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as well as humble converted C3 converted Migrant Liners, which
brought countless thousands of Europeans to the new world. I
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enthusiasts both the information they are seeking, but more so
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Many new ships have been added over the recent
years, thus I trust that you will enjoy the many maritime riches
that are to be found on ssMaritime.com, and that you will return
frequently! However, I as I have now retired and will not be
adding anything new! Amazingly, I have on now written on well
over 1,355 Classic Passenger Liners, Passenger-Cargo Liners, including
a good number of humble Migrant ships, many of these being
converted War-Time Victory Class ships, such as the type C3 &
C4 Class Vessels. Some of these ships were rebuilt into rather
humble Migrant Liners, whilst others became far more modern and
even glamorous Migrant Liners, such as
Ships listed below hail from countless countries from around the world, Britain, the Netherlands, France, USA, Germany, Scandinavia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and South America and so many other countries!
I trust that you will enjoy reading and discovering the countless ships that I have online, for it has been a great joy bringing them all to you!
Best wishes.
Maritime Historian, Author, Lecturer & CruisenShip Reviewer.
Over sixty years in the Passenger Shipping & Cruise Industry.
Site Index
Please Note: In a number of cases a ship may well have had various names during its lifetime and I may have, or in some cases - not have placed all these names on this index. Although I had been attempting to correct this, but sadly due to my illness, this has now halted and I will have missed some. Thus, should you happen to note a ship that has a missing link due to having another name and it is not listed, it may well be under its original name as built or under its most famous name, which may not be the one as built.
Links of special interest!
SOLAS 2010 Safety Of Life At Sea - Many have enquired regarding the new regulations that come in force in 2008 / 2010, will mean the decline of so many fine classic ships that are still with us today. This page contains the details of some of the new regulations but obviously not everything.
BLUE RIBAND A complete listing of all Blue Riband record holders, Commencing with the 1937 built steel hulled steamship SS Sirus in 1938, to the great SS United States achieved her great feat in July 1952 and she is still afloat today and has recently been obtained by the SS United States Conservancy.
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ssMaritime INDEX
Please Note: Ships on this INDEX are listed in alphabetical order; also many ships may have multiple pages, be it from a single WebPage up to 25 WebPages!
ALSO: Some ships are operated under different names and may be listed under these names, but not all will be listed in this way, thus please double check!
SS Abbekerk One of the many delightful Dutch C3-DS-A5 type cargo-passenger liners, owned by VNS offering comfortable accommodations for 12 guests over three decks that contain a delightfully comfortable Lounge and Bar, a Dining Room, a Verandah, ample Sports Decks, as well as a Pool. In addition, these ships offered their guests the kind of service that the Dutch are so famed for!
SS Acapulco
Discover the amazing history of the 1922 P&O Liner RMS
Mongolia and her next four incarnations as follows. She was on
charted to the New Zealand Shipping Company as a humble migrant
liner from the
MV
Achille Lauro
Built as the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Liner Willem Ruys that became
the much loved but ill-fated
SS Admiral von Tirpitz
Built prior WWI as the Admiral
MV Africa ...
One of a series of
MV
Akdeniz
This is the very last classic Turkish passenger liner afloat and
still in use, but as a University accommodation ship and
conference centre. Read her amazing history as well of that of
her sister and similar, but smaller ships built around the same
time in the mid 1950s. Also ready about another Turkish
vessel built in
HMAS/HMS Albatross
Built in
SS
Alferdoss
This feature covers this remarkable ship in all her guises, but
most notably her days as the SS America and
MS
Aleksandr Pushkin
She was the second of the five Soviet Ivan Franco or
Poet Class liners to be built and they were the most
remarkable ships indeed, sailing the
MV
Albireo 3
The passenger-cargo ships of the van Nievelt Company, Goudriaan
& Cos Steamship Company NV, also known as the
Rotterdam Zuid Amerika Lijn, which accommodated from
12 to 54 passengers in the ultimate of style and comfort. These
were genuine First Class ships offering five decks, but three of
these had a range of excellent Public Rooms, Cabins, and an
elegant restaurant with the kind of cuisine and service that one
would expect on board a major Trans-Atlantic Liner! The 14
passenger
MV
Aldabi 2 ...
The 45 passenger
MV
Alhena 2 ...
The 45 passenger
MV Alioth 3 ... The 12 passenger M.V. Alioth, like her sister the Altair were very popular ships indeed, as they had most glamorous facilities.
MV
Alnati 1 ...
The 54 passenger Flagship of the RZAL fleet, the
MV
Altair 2 ...
The 12 passenger M.V. Altair, like her sister the Alioth were
very popular ships indeed, as they had most glamorous facilities.
SS
Amarapoora
One of the famed P. Henderson & Company cargo-passenger
liners from 1920, which operated on the
SS America
This is a brand new feature covering the remarkable S.S America
that was designed by
SS
American Star
This feature covers this remarkable ship in all her guises, but
most notably her days as the SS America and
MS Ancerville
This revolutionary designed ship was launched by the French
president
MS
Angelina Lauro
MS Oranje was the last Netherland Line liner to be built. She was
sold, together with the
MS Anking
One of two 1950 built China Navigation Companys 6,000 GRT
passenger/cargo liners that had a varied career, be it on the
Australian,
MS
Anna Salen
MV
Anselm
Built as the
MS Anshun
One of two 1950 built China Navigation Companys 6,000 GRT
passenger/cargo liners that had a varied career, be it on the
Australian,
RMS
Aorangi
This is one of the great Union Steam Ship Company liners built in
1925, built especially for the Trans-Pacific service to operate
between
SS
Argentina
The Moore-McCormack liner and sister to the
SS Argentina Star One of the last four Blue Star Combination-Passenger Liners.
MS
Argonaut
This is one of the famed Epirotiki Lines luxurious cruise ships.
However besides being a popular and a much loved ship with an
amazing career, her history is worth looking at! She began life
in 1929 as the worlds larges and the most expensive ever a
super luxury private yacht the MY Orion, later she became a
wartime Gunboat and the Atlantic flagship for four
Admirals. She returned to be a private yacht for a short
time, and was sold to operate as a cruise ship in the
SS
Ariadne
Built as the delightful 7,700-ton Swedish passenger ship
SS Ariane ------
SS Artza Zim Israel Navigations fourth liner.
MS Atalante Built as the French liner Tahitian, she cruised until November 1, 2004 and was laid up and was sold to be broken up.
SS
Athenic I
One of three fine White Star /
SS Athenic The second of the Shaw Savill & Albion Passengers-Cargo Liners.
SS Atlantic
Built as Matson Lines Malolo, later renamed Matsonia and sold to
Home Lines who renamed her
SS
Atlantic
Built as the 9,214 GRT C4 type cargo ship SS Badger Mariner to be
rebuilt as the
SS
Atlantis
Atlantis was built in 1944 as a P2 General class
transport named,
SS Atreus
This 1914 built Danish coastal ship that was originally named
MS
Augustus
Launched in November 1950, she was the second of two distinctive
liners to be built for Italia Lines who needed to rebuild their
fleet after losing a number of ships during WWII. Her sister
MS
Aurelia
Built as a passenger freighter,
MV
Aureol
This was the final passenger liner ever built for the Elder
Dempster Lines of Liverpool operating on the West African Service
from 1951 to 1974. This delightful much loved Lady of the Sea,
became soon known as the White Swan. From 1974 to
2001 she was owned by
SS Ausonia One of the few ships to have had a number of owners yet having retained her original name until 2005 when it was changed to Ivory. Then in 2006 sailing for Golden Sun Cruises out of Piraeus she was renamed Aegean two and continues to cruise the Mediterranean/Adriatica as she has done since the day she was been built 50 years ago.
MS Australia The Australia was the first of the three fine Lloyd Triestino Passenger Cargo liners, which were the very first new built for the company after WWII. As History proved, these three ships enjoyed great success for a decade. This feature covers all three ships history, as well as their refit and partial rebuild in 1958. Then came a big change of direction for them in 1963 until the end of their days in 1977. There is a separate page containing an original 1951 cabin plan, as well as sections of plans that are relevant to the 1958 changes.
MV
Australasia
Built as the
SS
Australis
This feature covers this remarkable ship in all her guises, but
most notably her days as the SS America and
TSS
Awatea
This is the story of
SS Azure Seas
Built as the Shaw Savill Liner SS Southern Cross she
revolutionised ship design forever! Follow her history, from a
Shaw Savill Albion Liner to her three incarnations as a Cruise
Ship,
MV Baltic Star For details see SS Birger Jarl below!
MV
Baudouinville
Built in
S.S.
