire on ship, passenger ship, Passenger/Cargo
Tagged Harland & Wolff, New Sevilla, Runic, torpedoed, U138, White Star Line
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No.550 Georgic launched in 1931
27,759grt for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Scrapped in Faslane 1956 Originally with 2 funnels, rebuilt after significant war damage Rich Turnwald photo Georgic 1952 Photo Louis O. Gorman Steve Walker color
Posted in ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Belfast, Faslane, Georgic, Harland & Wolff, White Star Line
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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
Posted in Emigrant Ship, ocean liner, passenger liner, passenger ship, troopship
Tagged Azores, Cermamic, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, White Star Line
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No.38 Oceanic launched in 1899
17,272get for White Star Line by Harland & Wolff, Belfast Stranded Shetlands, 1914 later scrapped Image copyright: Daryl LeBlanc color & Steve Walker color
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Tagged Harland & Wolff, Oceanic, Shetlands, White Star Line
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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.21 Afric launched 1898
11,816grt for White Star Line Harland & Wolff, Belfast Torpedoed by UC 66 off Eddystone in 1917 Image from Norway Heritage
Posted in passenger liner, passenger ship
Tagged Afric, Harland & Wolff, torpedoed, UC66, White Star Line
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The World's Passenger Ships 