This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships . Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted from liners to cruise ships, may be listed in both places. Also included are cargo liners designed to carry both cargo and passengers.
Legend
Preserved and/or laid up ships
Ships in service
Single name
The following ships were not renamed at any time during their career.
Ship name
Year launched
Fate
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SS Abyssinia
1870
Caught fire, and sank on December 18, 1891
RMS Acadia
1840
Scrapped in 1858 after being deployed as a troopship during the Indian Mutiny
USAHS Acadia
1932
Scrapped in 1955
SS Adolphine
1860
Unknown
SS Adriatic
1871
Scrapped in 1899 after being sold
SS Adriatic (1856)
1856
Beached and abandoned in 1885
RMS Adriatic
1906
Scrapped in 1935
SS Afric
1898
Torpedoed and sunk by SM UC-66, February 12, 1917.
RMS Africa
1850
Sold for refit as a sailing ship in 1868
RMS Alcantara
1913
Attacked by German merchant raiders , and sank on February 29, 1916
SS Algonquin
1926
Scrapped in 1957
RMS Amazon
1906
Torpedoed and Sunk March 15, 1918
Amazon and Aragon. Amazon is on the bottom.
RMS America
1847
Broken up in 1875
SS Andrea Doria
1951
Collided with MS Stockholm , and sank on July 26, 1956.
SS Aorangi (1883)
1883
Scrapped in 1925
MV Aorangi (1924)
1924
Scrapped in 1953
SS Antilles
1953
Caught fire, and abandoned after hitting a reef on January 8, 1971
RMS Aquitania
1913
Scrapped in 1950
SS Arabic
1902
Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-24 on August 19, 1915
HMT Aragon
1905
Sunk by torpedo on 30 December 1917
SS Arandora Star
1927
Torpedoed and sunk on July 2, 1940
SS Arcadia
1953
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1979
SS Arctic
1850
Collided with SS Vesta , and sank in 1854
RMS Arlanza
1911
Scrapped in 1938
SS Armadale Castle
1903
Scrapped in 1936
SS Armenian
1895
Torpedoed and Sunk by SM U-24 on June 28, 1915
RMS Arundel Castle
1919
Scrapped in 1959
Asama Maru
1928
Torpedoed and sunk on November 1, 1944
RMS Asia
1850
Broken up in 1883
MV Athlone Castle
1936
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1965
SS Atlantic (1849)
1849
Scrapped in 1871.
RMS Atlantic
1871
Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873
Awa Maru
1899
Taken out of service in 1930, fate unknown
MV Awa Maru
1942
Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945
HMT Awatea
1936
Bombed and Sunk by German Aircraft, November 11, 1942
SS Baltic
1850
Scrapped in 1880
RMS Baltic
1903
Scrapped in 1933 โ Japan
MS Batory
1935
Scrapped in 1971
SS Belgravia
1881
Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896
SS Bothnia
1874
Scrapped in 1899
SS Braemar Castle
1898
Scrapped in 1924
SS Bremen
1928
Caught fire, and gutted in 1941. Later scrapped in 1946
SS Britannic
1874
Scrapped in 1903 after being sold
HMHS Britannic
1914
Struck a mine and sank on November 21, 1916
MV Britannic
1929
Scrapped in 1960
RMS Caledonia
1840
Lost outside Havana in 1851
SS Caledonia
1904
Torpedoed by SM U-24 on December 4, 1916
HMS Calgarian
1913
Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918
SS California
1906
Torpedoed by SM U-85 on February 7, 1917
SS California
1923
Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
RMS Cambria
1844
Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold
SS Cameronia
1911
Torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-33 on April 15, 1917
RMS Campania
1892
Collided with HMS Glorious , and sank on November 5, 1918
RMS Canada
1848
Scrapped in 1883
SS Canberra
1960
Scrapped at Gadani Beach , Pakistan in 1997
SS Cap Arcona
1927
Caught fire and capsized in the Bay of Lรผbeck after being bombed by British aircraft on May 3, 1945. Wreck scrapped in 1949.