Benrinnes
Scottish Ben Line Steamers of
SS Big Red Boat II Once one of the great Linea C Italian Liners. She was sold to become SS Big Red Boat II. She was renamed Big Red for her final voyage to Alang
SS Birger Jarl SS Birger Jarl was owned by Rederi-AB-Svea from 1953 to 1973. She was then renamed SS Bore Nord by Jacob Lines 1773 to 1977, and then SS Baltic Star a name she retained through to 2002. Although in 1982 and again in 1989 she was given new B&W MAN diesel engines, thus she was prefixed MV Baltic Star. However in 2002 she returned to her original name MV Birger Jarl and she retains this name until today!
M/S Blenheim (2) The first of an amazing pair of 5.000 ton ships that were revolutionary, considering they were constructed early in the 1950's. The Blenheim was completed in 1951, and her sister the Braemar in 1953. They may not be grand Atlantic Liners, but it was their streamlined beauty, which had me love them all of my life! Therefore they are online!
RMS Bloemfontein Castle Built in 1950 for the Union Castle Line; she was the first one class liner for the company. She was sold to become the Chandris Liner RHMS Patris.
MS Boissevain
The first of a trio of popular and luxurious 14,150 GRT
Cargo-passenger liners built for a well-known Dutch Company,
wholly based in
SS
Bon Vivant
Built as the delightful 7,700-ton Swedish passenger ship
SS Bore/Borea The fine small two funnelled ship, the SS Bore was built in 1960 and became famed for being the very last steam passenger ship to be built in Scandinavia. Today she sails on as the gleaming white cruise ship the MS Kristina Regina.
M/S Braemar-(I) She is the second of an amazing pair of 5.000 ton ships that were revolutionary, considering they were constructed early in the 1950's. The first of the pair was the M/S Blenheim, which was completed in 1951, and the Braemar was completed in 1953. They may not be grand Atlantic Liners, but it was their streamlined beauty, which had me love them all of my life! Therefore they are online!
SS
Brasil
The 1958 liner built for the Moore-McCormack SS Brasil, one of
the last ever American steamships to be built. She went on to
sail under many owners and concluded her days as the much loved
Universe Explorer and ended her career in 2004 when she was
broken up in
SS Brasil Star One of the last four Blue Star Combination-Passenger Liners
RHMS
Britanis
Built as the Matson Line SS Monterey in 1931, then renamed
Matsonia, then Lurline, finally purchased and rebuilt by Chandris
for their round the World service to New Zealand and Australia as
the RHMS Britanis. She had a long and fruitful life of 69 long
years, and she ended her career 50 miles off the coast from
RMS Britannic From the three great White Star Line Olympic Class Liners built, it was only the RMS Olympic that ended up to have a long and a successful life, even having serving as a trooper during WWI. Yet, she and the Britannic tend to be the forgotten ships, which is due to the great tragedy that sadly befell the Titanic on April 14, 1912 that overshadowed both these two liners. However, sadly the HMHS Britannic never served as a passenger liner, only as a hospital ship during the war and she sadly became a casualty of war within a year. This feature contains some excellent images that reveals a great deal about the great RMS Olympic, from her conception, the maiden voyage as a hospital ship in 1915, to her final voyage less than a year later. RMS Titanic has just been added!
TSMV
Bulolo
A fine Burns Philp all first class passenger cargo liner trading
between
MS
Cabo San Roque
These are two of the very last Ybarra passengers liners that
plied the Atlantic between Europe and
MS
Cabo San Vicente
Dito.
RMS Caledonia
The third built of an identical trio of liners, built to operate
from Liverpool to
SS California
This is a 3 page feature on the Panama Pacific Line Big
3 Liners, the SS California,
SS Calypso
Built as the Shaw Savill Liner SS Southern Cross she
revolutionised ship design forever! Follow her history, from a
Shaw Savill Albion Liner to her three incarnations as a Cruise
Ship,
TSS
Camito
One of the two Elder & Fyffes Passenger Banana Ships that
plied to the Caribbean and back to the UK with happ passengers
and filled with banana on her homeward run. She was completed in
1956, and this is her story. Also see the
SS Campana
The French passenger liner, SS Campana was constructed by Swan,
Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK for
Société Générale de Transport Maritimes (SGTM) in 1929. This
well built liner has a long career with SGTM for a good 25½
years, sailing mostly from Marseille to
SS Canada Star The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Queen of Bermuda, Island Sun, Liberte, Volendam, Monarch Sun, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
TSS
Canberra
This is the fine 1913 - 7,710 GRT
SS Canberra 1997 Voyage Report - Looking back at P&Os one of the authors favourites, known as the Great White Whale
RMS
Canton
Follow the story of the three lives of the 1938 RMS
MV Cape Don I am well aware that this ship may not fit the criteria as a classic liner, however, I believe with all my heart that this superb small ship is a unique all Australian ship that should and must be retained at all costs!
SS
Captain Hobson
This ship was the ex
MS
Cap San Diego
This ship was the very last of a series of six super luxury
Hamburg Sud passenger cargo ships. She was constructed and
completed in 1961 by the Deutsche Werft AG in
RMS
Carinthia II
The second of three Cunard ships name
RMS
Carinthia III
The third of Cunards Saxonia Class Liners
SS Caronia
& Olympic
These two notable liners are on another site operated by
SS Caronia
Time-Line
Charting the Career of Cunards Green Goddess -
SS Carvalho Araujo
The Portuguese shipping company
SS
Cathay
Built as the Belgium Congo-Liner SS Baudouinville but sold to
P&O in 1960 to operate on the
SS Castle Bianco Three of the early Sitmar migrant ships
TV Castle Felice Sitmar Line
SS Castle Verde Sitmar Line
MS
Centaur
This fine combination operated the popular Blue Funnel Line
Fremantle to
SS Ceramic The third of the Shaw Savill & Albion Passengers-Cargo Liners
MS Changsha
The first of two first class cargo-passenger liners operating
between
MS
Charlesville
The MS Charlesville was the last of five sister ships built,
being the CMB Albertville Class ships, obviously
named after the vey first of five delightful 10,901 GRT
delightful Cargo-passenger Liners, the M.S. Albertville built in
1948, with the last of the series, being the Charlesville was
completed in 1951. All of these beautifully built
*RMS Cilicia
The Cilicia was the second of the identical trio of liners built
to operate between Liverpool and
RMS Circassia
This was the first of the identical trio of liners built, which
operated between Liverpool and
SS
Chitral
Built as the Belgium Congo-Liner SS Jadotville but sold to
P&O in 1960 to operate on the
MS City of Andros
See
MS City of Exeter Ellerman Lines Cargo-Passenger Liner
MS City of York Ellerman Lines Cargo-Passenger Liner
SS
Conte di Savoia
She was built for the well-established Italian line,
SS Constitution
One of two great liners built for the American Export Lines,
sailing from the
SS
Corinthic I
One of three first White Star /
SS Corinthic The first of the Corinthic Class series for Shaw Savill & Albion Line
SS
Corrientes
Compania Argentina De Navegacion Dodero S.A., obtained two World
War II
SS Corsair IV This is one of the more unusual ships on ssmaritime.com, a ship that was built as a private super luxury yacht that also served for the US Navy in WW1 and then became the worlds first super luxurious all first class cruise ship. This is not a story of a liner, but a remarkable and a very different ship!
SS
Costa Rica Victory
This Victory Class Ship later became the Dutch SS Groote Beer,
but this feature covers the remarkable story of WW2 soldier
SS
Cottica
The delightful
MS Covadonga
The second of a pair of the Spanish Line
Cargo-passenger Liners from 1953. They had an excellent career on
the
MS Cunard Adventurer
She was the first of two ships that were completed for Cunard in
1971 to be fulltime cruise ships in the
MS Cunard Ambassador
The Ambassador was the second of the pair to be built in 1972,
but her time with Cunard was even shorter due to her catching
fire and being to total loss. A Scandinavian company felt that
they could use her and they rebuilt her into a sheep/livestock
carrier between the Middle East and
TSS Cyrenia
A ship operated by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines and placed on the
displaced persons and migrant service between
MS Dalmacija Two delightful Yugoslavian ships, the MS Dalmacija and her sister the Istra were built in 1965 for Jadrolinija Cruises. The Dalmacija continued cruising until 1997 for Adriatic Cruises which went broke in 2009, when she was sold to the breakers.
MV Dalerdijk The first of a trio Holland America Line (HAL) First Class Passenger Cargo Liners built in 1929 to 1930 and they were famed HAL excellence in service and their superior cuisine created by the best of chefs!
MV Delftdijk The second of the above HAL trio of Passenger Cargo Liners.
SS Del
Mar
Three luxuriously appointed American passenger cargo ships, which
introduced a brand new fashion in maritime design. They had tall
twin smoke uptakes placed just behind their huge squat style
dummy funnel. They operated for twenty five years for Delta Line
on the
SS Del
Norte
As per SS Del Mar.
SS Del
Sud
As per SS Del Mar.
MS Dempo
Rotterdam Lloyds
MS Devonshire She was the last of a quartet of troop and education cruise ships, to be built between 1936 to 1938 and she was operated by the Bibby Line. Later she was sold to British India Line and was renamed Devonia.
