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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: Wilhelm Gustloff
No.591 Wilhelm Gustloff launched in 1937
25,484grt for Hamburg-South America Line by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. A Strength Through Joy cruise ship. Torpedoed by Soviet submarine S 13 off Stolpmunde in 1945 with terrible losses Image attribution: Steve Walker Color
The World's Passenger Ships 