MV Capetown Castle
1937
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1967
SMS Cap Trafalgar
1913
Sank in combat on September 14, 1914
RMS Carinthia
1925
Torpedoed and sunk by U-46 on June 7, 1940
RMS Carmania
1905
Scrapped in 1932
MV Carnarvon Castle
1926
Scrapped at Mihara , Japan in 1963
SS Carondelet
1877
Unknown
RMS Caronia
1904
Scrapped in 1933
RMS Carpathia
1902
Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by SM U-55 on July 17, 1918
SS Catalonia
1881
Scrapped in 1901
SS Cathay
1924
Bombed by German aircraft, sank in 1942
RMS Cedric
1902
Scrapped in 1932
RMS Celtic
1901
Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site
SS Ceramic
1912
Torpedoed and sunk on December 6, 1942
SS Champlain
1931
Struck an air-laid mine and capsized off of La Pallice , France on June 17, 1940, later torpedoed. Wreck scrapped in 1965.
SS Champlain in dock
SS Champollion
1925
Wrecked near Beirut, 22 December 1952, scrapped on sight.
SS Cheribon
1882
Wrecked on April 11, 1902, at Remedios Point , Panama
MS Chrobry
1939
Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft
SS Chusan
1949
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1973, work completed in 1974.
SS City of Adelaide
1863
Ran aground in 1916
SS City of Benares
1936
Torpedoed and sunk on September 17, 1940, while carrying child evacuees
SS City of Boston
1864
Vanished and presumed lost January 1870
SS City of Brussels
1869
Collided with SS Kirby Hall while entering the River Mersey , and sank on January 7, 1883
SS City of Cairo
1915
Torpedoed and sunk on November 6, 1942
SS City of Columbus
1878
Wrecked off Martha's Vineyard January 18, 1884
SS City of Glasgow
1850
Vanished and presumed lost in 1854
SS City of London
1863
Vanished and presumed lost in 1881
SS City of Manchester
1851
Wrecked in 1876
SS City of Nagpur
1922
Torpedoed and sunk on April 29, 1941
SS City of New York
1888
Scrapped in 1923 โ Genoa , Italy
SS City of Paris
1920
Scrapped in 1956
SS City of Peking
1874
Scrapped in 1920
City of Philadelphia
1854
Sank on maiden voyage off Cape Race September 9, 1854
SS City of Richmond
1873
Scrapped in 1896 โ Genoa, Italy
SS City of Rio de Janeiro
1878
Struck rocks and sank on February 22, 1901, off of San Francisco
SS City of Rome
1881
Scrapped in 1902 โ Germany
SS City of Tokio
1874
Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885
RMS Columbia (1840)
1840
Wrecked on Devil's Limb Reef at Seal Island, Nova Scotia , on July 2, 1843
SS Columbus
1924
Scuttled by the crew in 1939 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy
SS Conte di Savoia
1931
Scrapped in 1950
SS Conte Rosso
1921
Torpedoed and sunk, 24 May 1941
SS Conte Verde
1922
Scrapped in 1949
SS Cristoforo Colombo
1953
Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung , Taiwan
SS Dakota
1904
Struck a reef and sank off Yokohama on March 3, 1907
The S.S. Dakota
SS Deutschland
1923
Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on May 3, 1945
S.S. Deutschland being towed.
SS Devonian (1900)
1900
Torpedoed and sunk, August 21, 1917
The S.S. Devonian in port.
RMS Doric
1922
Scrapped in 1935
R.M.S. Doric in 1923
SS Dover Castle
1904
Torpedoed and sunk by UC-67 on May 26, 1918
RMS Duchess of Atholl
1928
Torpedoed and sunk by U-178 on October 10, 1942.