SS Diemerdyk The first or two fine Holland America Trans-Atlantic passenger Cargo liners.
MS Dilwara
SS Dinteldyk The second of the Holland America Trans-Atlantic passenger Cargo liners.
SS Duivendijk The third of a trio Holland America Line (HAL) First Class Passenger Cargo Liners built in 1929 to 1930 and they were famed HAL excellence in service and their superior cuisine created by the best of chefs! This is the only ship of the trio that was a steam ship!
MS City of Durban The following three ships are part of the famous Ellerman Lines Cargo-Passenger Liners
QSMV Dominion Monarch This gracious Shaw Savill Liner that is the largest Liner of its kind ever to be built
SS Doric The Homes Lines SS Doric was built as Zim Lines largest ever liner SS Shalom and she was sold to the German Atlantic Line late in 1967 to become the SS Hanseatic. In 1973 she was sold again to Home lines to become the much loved SS Doric. However, she was sold in 1981 to become the Royal Odyssey with Royal Cruise Line. Just seven years later she was purchased by Regency Cruises and she was renamed once more to become the Regent Sun.
MV Doulos
TSS
Dover
The Dover was the very last British Rail steamship passenger/car
ferry to be built and she has had a good and long life and is
currently awaiting restoration in the
MS Dunera She was the second of a quartet of troop and education cruise ships, to be built between 1936 to 1938.
MS Dunnottar Castle
Built in 1936 for Union Castle Lines
MS
Eastern Queen
The first of two ships ordered by Cie de Nav Fraissinet et
Cyprien Fabre, Marseilles, sailing from Marseilles to the Congo,
later transferred to Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots and eventually
sold to the Philippine President Lines to become the President.
Later she was named Eastern Queen serving between Fremantle
SS Ellinis ex Matson Line Lurline, became a Chandris Lines favourite
SS
Emerald
An American built luxury liner for
SS
Emerald Seas
RMS Empress of Australia
Built prior WWI as the Admiral
TSMV Empress of Australia This revolutionary Australian built ship was at one time she was the largest ship of her kind in the world. Eventually she was rebuilt into a luxury cruise ship but had an unhappy demise.
RMS
Empress of Britain
This fine Canadian Pacific Liner and an elegant Survivor from the
Fifties
by
RMS Empress of Canada The last Canadian Pacific Liner that was sold to become Carnivals first cruise ship the SS Mardi Gras, later to become the Apollo & Apollon.
RMS Empress of England
This Canadian Pacific Liner was built between the two ships above
she served with the company from 1957 to 1970 and was sold to
RMS Empress of Ireland
A tragic story of a fine 1906 Canadian Pacific Liner that had
all the features and luxuries in First and Second Class and good
comforts in Third Class, but when commencing on her 96th.voyage a
coal collier with an ice strengthened hull sliced into her
amidships and sank her in 14 minutes! She is the forgotten
tragedy, as sadly the Empress lost more passengers than the
Titanic did or the
SS
Empress Katerina
Built as the delightful 7,700-ton Swedish passenger ship
SS Enchanted Seas The ship with many names such as, SS Universe Explorer, Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star, Island Sun, Liberte, Volendam, Monarch Sun, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
MTS Eros
Built as the MTS Eros in 1964 she was the second of the trio of
MS Ettrick She was the third of a quartet of troop, education and cruise ships, to be built between 1936 to 1938. She served for P&O Lines, but sadly she did have a tragic end during World War II.
SS Eugenio C She was once one of the great Linea C Italian Liners. She was sold to become SS Big Red Boat II. She was renamed Big Red for her final voyage to Alang
MV Europa
One of a series of
SS Europa
Discover the amazing history of the 1922 P&O Liner RMS
Mongolia and her next four incarnations as follows. She was on
charted to the New Zealand Shipping Company as a humble migrant
liner from the
SS Excalibur 1 The American Export Lines I the early thirties commenced to build a series of ships that became lovingly known as The Four Aces. These ships, although externally they may have looked relatively ordinary, but internally they were the ultimate of First Class luxury with Lounges and a Dining Room that was fit for any grand Trans Atlantic Liner! The first to be completed was the SS Excalibur.
SS Excambion 1 The SS Excambion was the second ship of the The Four Aces. fleet.
SS Exeterr1 The SS Exeter was the forth and last of the The Four Aces.
SS Exochorda 1 The SS Exochorda was the third ship of the The Four Aces. fleet.
TSS Fair Princess This feature covers all four of the Saxonia Class Liners. But highlights the ex Sitmar/Princess Cruises/P&O, Fair Princess. Also see her Photo Album. Fair Princess was sold in 2001 to become
TSS China Sea Discovery An Asian casino cruise ship a venture that failed miserably, she was laid-up in Taiwan until 2005 when sold for breaking up.. There is a remarkable story relating to her final days, including a strange incident, as told by the ships captain
TSS
Fairstar
The Bibby Line Troopship TSS Oxfordshire,
became the popular Sitmar liner
MS Fairsea (I) Another of the early Sitmar ships
TSS Fairsea One of the ex Cunard Liners rebuilt to become the Fairland, but renamed Fairsea and became a popular cruise ship for Sitmar in 1971. Taken over by P&O in 1988, she became the Fair Princess.
SS Fairsky (2) Fairsky was the second last Sitmar migrant Liner, Fairstar being the last
TSS Fairwind
The second of the ex Cunard Liners to be rebuilt to become the
Fairwind and also became a popular cruise ship for Sitmar in
1972. Taken over by P&O in 1988, she became the
TSS
Fedor Shalyapin
One of the four Saxonia Class Liners. She was built as the
Ivernia, and was later renamed
MS Flaminia An early Cogedar Lines Migrant ship
SS Flavia The Cunard Liner that received the most remarkable rebuild in maritime history to become a sleek Cogedar Liner.
MS Franca C ...
The luxury Italian cruise ship MS Franca C was built in 1914 in
the
SS France The great SS France/Norway, currently named Blue Lady has had a long and good career. Her future has been decided by the Indian courts and she is being broken up.
SS
Francis Drake
A delightful all first class passenger/cargo liner that operated
63 day voyages between
SS
Freeport II
Built as the delightful 7,700-ton Swedish passenger ship
SS/MS Funchal ... This fine 1961 built Portuguese passenger liner was rebuilt as a superb cruise ship and she remains in much of her original form and continues to sail the world. On ssMaritime you will find that there are a good number of other excellent Portuguese liners featured such as the sisters ships Santa Maria and Vera Cruz and the largest and most glamorous Portuguese liner ever the TS Infante Dom Henrique and the delightful TS Principe Perfeito, which is also featured on the Infante page. Check the index! Please Note: The Funchal feature was completely updated on May 17, 2011, with additional copy and photographs.
SS Galilah Zim Israel Navigations third liner
SS Galileo One of the two Lloyd Triestino Passenger Liners, which were the last to be built for the company
MS
General Mangin
The first of two ships ordered by Cie de Nav Fraissinet et
Cyprien Fabre, Marseilles, sailing from Marseilles to the Congo,
later transferred to Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots and eventually
sold to the Philippine President Lines to become the President.
Later she was named Eastern Queen serving between Fremantle
SS
George Anson
An all first class passenger/cargo liner that operated 63 day
voyages between
MS Georg Buchner
This is the superb and beautifully built ex
MS
Giulio Cesare
Launched in May 1950, she was the first of two Italia Lines
liners to be built to build after WWII. Her sister
TSS
Golfito
One of the two Elder & Fyffes Passenger Banana Ships that
plied to the Caribbean and back to the UK with happy passengers
and filled with banana on her homeward run. She was completed in
1949, and this is her story. Also see the
SS Gothic The last (forth) of the Shaw Savill & Albion Passengers-Cargo Liners Royal Yacht in 1952/53
SS Groote Beer
One of three US Victory freighters converted by the Dutch
Government as troopers then rebuilt them as emigrant ships,
operating to North America,
MS Guadalupe
The first of a pair of the Spanish Line
Cargo-passenger Liners from 1953. They had an excellent career on
the
TN Hamburg TS Hamburg was a ship that had one of the most unusual funnels ever seen on any ship! It sort of looked like if there was a flying saucer hovering just over top of it, and that (as well as her spacious interiors) why she was called The Space Ship.
SS Hanseatic The SS Hanseatic was built as Zim Lines largest ever liner SS Shalom. She was sold to the German Atlantic Line late in 1967 to become the SS Hanseatic. In 1973 she became the Home SS Doric but was sold in 1981 to be renamed Royal Odyssey with Royal Cruise Line. Just seven years later she was purchased by Regency Cruises and she was renamed once more to become the Regent Sun.
SS
Haven
Originally built as the Burns, Philp passenger-cargo liner S.S.
Montoro of 1911, but she was sold to a Singaporean shipping
company who renamed her HAVEN. As you will discover,
she has a heroic story to tell as she rescued White Russians
during very dangerous times in
SS Hellenic Prince
Built as a naval vessel in
SS Hermes
This ship was built at the Lindholmens Shipyard in
MV
Hikawa Maru
Completed in 1930,
MS
Hizbul Bahr
The first of two ships ordered by Cie de Nav Fraissinet et
Cyprien Fabre, Marseilles, sailing from Marseilles to the Congo,
later transferred to Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots and eventually
sold to the Philippine President Lines to become the President.
Later she was named Eastern Queen serving between Fremantle
SS
Homeric (2)
She was built as the
SS
Hubert
Built for Booth Line as the passenger cargo liner
SS
Hwa Lien
This small passenger ship was built as the excellent Union
Steamship Company of New Zealand, Inter-Island ferry SS Maori,
operating between Wellington and Lyttelton and was built in 1907.
She had an excellent career in
SS
Iberia
The forth new built ship after WWII, first Himalaya, second
Chusan, third,
MV
Iberia Star
Built as the
SS Independence
One of two great liners built for the American Export Lines,
sailing from the
TS Infante Dom Henrique
TS Infante Dom Henrique being
SS
Ionic II
One of three fine White Star /
MS
Irish Coast
The
T/v Irpinia
She commenced her days as the French passenger liner
SS Island Sun The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star, Liberte, Volendam, Monarch Sun, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
SS Israel
A Zim Israel Navigation liner.
MS Istra
Two delightful Yugoslavian ships, MS Istra and her sister the
Dalmacija were built in 1965 for Jadrolinija Cruises. The Istra
continued cruising until 1993, then under other names including
her current name since 2000 the
MS
Italia
This is the complete story of a delightful ultramodern looking
ship completed in August 1967, the 12,219-Ton MS Italia, a ship
with a long and a good life. She had a number of names, such as
the Ocean Princess, Sea Prince,
SS Italis
This feature covers this remarkable ship in all her guises, but
most notably her days as the SS America and
MS
Ivan Franco
This superb ship was the very first of the five Soviet Ivan
Franco or Poet Class liners to be built and they were
the most remarkable ships indeed. She sailed the
MS Jadran ... The Jadran is one of the much loved J Trio of ships operated by the Jadrolinija Line, being the MS Jugoslavija, MS Jadran and the MS Jedinstvo, all built in Yugoslavia between 1956 and 1958.
MS Jagersfontein One of the VNS - Holland Africa Lines trio of Combination-Passenger Liners.
MTS Jason
Built as the MTS Eros in 1964 she was the second of the trio of
MS Jedinstvo The Jedinstvo is one of the much loved J Trio of ships operated by the Jadrolinija Line, being the MS Jugoslavija, MS Jadran and the MS Jedinstvo, all built in Yugoslavia between 1956 and 1958.
MV Jean Mermoz The 1957 built Jean Mermoz had an interesting career as a liner until she commenced full time cruise duties in 1970 as the Mermoz and later the Louis Cruises MV Serenade
SS Jerusalem 1 Zim Israel Navigations first Trans Atlantic liner
SS Jerusalem (2) Zim Israel Navigations first passenger liner
MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt A fine Dutch Ship that had what we may call the impossible name. Netherland Lines Johan van Oldenbarnevelt became lovingly known as JVO. Sold to become a Greek cruise ship the Lakonia
MS Jugoaslavija The Jugoslavija is one of the much loved J Trio of ships operated by the Jadrolinija Line, being the MS Jugoslavija, MS Jadran and the MS Jedinstvo, all built in Yugoslavia between 1956 and 1958.
RMS
Kaisar-i-Hind
The Kaisar-i-Hind a P&O liner that was built in 1914
especially for the
TSMV
Kanimbla
SS Keewatin
This is a magnificent 1907 built Canadian Pacific Railway Great
Lakes Steamer that that sailed through to 1968, yet it remains
with us to this day. This mighty centenarian, S.S. Keewatin is
berthed at her homeport at Port McNicoll,
SS Kedma Zim Israel Navigations first passenger liner.
KNSM-Passenger-Freighters KNSM, or the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company operated 35 Trans-Atlantic freighters built between 1954 and 1963 offered luxurious accommodations for 12 passengers, whilst still providing the finest services and cuisine possible. Their public venues were all designed by some of the finest interior decorators who ensured the finest materials and furnishings were used, and all cabins were spacious as well as having two windows and had private facilities. There was no doubt, but the Dutch were famous for operating the finest passenger-freighters all over the world!
MS Klipfontein One of the VNS - Holland Africa Lines trio of Combination-Passenger Liners, sister of the MS Jagersfontein & Oranjefontein.
MV Kota
Singapura & Bali
The ex Royal Interocean Lines MV Tjiwangi was sold to a
Singaporean Company in January 1972. She operated cruises from
Fremantle to
MS
Kristina Regina
The fine small two funnelled built as the SS Bore in 1960 became
famed for being the very last steamship to be built in
MS Kuala Lumpur The China Navigation Co first class cruise ship and Pilgrim ship, the MS Kuala Lumpur, which was built as the British India Lines MS Dilwara. She is a much loved ship and has a long and a respectable history!
MS Kungsholm III The 1952 built Swedish-America liner and much loved cruise ship. Later she became the Norddeutscher/Hapag-Lloyd to become the famed Europa. After 25 successful years she was sold to become Costas ill-fated Columbus C.
MS Kungsholm IV The last Swedish-America Line ship built in 1966, sold to become the P&O/Princess Sea Princess, Victoria, later the Mona Lisa, Oceanic II, and 2010 as the Mona Lisa again. She is now in danger of being broken up unless she is saved from doom!
SS
La Gaurdia
La Gaurdia was built in 1944 as a P2 General class
transport named,
MS Lakonia Built as the great and popular Dutch liner MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was sold to become the infamous Greek cruise ship Lakonia, which suffered a tragic end, and was greatly responsible for the very stringent SOLAS - Safety Of Life At Sea regulations.
SS
Leilani
Leilani was built in 1944 as a P2 General class
transport named,
SS Liberte The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star, Island Sun, Volendam, Monarch Sun, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
RMS Llanstephan
RMS Llandovery
TS Loongana The Loongana is not a mere ship. In every essential she is a yacht, in fact while she was being testes the popular remark always was - What a beautiful yacht. The beauty of her design and the grace of her every movement produced always the impression that she was the property of a Royal. Wrote a reported in 1904! Nor read my feature on this remarkable very fast Union Steamship Company turbine steamer!
SS
Lurline
This fine Matson Liner that sailed to and from the
SS
Lurline-2
Built as Matsons SS Monterey in 1931, but she was later
renamed Matsonia (not the Malolo), then after the Lurline was
sold to become the Greek Ellinis she was renamed Lurline. Finally
she was purchased and rebuilt by Chandris for their round the
World service to
TSS
Maasdam
One of
MV
Madagascar
Built as a German ferry she was rebuilt in 1966 as Sun Lines
small luxury cruise ship
SS
Maheno
This triple screw Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand liners
built in 1905 sailed a total of 35 years and served both the
Trans Tasman and Trans Pacific services, but she also played a
significant role during WWI as a Hospital ship for 5 years and
did an amazing job, especially as she arrived at Gallipoli under
heavy fire! Amazingly you can come to
SS
Malaita I
Included on the MS Bulolo page, this is the story of the 1893
steamer that was purchased by Burns Philip in 1905 for service
between
MS
Malaita II
The second Malaita also saw war service and was torpedoed, but
survived and managed to crawl back to
SS
Malaysia
She was operated by Austasia Line between
SS
Malolo
One of Matson Lines luxurious Liners, sailing from
TSMV Manoora The Adelaide Steamship Companies famed coastal liner. She also had a notable Naval career during World War II and thankfully came out unscathed. She returned to coastal duties but was sold to become an Indonesian pilgrim ship in 1961.
SS
Manuka
She was the second of a pair of almost identical ships to be
built for the Union Steam Steamship Company (USSC0) in the early
1900s. The first to be built was the 4,300 GRT SS Moeraki in 1902
and the 4,500 GRT SS Manuka in 1903. There was no doubt about it,
but these were the most innovative ships yet built for the USSCo
as they offered a whole new level of comfort in both First and
Second class! In addition she had speed and many other comforts
that the earlier USSCo ships simply did not have! These two new
ships was the beginning of a whole new era for the
TSMV Manunda This is Manooras older running mate, and her civil and wartime details have been included on the Manoora feature.
SS
Maori II
This is the delightful and beautifully appointed SS Maori, the
Union Steamship Companys reliable and fast Inter-Island
overnight ferry between
SS
Marama
One of the older Union Steam Ship Company of
SS Marathon
The superb Aberdeen Line SS Marathon and her sister the
SS
Marconi
One of the two Lloyd Triestino Passenger Liners, which were the
last to be built for the company.