RMS Duchess of Atholl
SS Duchess of York
1928
Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
A postcard of the S.S. Duchess of York
SS Duilio
1923
Bombed by Allied aircraft and sank in 1944
S.S. Duilio at sea.
MV Durban Castle
1938
Scrapped at Hamburg in 1962
SS Edinburgh Castle
1910
Served in both wars sunk as a target near Sierra Leone on September 25, 1945
The Edinburgh Castle at port.
RMS Edinburgh Castle
1947
Scrapped 1976
The Edinburgh Castle at sea.
SS Elbe
1881
Collided with SS Crathie , and sank in the North Sea on January 31, 1895
SS Elbe of 1881
RMS Empress of Asia
1912
Bombed by Japanese aircraft and sank off Sultan Shoal on February 5, 1942
R.M.S. Empress of Asia leaving Vancouver in 1917
RMS Empress of Britain
1930
Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940, by a German U-boat
R.M.S. Empress of Britain in 1931.
RMS Empress of Canada
1920
Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
R.M.S. Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver in June 1936
RMS Empress of China
1890
Scrapped in 1912 โ Yokohama , Japan
R.M.S. Empress of China docked at Vancouver in the year 1893
RMS Empress of Ireland
1906
Collided with SS Storstad , and sank on May 29, 1914
R.M.S. Empress of Ireland
RMS Empress of Japan
1890
Scrapped in 1926
R.M.S. Empress of Russia in the year 1894
RMS Empress of Russia
1912
Scrapped in 1945 โ Barrow-in-Furness
RMS Empress of Russia coaling at Vancouver circa 1930
SS Espagne
1909
Scrapped in 1934
S.S. Espagne at the port of Saint-Nazaire
RMS Etruria
1884
Scrapped in 1910
RMS Etruria in the River Mersey
RMS Europa
1847
Sold in February 1866
R.M.S. Europa in 1848
SS France
1910
Scrapped in 1936
S.S. France in 1912
SS Finland
1902
Scrapped in 1928
S.S. Finland in the city of New York, 1906 USS Finland in the port of Newport News with returning troops, circa 1919.
MV Funchal
1961
Awaiting conversion as a hotelship in Lisbon , Portugal
SS Gallia
1913
Torpedoed and sunk, October 4, 1916
S.S. Gallia in the year 1913
MS Georges Philippar
1930
Caught fire, and sank on May 19, 1932
Georges Philippar in the year 1931.
SS Geelong
1904
Torpedoed and sunk, January 1, 1916
S.S. Geelong
MV Georgic
1931
Bombed in July 1941, refloated, Scrapped in 1956
M.V. Georgic. MV Georgic as a troop ship, in the year 1944. MV Georgic in Australia, 1949. Note the singular funnel.
MS Giulio Cesare
1950
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1973
SS Gothic
1947
Scrapped in 1969
The Royal Yacht Gothic in the year 1954
SS Great Britain
1843
Preserved as a museum ship
SS Great Eastern
1858
Scrapped in 1889
S.S. Great Eastern in dock. Great Eastern, pictured with 4 funnels.
SS Great Western
1837
Scrapped in 1856
The Great Western riding a tidal wave, painted 11 December 1844
Hikawa Maru
1929
Preserved as a museum ship
SS Himalaya
1948
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1975
S.S. Himalaya
SS Iberia
1954
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1973
SS Ivernia
1899
Torpedoed and sunk on January 1, 1917
Ivernia in the year 1900.
SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen
1914
Scuttled and sunk, May 14, 1940
S.S. Jan Pieterszoon Coen in the year 1935.
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
1897
Scuttled on August 26, 1914, as a result of the Battle of Rรญo de Oro
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
SS Kroonland
1902
Scrapped in 1927
SS Kroonland, in the year 1903.
SS L'Atlantique
1930
Scrapped in 1936
SS La Bourgogne
1885
Collided with Cromartyshire , and sank on July 4, 1898, off Sable Island
La Bourgogne, circa 1895
SS La Touraine
1890
Scrapped in 1923
S.S. La Touraine.