TSS-Marella ... A delightful luxury Burns Philp passenger-Cargo Liner, built in Germany in 1914, but taken over by Britain after the war, was renamed Wahehe under the management of Shaw Savill & Albion, and she was then sold to Burns Philp and renamed Marella. An extreamly popular ship, with some world famous stars travelling on her, such as the grand Ballerina Anna Pavlova. She served during WW2, after which she returned to duties but after several years she was sold for a rather tragic final few years sailing for an Italian Line under three names, the Captain Marcos, Liquria and Corsica.
SS
Matsonia I
This ship was built as the
SS Mariposa (2) She was the first of a trio of Matson liners to be known as the White Fleet. She was Launched in 1931, and delivered in 1932. She was a successful ship indeed as well as being the fastest ship on the Pacific! She was sold to become the Home Lines Homeric (2) in 1954.
SS Mariposa (3)
One of two fine 1956 Matson Lines ships that plied the South
Pacific from 1957 to 1978. Mariposa was sold to
GMV
Maui Pomare
This little 1,211 GRT Pacific Island passenger-freighter built in
SS
Matsonia
SS
Matsonia
Built as Matsons SS Monterey in 1932, but she was later
renamed Matsonia (not the Malolo), then Lurline, finally
purchased and rebuilt by Chandris for their round the World
service to
MV Matua
I worked for the Union Steamship Company in the early sixties and
obviously spent a great deal of time on both the
SS Maunganui
When built in 1911, this then glamorous liner the Union Line of
New Zealand, SS Maunganui was placed on the Trans-Tasman service,
and she also operated on the Trans-Pacific service the USA and
Canada. She served in two World Wars and was a profitable and a
successful ship. She was sold to a Greek company in 1947 to
become a Migrant ship operated by Hellenic Mediterranean Lines
operating between
RMS
Mauretania
The Mauretania was first and the largest ever Cunard White Star
Line Trans-Atlantic Liner to be built in
TN Maxim Gorkiy Built as the TN Hamburg, she was a ship that had one of the most unusual funnels ever seen on any ship! It sort of looked like if there was a flying saucer hovering just over top of it, and that (as well as her spacious interiors) why she was called The Space Ship. Sold to the Soviets she became a popular cruise ship and sailed on countless world voyages.
RMS
Media
RMS Media was delivered to Cunard in August 1947 and being the
very first new Trans Atlantic liner to be built after the World
War II to operate on the Liverpool to New York service. In 1961
she was sold and received the most comprehensive rebuilding of
any ship ever to become the
SS Medina
Built in 1914 in the
Mercy Ships Mercy Ships an amazing 100% volunteer medical organisation that sails the world and provides free medicine and surgeries wherever it is needed. Their very first and best known ship was the ex Lloyd Triestino Liner, the MV Victoria that was renamed the MV Anastasis, however their current ship in operation is the 16,5672-ton MV Africa Mercy and the ship currently in construction is the 37,000-ton MV Atlantic Mercy. In addition there are other smaller ships which will prove interesting reading.
T/n Michelangelo With her sister Raffaello, these twins were the ultimate of Italian shipbuilding. Yet, although much loved by passengers, movie star and Royalty, they only served for 10 years and ended up as sad military barracks in Persia/Iran.
MS
Mikhail Lermontov
This was the very fifth and last of the five Soviet Ivan Franco
or Poet Class liners to be built and although she
operated on cruises for most of her days. Later CTC Lines had her
under charter a great deal. However, this magnificent ship ended
her days with a tragedy in the Marlborough Sounds,
SS Miltiades
The superb Aberdeen Line SS Miltiades and her sister the SS
Marathon were the very last kind of ships built of their kind in
1903 & 1904! They were something unique and these are the
true classic liners that sailed between
MS Minghua ...
The revolutionary designed MS Minghua was originally built as the
French liner and cruise ship MS Ancerville, which was launched by
the French president Charles de Gaulle, who even used her as his
private yacht. She operated between
GMV
Moana Roa
This is a little known, yet a delightful green-hulled
SS
Moeraki
She was the first of a pair two sister ships to be built for the
Union Steam Steamship Company (USSCo) in the early 1900s. She was
the largest for the company to date at 4,392 GRT in 1902, but she
was soon followed by the lightly larger 4,505 GRT SS Manuka in
1903. There was no doubt about it, but these were the most
innovative ships yet built for the USSCo as they offered a whole
new level of comfort in both First and Second class! In addition
she had speed and many other comforts that the earlier USSCo
ships simply did not have! These two new ships was the beginning
of a whole new era for the
MS Moledet Zim Israel Navigations last liner.
MV Mona Lisa The last Swedish-America Line ship built in 1966, sold to become the P&O/Princess Sea Princess, Victoria, later the Mona Lisa, Oceanic II, and 2010 as the Mona Lisa again. She is now in danger of being broken up unless she is saved from doom!
SS Monarch Sun The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star, Island Sun, Liberte, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
MS
Mongabarra
This is a delightful, but little known 12 Cargo-passenger
freighter owned by the Swedish Company Rederi AB
Transatlantic used mostly on the Trans-Atlantic service,
however she also visited
RMS Mongolia
Discover the amazing history of the 1922 P&O Liner RMS
Mongolia and her next four incarnations as follows. She was on
charted to the New Zealand Shipping Company as a humble migrant
liner from the
TSS
Monowai
Union Steam Ship Cos was built as the P&O liner
HMNZS
Monowai
ex GMV
MV
Moonta
The popular Adelaide Steamship Company passenger and cargo ship,
that sailed along the coast of
SS
Monterey
Built as Matsons SS Monterey in 1931, but she was later
renamed Matsonia, then Lurline, finally purchased and rebuilt by
Chandris for their round the World service to New Zealand and
Australia as the RHMS Britanis. She had a long and fruitful life
of 69 long years, and she ended her career 50 miles off the coast
from
SS Monterey
Sister to the Mariposa (3). She plied the South Pacific from 1957
to 1978. After a long lay up she was purchased by Starlauro which
eventually became the popular MSC Cruises.
MS Monte Ulia A delightfully sleek Spanish cargo-passenger (Combination) liner from 1952 owned and operated by Aznar Line. It is just one of a series of Monte Class ships, but she was the ultimate of the Monte series. Sadly Spanish ships are very much neglected by so many maritime historians written, I am delighted to have covered a good number of Spanish liners to date, just check the ssMaritime INDEX.
SS
Montoro
The 1911 built Burns, Philp passenger-cargo liner, constructed
especially for the
SS Nassau
Discover the amazing history of the 1922 P&O Liner RMS
Mongolia and her next four incarnations as follows. She was on
charted to the New Zealand Shipping Company as a humble migrant
liner from the
SS Negbah Zim Israel Navigations second liner.
MS
Nelly
A migrant ship to
MS Neptunia The Neptunia was the last of the three fine Lloyd Triestino Passenger Cargo liners being first new built after WWII. As History proved, she enjoyed great success for many years. This feature covers all the three ships history, as well as their rebuild in 1958, and a change of direction in 1963 until the end of their days in 1977. An original 1951 cabin plan is included, as well as sections of plans that are relevant to the 1958 changes. The cabin plan is on a separate page.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam SS Nieuw Amsterdam, with her long sleek lines, is regarded to this day as one of the most beautiful liners ever built. Her stunning silhouette attests she was a perfectly balanced passenger liner. Her elegant lines were highlighted by her black hull (later painted grey), as well as her two perfectly proportioned funnels and two tall masts.
SS Nieuw
Holland
One of the two 1928 KPM sisters sailing between Malaya and
MS
Nieuw Holland
As the Randfontein, she was the last of the Holland Africa Line
Passenger Cargo Liners. She was later sold to Royal Interocean
Lines and renamed
SS Nieuw Zeeland One of the two 1928 KPM sisters, sunk during the war by a submarine.
SS
Noga
This feature covers this remarkable ship in all her guises, but
most notably her days as the SS America and
MS Noordam
Another all First Class Holland America Passenger Cargo Liner
with 125 privileged passengers who sailed the
SS Norway The great SS France/Norway, at the end she was named Blue Lady, but she had had a long and good career. Although we tried to save her, had a buyer, but due to the intervention of Star Cruises & NCL she was sold to the breakers, but a halt was placed on her being broken up, by an Indian organisation and took the ship and the breakers to court. Her future was eventually decided by the Indian courts and she was eventually broken up.
SS Ocean Breeze
Built as the Shaw Savill Liner SS Southern Cross she
revolutionised ship design forever! Follow her history, from a
Shaw Savill Albion Liner to her three incarnations as a Cruise
Ship,
SS
Ocean Explorer I
Ocean Explorer I was built in 1944 as a P2 General
class transport named,
MS
Ocean Islander ...
Built in 1956 as the Adriatica Lines
PV
Ocean Mist
In 1956 as the Adriatica Lines
SS Ocean Monarch
Shaw Savill Line obtained the Empress of England in 1970 for the
use as a cruise ship and occasional line voyager. She served with
them for just five years, but she made a massive imprint Down
Under as she was much loved by both the Australian and
MS Ocean
Odyssey
Built as the MTS Eros in 1964 she was the second of the trio of
MV Ocean
Princess
This is the complete story of a delightful ultramodern looking
ship completed in August 1967, the 12,219-Ton MS Italia, a ship
with a long and a good life. She had a number of names, such as
the Ocean Princess, Sea Prince,
MS Oceania The Oceania was the second of the three fine Lloyd Triestino Passenger Cargo liners being first new built after WWII. As History proved, all three ships enjoyed great success for many years. This feature covers these ships history, as well as their rebuild in 1958, and a change of direction in 1963 until the end of their days in 1977. An original 1951 cabin plan is included, as well as sections of plans that are relevant to the 1958 changes. The cabin plan is on a separate page.
SS Oceanic Cruising: The Grand Home Lines SS Oceanic continues cruising to this day. Enjoy her story, from a liner to a Star Ship and a Big Red Boat. Today she is operated by the Spanish Cruise Line, Pullmantur Cruises. She will be placed on the market until 2005.
MV Oceanic II The last Swedish-America Line ship built in 1966, sold to become the P&O/Princess Sea Princess, Victoria, later the Mona Lisa, Oceanic II, and 2010 as the Mona Lisa again. She is now in danger of being broken up unless she is saved from doom!
MTS Odysseus
Built as a superb Brazilian liner completed in 1962, but later
sold to become a famed cruise ship based in
TSS
Olympia
As the
RMS Olympic From the three great White Star Line Olympic Class Liners built, it was only the RMS Olympic that ended up to have a long and a successful life, even having serving as a trooper during WWI. Yet, she tends to be the forgotten ship, which is due to the great tragedy that sadly befell the Titanic on April 14, 1912 that overshadowed both the Olympic and even her younger sister the HMHS Britannic, which never served as a passenger liner, only as a hospital ship during the war and she sadly became a casualty of war within a year. This two page feature contains countless images that reveals a great deal about the great RMS Olympic, from her conception, the maiden voyage in 1911, to her final breaking up in 1937. There is also a feature on the HMHS Britannic and now the RMS Titanic online!
MS
Ondina
Here is an amazing story, but amazingly not about a passenger
ship, which is most unusual for this site, but a Dutch tanker
owned by Royal Dutch Shell. This ship became famous during WWII
when it had to battle two Japanese Armed Merchant Cruisers off
the
RMS
Ophir
This is the remarkable 1891 completed Orient Line R.M.S. Ophir,
the ship so lovingly known as The Opulent Ophir as
she was one of the most luxurious liners of her day. She was a
remarkable ship in so many ways, for she was a fast ship capable
of 18.8 knots, and also was the very first ship to operate as a
twin screw Royal Mail Ship on the
SS Op
Ten Noort
This remarkable Dutch ship was built in
MS
Oranje
MS Oranje was the last Netherland Line liner to be built. She was
sold, together with the
MS Oranjefontein One of the VNS - Holland Africa Lines trio of Combination-Passenger Liners.
MS
Oranje Nassau
The 7.214 GRT MS Oranje Nassau was one of two KNSMs very
last Cargo-passenger liners ever to be built and were completed
in 1957. They were a One Class luxury style of ship and operated
between
RMS Orcades Orient Lines first new liner built after World War Two. This feature also has a separate photo page.
RMS Orion One of Australias most loved Orient Line ships.
SS Oriana Part One The Birth of a Liner. (Five WebPages) Part One - Join me on a never seen before photographic journey of the Orianas designers at work creating this great new liner in the early to mid 1960s, then see the laying of her keel, her construction, launching by Princess Alexandra, her fitting out, then her sea trials, as well as her maiden voyage to Australia and New Zealand. This is a very rare and an exclusive feature, with plans, illustrations and photographs never seen before. Much of this feature was provided to e by one of the Orient Lines Naval Architects who designed much of the Oriana!
SS
Oriana Part Two
Orianas Historical pages. (Nine
WebPages) - Part Two covers the ship for her inception to, her
maiden voyage the when she was sold to
MS
Oriental Queen
She was built as
RMS
Ormonde
Orient Line decided to build a larger ship to join their current
fleet and placed an order for an un-named liner to be built by
the John Brown & Co Ltd, shipyards at
RMS Ormuz (I) Built in 1886 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd., Glasgow for the Orient Steam Navigation Company, London, this ship was considered innovative and one of the first official ships to transport emigrant to Australia, under a signed agreement between the Government of New South Wales and the Orient Line! But she was more than this, for she was reported to be The Fastest Ship in the World! And there is so much more to this fine ship, which no Australia maritime historian has ever bothered to make mention of?
RMS
Ormuz (2)
This passenger liner was originally built for the Norddeutscher
Lloyd (NDL) named the Zeppelin and upon completion she was handed
to her owners on January 21, 1915 but due to due to the war
having commenced, NDL decided to keep the ship laid up throughout
the war and NDL was going to bring her out of retirement after
the war. But she was surrendered as part of the war reparations
to the British Government on March 28, 1919 and was handed to the
Americans to be used for a number of voyages as a troop ship. In
1920 she was sold to the Orient Line who used her for their
Australian service, renamed
SS Oronsay Oronsay completed in 1951 was the second Orient Line ship built after World War II, her earlier sister Orcades was built in 1948.
TSS Oxfordshire The fine 1957 completed Bibby Line Troopship and passenger ship the TSS Oxfordshire, however due to changes in trooping operations, her career was relatively short and she was sold to the Vlasov or the Sitmar Line in 1963 and she was rebuilt to become the very popular Sitmar liner, the TSS Fairstar, and later in hr career an Australian based cruise ship until 1997 as she headed to Alang, India to be broken up. However this fine ship gave an amazing 40 years of faithful service!
MS Pacific Enjoy Eckhard Herrnsdorfs MS Pacific cruise in June 2008 complete with a short cruise review and many excellent photographs of this wonderful ship not long before she was arrested. Thus Eckhard was very close to being one of her last cruises and she was a sag loss indeed!
MV Pacific Princess
This fine ship was built in 1971 as the Norwegian cruise ship, MV
Sea Venture then she became the P&O,
SS Paraguay Star One of four Ellerman Lines fine Cargo-Passenger Liners
RMS
Parthia
SS
Paris
After a long delay in completing the
MS Pasabahce This is a remarkable 1955 Italian built Turkish all steel ferry and it is now in need of saving! She is the oldest, largest and fastest Turkish ferry still sailing and is in need of an assured future! Read her story here. This is the second Turkish ship on ssmaritime as the other is the last passenger liner still afloat the 1955 built classic MV Akdeniz.
SS
Patricia
A delightful 7,700-ton Swedish passenger ship built in 1951,
which has an amazing and a varied life of 47 years. This feature
covers her history with ample photographs and another page
containing a Deck Plan and an overview of the ship revealing her
layout. Her other names were SS Ariadne, Freeport II (whilst
under charter), Bon Vivant, Ariane,
RHMS
Patris
Built as
SS Pegasus & Hermes II
These two sister ships were built as two fine Canadian
Pacific Railway Company passenger-car ferries, named the SS
Princess
SS
Pegu
Another P. Henderson & Company cargo-passenger liner from
1921, a sister of the Amarapoora, both operating on the
RMS Pendennis Castle Remembering another fine Union-Castle liner.
SS
Penguin
This small Passenger ship was built for a Scottish Company in
1964, but sold in 1978 to the Union Steamship Company,
MS
Polynesie
This little ship was much loved by Australians. Messageries
Maritimes operated the 36 passenger Polynesie between
MS Port Elizabeth One of four Ellerman Lines fine Cargo-Passenger Liners.
MS
Port Melbourne
See MS Port
MS
Port Sydney
Port Lines Port Sydney and her sister Port Melbourne were 10,000
GRT refrigerated freighters built in 1955 for the
MS
President
The first of two ships ordered by Cie de Nav Fraissinet et
Cyprien Fabre, Marseilles, sailing from Marseilles to the Congo,
later transferred to Nouvelle Cie de Paquebots and eventually
sold to the Philippine President Lines to become the President.
Later she was named Eastern Queen serving between Fremantle
President Adams Here are the famous Four American President Lines Luxury Passenger Cargo Liners that were able to take just 12 pampered passengers, not just in some of the finest Suites and Staterooms that would put many modern 21st.century cruise ships to shame, but these ships had innovations in their Lounges and Dining Rooms that were simply beyond any passenger cargo liner in history!
President Coolidge See above.
President Hayes See above.
President Jackson See above.