RMS Laconia
1911
Torpedoed and sunk on February 15, 1917, by the German U-boat U-50
R.M.S. Laconia at New York in the year 1912.
RMS Laconia
1921
Torpedoed and sunk on September 12, 1942, by U-156
RMS Laconia in the year 1921
SS Lapland
1908
Scrapped in 1934 โ Osaka , Japan
SS Lapland arriving in port.
SS Laurentic
1908
Struck two mines and sank on January 25, 1917
S.S. Laurentic in 1909.
SS Leonardo da Vinci
1958
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1982
Leonardo da Vinci on February 5th, 1975.
RMS Lucania
1893
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1909
R.M.S. Lucania
SS Lusitania
1906
Wrecked on Bellows Rock off Cape Point , South Africa , on 18 April 1911
S.S. Lusitania
RMS Lusitania
1906
Torpedoed and sunk on May 7, 1915
RMS Lusitania coming into port.
RMS Magdalena
1889
Scrapped in 1921
RMS Magdalena
1948
Wrecked in 1949
SS Maheno
1905
Wrecked on Fraser Island , Queensland , July 7, 1935.
Hand colored postcard of the S.S. Maheno
RMS Maloja
1923
Scrapped in 1954
S.S. Maloja in 1923.
SS Maloja
1911
Struck a mine and sank off Dover , February 1916
S.S. Maloja.
SS Marama
1907
Scrapped in 1937
Marama serving as a hospital ship in the year 1915.
SS Massilia
1920
Scuttled in 1944 and scrapped in 1946
S.S. Massilia, circa 1920
RMS Mauretania
1906
Scrapped in 1935
RMS Mauretania
1938
Scrapped in 1965
MS Marnix van Sint Aldegonde
1929
Bombed and Sunk, November 7, 1943
Marnix van Sint Aldegonde in port.
SS Megantic
1908
Scrapped in 1933 after being sold
Megantic at Millers Point, Sydney in 1920
SS Metagama
1915
Scrapped in 1934.
Metagama 1927
SS Michelangelo
1962
Scrapped in 1991
SS Michelangelo in NYC.
MS Mikhail Lermontov
1970
Struck rocks and sank on February 16, 1986, near Marlborough Sounds
Mikhail Lermontov in Tilbury
SS Minnewaska
1923
Scrapped in 1934
SS Minnewaska departing the city of New York
SS Minnetonka
1924
Scrapped in 1934
SS Minnetonka departing New York City
SS Montrose
1897
Wrecked on Goodwin Sands on 20 December 1914
SS Montrose
RMS Mooltan
1923
Scrapped at Faslane , Scotland , in 1954
R.M.S. Mooltan
SS Mulbera
1922
Scrapped in 1954 after being sold
HMHS Newfoundland
1925
Bombed by German aircraft in September, 1943 then subsequently scuttled
HMHS Newfoundland leaving Algiers harbor, 1943.
RMS Niagara
1912
Sank after striking a mine, June 19, 1940
R.M.S. Niagra
RMS Niagara (1847)
1847
Wrecked near South Stack, Anglesey on June 6, 1875[ 1]
SS Nieuw Amsterdam
1937
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1974
Nieuw Amsterdam at Hook of Holland in 1949.
SS Northern Star
1961
Scrapped in 1975
S.S. Northern Star
RMS Nova Scotia
1926
Torpedoed and sank in 1942
R.M.S. Nova Scotia
RMS Oceanic
1870
Scrapped in 1896
SS Oceanic in 1895
RMS Oceanic
1899
Ran aground off, Foula , Shetland on September 8, 1914, fully scrapped by 1979
R.M.S. Oceanic
Oceanic (unfinished ship)
Never launched
Partly built hull was deconstructed, and melted down to make the smaller MV Britannic (1929) and MV Georgic (1931)
R.M.M.V Oceanic
RMS Olympic
1910
Scrapped in 1937
SS Orbita
1914
Scrapped in 1950
SS Orcades
1937
Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942, by U-172
The S.S. Orcades berthed in Wellington Harbour, sometime in the 1940s
SS Orcades
1947
Scrapped in 1973
The ocean liners Orcades.