MTS Princesa Isabel
A superb Brazilian liner completed in 1962. Later she was sold to
become the famed cruise ship the
Princesa Leopoldina
This is the identical sister ship to the
MV
Princesa Oceanica
This is the complete story of a delightful ultramodern looking
ship completed in August 1967, the 12,219-Ton MS Italia, a ship
with a long and a good life. She had a number of names, such as
the Ocean Princess, Sea Prince,
MS Princesa Victoria Built in 1936 for Union Castle Lines Dunnottar castle. This graceful liner has a remarkable history.
MS
Prins Der Nederlanden
The 7.220 GRT M.S. Prins Der Nederlanden was one of two
KNSMs very last Cargo-passenger liners ever to be built and
were completed in 1957. They were a One Class luxury style of
ship and operated between
SS Prinses Juliana Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, or the Netherlands Steamship Company commissioned to build a new more modern 8,000 GRT steamship for their regular East Indies service in 1908, she was laid down on July 7, 1909. This attractive ship with clean lines would offer superior accommodations and facilities for 349 passengers. She was completed on October 1, 1910 and she sailed successfully for the next twenty years. In 1930 she was transferred to the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij N.V., (KNSM) and she was refurbished and partially rebuilt, with a new dummy aft funnel fitted, in addition she was renamed Costa Rica. She operated in two World Wars. But sadly the Second World War took her toll as she was bombed by German aircraft, which destroyed this fine ship, whilst she was serving as a troopship in 1941.
MV Prinses Margriet
This is a luxurious all First Class cargo-passenger liner built
for the Dutch, Oranje Line in 1961 for the Northern Europe to
TEV Princess Patricia II The Turbo Electric Vessel Princess Patricia completed in 1949, being a small Canadian Pacific Rail Passenger-Car Ferry. In 1963 she was given an extensive refit to become an Alaskan Cruise Ship. But in 1965 after yet another refit she became the very first ship to operate for a new operator, who named his company after the Princess part of her name, and Princess Cruises was born! As we all know, thereafter Princess Cruises became a major, and one of the largest Cruise Companies in the world. Therefore this already delightfully luxury daytime Passenger-Car Ferry would in due course become a magnificent small Cruise Ship and she was entirely responsible for the beginnings of what became one of the great Cruise Companies in the world! Also included is her sister the Princess Marguerite II.
SS Principessa Giovanna
Two identical cargo-passenger liners built in 1923 to operate on
the
SS Principessa Maria See above.
RMS
Queen Elizabeth
This is the
RHMS
Queen Frederica
Built as Matson Lines Malolo, later renamed Matsonia, sold to
become Homes Lines Atlantic, renamed
RMS
Queen Mary
The true Queen of the sea. Fortunately she will remain with us
for many years to come as the Hotel Queen Mary at
SS Queen of Bermuda The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Canada Star, Island Sun, Liberte, Volendam, Monarch Sun, Volendam, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
T/n Raffaello With her sister Michelangelo, these twins were the ultimate of Italian shipbuilding. Yet, although much loved by passengers, movie star and Royalty, they only served for 10 years and ended up as sad military barracks in Persia/Iran.
MS
Randfontein
One of the
MS Rangitane (1) The following seven ships belong to the New Zealand Shipping Company New pages added.
MS Rangitane (2) A New Zealand Shipping Company Liner.
MS Rangitata (2) A New Zealand Shipping Company Liner.
MS Rangitiki A New Zealand Shipping Company Liner.
TEV Rangatira
This is one of most beautiful ships ever built ships for the
Inter-Island Express Steamer Service for
MS Rangitoto A New Zealand Shipping Company Liner.
SS Razmak The P&O liner that became the famed and long serving - Union Steam Ship Cos of New Zealand - Trans Tasman liner Monowai.
SS Regal
Sun
Regency Cruises SS Regent Sun was built as Zim Lines largest ever
liner SS Shalom and she was sold to the German Atlantic Line late
in 1967 to become the SS Hanseatic. In 1973 she was sold again to
Home lines to become the SS Doric. However, she was sold in 1981
to become the Royal Odyssey with Royal Cruise Line. Just seven
years later in 1988 she was purchased by Regency Cruises and she
was renamed once more to become the Regent Sun, but was laid up
in
Regent
Rainbow
An American built luxury liner for
SS Reina Del Mar
The 1956 built liner for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company
that operated from Liverpool via an amazing number of ports to
Peru in South America, a service that had commenced back in 1840.
Yet the beautiful
SS
Rembrandt
Sold to the now defunct Premier Cruise Line; she was built as the
Holland America Liner SS Rotterdam which is currently undergoing
a complete refit in order for her to return to her home
SS Remuera (2) New Zealand Shipping Company.
SS Rimutaka
Discover the amazing history of the 1922 P&O Liner RMS
Mongolia and her next four incarnations as follows. She was on charted
to the New Zealand Shipping Company as a humble migrant liner
from the
SS Rio de la Plata
This is the Italian ship, the 1923 built SS Principessa Maria,
which in 1940 found herself in Buenos Aires and was soon sold to
the Argentine Government and renamed the Rio de la Plata. She
operated on the
MS Ruahine (3) A New Zealand Shipping Company Liner..
RMS Ruapehu (2) This is one of the older New Zealand Shipping Company liners that was built in 1901 and you will discover that it is an interesting ship with an great story!
SS Roma
(1914)
SS
Roma (1951)
One of two popular
SS Rotterdam V Holland America Lines Rotterdam V has been saved from the breakers, and is now permanently moored in her homeport.
SS Royal Odyssey Royal Cruise Lines Royal Odyssey was built as Zim Lines largest ever liner SS Shalom and she was sold to the German Atlantic Line late in 1967 to become the SS Hanseatic. In 1973 she was sold again to Home lines to become the SS Doric. However, she was sold in 1981 to become the Royal Odyssey with Royal Cruise Line. Just seven years later in 1988 she was purchased by Regency Cruises and she was renamed once more to become the Regent Sun.
MV Royal Pacific
Built as the revolutionary Australian TSMV Empress of
MV
Royal Star
This modern looking ship was built in 1956 as the Adriatica
Lines
MS Ruys
The last of a trio of popular and luxurious 14,150 GRT
Cargo-passenger liners built for a well-known Dutch Company,
wholly based in
TSS
Ryndam
One of
SS Saarbrucken
The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner SS Saarbrucken was built in 1923,
but in 1935 she became the Italian liner
SS
Salta
Compania Argentina De Navegacion Dodero S.A., obtained two World
War II
SS San Giorgio
Built as the
MS
San Giorgio
Built in 1956 as the Adriatica Lines
MS Sangola She was the first of the British India Line famed S Class Trio.
MS Santa Barbara See MS Santa Maria below.
MS Santa Ines & Teresa German luxury passenger cargo sister ships built in 1952 and 1953, which were revolutionary and offered the ultimate in luxury fist class accommodation and facilities for their guests! These were the forerunners to the famous six Can San series of ships, which are also featured on this site!
MS San Marco Sister ship to the MS San Giorgio, and she like her sister was vastly modernised to become a cruise ship and sailed into the 1990s having been renamed twice.
MS Santa Maria
TS Santa Maria - Vera Cruz
Two superb luxury Portuguese 20,000-ton passenger liners built in
1953 and 1953. Both had remarkable careers and
SS Santa Paula
These 1958 built Hamburg Sud liners, the
SS Santa Rosa See Above.
MS Santa Ursala
She is the first of four 1951 built Hamburg Sud passenger cargo
liners offering luxury accommodations for 28 passengers o the
Germany South American service. Her sisters are the
MS Santhia This ship was the third of the British India Line famed S Class Trio.
MV
Sapphire
This is the complete story of a delightful ultramodern looking
ship completed in August 1967, the 12,219-Ton MS Italia, a ship
with a long and a good life. She had a number of names, such as
the Ocean Princess, Sea Prince,
SS
Sapphire Seas
N.S. Savannah The nuclear-powered passenger cargo ship that carried 60 passengers in all first class luxury accommodations, but did so for less than three years. Then operating as a tragic cargo ship she was out of service just under ten years after her maiden voyage in 1962 and was laid up by 1971. A magnificent ship to look at but a financial failure in every respect and she was plagued by countless design faults!
MV Sea Princess The last Swedish-America Line ship built in 1966, sold to become the P&O/Princess Sea Princess, Victoria, later the Mona Lisa, Oceanic II, and 2010 as the Mona Lisa again. She is now in danger of being broken up unless she is saved from doom!
SS
Seawise University
Read about the tragedy that was the
MV Sea Venture
This fine ship was built in 1971 as a Norwegian cruise ship, but
then she was sold to P&O,
MV Semiramis A small maritime treasure, commenced life with Elder Dempster as a very simple passenger cargo ship with accommodations for 52 passengers, until obtained by the famed Epirotiki Lines who turned her into a cruise ship and she sailed until 1979 and ended her days when she was 46 years old!
MV Serenade The 1957 built French liner Jean Mermoz had an interesting career as a liner until she commenced full time cruise duties in 1970 as the as the Mermoz and later the Louis Cruises MV Serenade.
MS
Seven Seas
A migrant ship to
SS Shalom Zim Israel Navigation largest Trans Atlantic liner. Sold to become: SS Hanseatic, Doric, Royal Odyssey, Regent Sun.
MS
Shota Rustaveli
This very popular ship was the fourth of the five Soviet Ivan
Franco or Poet Class liners to be built and they were
the most remarkable ships indeed. Her life was spent as a full
time cruise ship as well with CTC Lines sailing to
MS Sibajak The Royal Rotterdam Lloyds one time Flagship, was a luxury liner especially built for the lucrative Dutch East Indies (Indonesian) service, However, after WW2 in which she served bravely as a troopship, she became a One-Class migrant/passenger liner, first sailing to Canada and New York, but over her final eight years she operated to Australia & New Zealand and the author sailed on her in 1958, one year before her being broken up. This is a most comprehensive feature with a total of Seven Pages!
MS Sirdhana This ship was the second of the British India Line famed S Class Trio.
MS Skaubryn A unique little Norwegian emigrant ship that mostly sailed on the Australian migrant run.
SS Southern Cross The ship that revolutionised ship design forever! Follow her history, from a Shaw Savill Albion Liner to her final incarnation as the Cruise Ship, ss OceanBreeze. This is a 20-page feature, containing almost one hundred photographs. OceanBreeze Cabin Plan and Deck by deck description.
SS
Statendam
In 1957 Holland America Line had completed its revolutionary
passenger liner the 24,294-ton SS Statendam that offered Tourist
Class passengers the full length of the ship that was by far more
glamorous and luxurious than ever before and with just 84
passengers in the ultra luxurious First class, located on Boat
Deck. She became one of the most popular cruise ships and
MS State of Haryana ex British India Line Santhia the third of the S Class Trio ships sold to an Indiian shipping company in 1966, and she sailed on until late 1976.
SS Stella Maris I Built as a warship and later converted into a luxury Greek cruise ship that started what became one of the greatest and most popular cruise lines - Sun Line, which offered the ultimate in luxury for many years until its demise due to a merger in 1997 when several Greek cruise companies merged to become Royal Olympia Cruises, which spelt the end for all lines concerned!
MV
Stella Maris II
Built as a German ferry she was rebuilt in 1966 as Sun Lines
small luxury cruise ship
MS
Stockholm IV
The mini Swedish America 1948 built Trans-Atlantic Liner, that is
more famed for sinking the Andrea Doria than for her own career,
which was not a great success to say the least. She did well as a
East German Trade Union cruise ship, then as a refugee
accommodation ship. Only when rebuilt into a cruise ship in 1994
did she become greatly loved by both her owners and passengers
and today (2008) at 60 years of age, she happily sails on as the
MS Straat Banka Two identical beautifully designed Passenger Cargo Liners were built in 1951 and 1952, the first was this ship the Straat Banka and the second the Tjinegara. Both accommodated 50 passengers in sheer comfort, and this is their story!
RMS Strathaird Second of the famous Straths sisters. Strathaird became known to be the first P&O ship to enter the Australian cruise market on December 23, 1932.
MS Surriento
The Surriento was built in 1928 as built the Grace Lines MS
Santa Maria and operated a luxury all first class service from
SS
Sydney
One of two popular
MS Tahitien
MS Tahitien was the second was of the two sisters, and they were
fine 12,712 ton passenger-cargo liners. The Tahitien was
constructed at
MS Taiyuan
The second of a pair of first class cargo-passenger liners
operating between
MS
Taras Shevchenko
She was the third of the five Soviet Ivan Franco or
Poet Class liners to be built and they were the most
remarkable ships indeed. Like the
MS
Tasmania
M.S Tasmania was originally built in the
MS Tegelberg
The second of a trio of popular and luxurious 14,150 GRT
Cargo-passenger liners built for a well-known Dutch Company,
wholly based in
SS Theodor Herzl A Zim Israel Navigation liner.
MS
The Victoria
Built in 1936 for Union Castle Lines
MV
Thysville
Built in
SS Tirpitz
Built prior WWI as the Admiral
RMS Titanic The ship I never wanted to write about, but having been bombarded by my supporters considering I have written on the RMS Olympic and Britannic, thus finally here it is as a Two Part (page) feature. Part One covers the ship, its building, and her interiors with countless photographs. Part Two will cover her short voyage, but I will not be concentration on the horrid tale of death, but regarding the facts of what occurred during the entire voyage and actual events of that night. I believe that it will make for interesting reading!
MS Tjiwangi Royal Interocean Lines small liners, known as the Elegant White Yachts in the sixties.
MS Tjiluwah The second of the pair was built in 1950.
MS Tjinegara Two identical beautifully designed Passenger Cargo Liners were built in 1951 and 1952, the first was the Straat Banka and the second the Tjinegara. Both accommodated 50 passengers in sheer comfort, and this is their story!
SS Tofua
The SS Tofua (I) was a fine 4,345 GRT (Gross Registered Ton) 144
Passenger-Cargo Liner was built in 1908 and became a greatly
loved ship. She operated on the
MV Tofua I worked for the Union Steamship Company in the early sixties and obviously spent a great deal of time on both the MV Tofua (2) and the slightly older MV Matua. Tofua was the newer of the two and the last ever USSCos Pacific Passenger ships to be built. Tofua was a very popular ship and she attracted regular passengers who would opt for a round voyage, thus becoming more like s cruise ship. She was known as The Happy Ship!
SS The
Topaz
An Elegant Survivor from the Fifties
by
SS Toscana
The Lloyd Triestino Liner that was originally the Norddeucher
Lloyd SS Saarbrucken built 1923, but in 1935 she became the
Italian liner
SS United States
The greatest of all American liners that is sadly laid up in
SS Universe See next listing for Universe Campus.
SS
Universe Campus
Built as the 9,214 GRT C4 type cargo ship SS Badger Mariner to be
rebuilt as the SS Atlantic for American Banner Lines, later
operating for American Export Lines. In due course she became the
SS Universe Campus then, SS Universe. This is her story. Not to
be confused with the ex Matson Line ship Malolo that was later
renamed
SS
Universe Explorer
The ship with many names, however she ended her days gloriously
as the SS Universe Explorer. Previous names: Enchanted Seas,
Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star,
SS Uruguay
This is a 3 page feature on the Panama Pacific Line Big
3 Liners, the SS California,
SS Uruguay Star One of the last four Blue Star Combination-Passenger Liners.
TS Vasco Da Gama
This was originally the TS Infante Dom Henrique being
SS Velasquez
This is the first of three identical Lamport & Holt Line
ships. This is the 7,542 ton
SS
Veendam
The 1958 Moore-McCormack liner and sister to the
SS Vera Cruz
Two superb luxury Portuguese 20,000-ton passenger liners built in
1953 and 1953. Both had remarkable careers and
TS Santa Maria See the Above, she is the twin sister to the SS Vera Cruz.
SS Verdi
The last of the Lampart & Holt Line Trio of V ships was the
somewhat smaller 7,120 ton SS
SS Veronese
This was the second L&H Line ship to be built, being the
7,877 ton SS
MS
Victoria
Built in 1936 for Union Castle Lines
MV Victoria The last Swedish-America Line ship built in 1966, sold to become the P&O/Princess Sea Princess, Victoria, later the Mona Lisa, Oceanic II, and 2010 as the Mona Lisa again. She is now in danger of being broken up unless she is saved from doom!
MV
Viking Bordeaux
Built as a German ferry she was rebuilt in 1966 as Sun Lines
small luxury cruise ship
SS
Waitaki
A small coastal passenger cargo vessel owned by the Union Steam
Ship Company of New Zealand that was built in 1874. Although,
this little ship had a short life part of her was found on a
MS Westerdam
Another all First Class Holland America Passenger Cargo Liner
with 125 privileged passengers who sailed the
SS Volendam The ship with many names, such as, SS Universe Explorer, Enchanted Seas, Queen of Bermuda, Canada Star, Island Sun, Liberte, Monarch Sun, built as the Moore-McCormack liner SS Brasil.
TSMV
Wanganella
The luxurious two class Huddart Parker Ltd, Express Trans
Tasman liner that was originally built for the Royal
Mail/Elder Dempster Lines West Africa service, but was never
delivered due to financial delivery. She was obtained as a
bargain for
SS Waterman
One of three US Victory freighters converted by the Dutch
Government as troopers then rebuilt them as emigrant ships,
operating to North America,
RMS
Windsor Castle
Sadly, this great Liner sailed for Alang in
MS
Willem Ruys
Part One Covers the famed Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Liner over
multiple pages & Part Two will cover the ship having
been sold to
MV
Yaohua
SS Zion
A Zim Israel Navigation liner.
SS Zuiderkruis
One of three US Victory freighters converted by the Dutch
Government as troopers then rebuilt them as emigrant ships,
operating to North America,
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