SS Orduรฑa
1913
Scrapped in 1951 โ Scotland
S.S. Orduรฑa in New York.
SS Oregon
1883
Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island, New York
S.S. Oregon
SS Oriana
1959
Scrapped in 2005
S.S. Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga, circa 1985
RMS Orion
1934
Scrapped in 1963
R.M.S. Orion
SS Oronsay
1924
Torpedoed and sunk off Liberia on October 9, 1942
Oronsay in 1940.
SS Oronsay
1950
Scrapped in 1975
S.S. Oronsay in 1950.
SS Orontes
1929
Scrapped in 1962 โ Valencia , Spain
SS Orontes in Tilbury Docks, circa 1957.
SS Oropesa (1919)
1919
Torpedoed and sunk by U-96, January 16, 1941.
SS Oropesa
SS Orsova
1908
Scrapped in 1936
S.S. Orsova being towed.
SS Orsova
1953
Scrapped in 1974 โ Taiwan
Orsova in the year 1966
MS Oslofjord
1938
Struck a mine and sank in 1941
M/S Oslofjord in the year 1938
HMS Otranto
1909
Collided with HMS Kashmir , and sank on October 6, 1918
S.S. Otranto in 1909.
SS Otway
1909
Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917
SS Otway between 1909 and 1917
SS Pacific
1849
Vanished and presumed lost January 1856
Steamship Pacific in 1849
Pacific
1850
Collided with SS Orpheus , and sank on November 4, 1875
SS Pacific, from a drawing commissioned early in its career.
RMS Pannonia
1902
Scrapped 1922
RMS Pannonia under way.
SS Paris
1916
Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on April 18, 1939; scrapped on the spot in 1947
S.S Paris circa 1916.
SS Persia (1900)
1900
Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-38 on December 30, 1915
S.S. Persia circa 1900.
MS Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
1925
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1932
The Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in Batavia, Indonesia.
MS Piลsudski
1934
Sank on November 26, 1939, by either striking a mine or being torpedoed
MS Piลsudski in New York
SS President
1840
Vanished and presumed lost March 1841
The S.S. President
SS President Coolidge
1931
Struck two mines and sank on October 26, 1942
S.S. President Coolidge at sea, 1930s
USS President Lincoln
1907
Torpedoed and sunk by U-90 on May 31, 1918
S.S. President Lincoln sometime before World War One
SS Pretoria
1897
Scrapped in 1921
S.S. Pretoria in 1898
SS Queen Elizabeth 2
1967
Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Dubai
RMS Queen Mary
1934
Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach , California
RMS Queen Mary 2
2003
In service[ 2]
SS Raffaello
1963
Partially sank in 1983
S.S. Raffaello somewhere near port.
SS Rajputana
1925
Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941
SS Rajputana on a postcard
SS Ranchi
1925
Scrapped in 1953
S.S. Ranchi
MS Rangitane
1929
Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on November 27, 1940
MS Rangitane on a postcard.
RMS Rangitata
1929
Scrapped in 1962
R.M.S. Rangita
RMS Rangitiki
1928
Scrapped in 1962
R.M.S. Rangitiki
SS Ranpura
1924
Scrapped in 1961
SS Reina del Mar
1955
Scrapped in 1975
Reina del Mar with the Edinburgh Castle, 1948.
MV Reina del Pacifico
1930
Scrapped in 1958
American troops climbing into assault landing craft from Reina Del Pacifico, during Operation Torch.
SS Rex
1931
Bombed by Allies , and sunk on September 8, 1944
S.S. Rex in 1933, shortly after receiving the Blue Riband
SS Rochambeau
1911
Scrapped in 1934 or 1936
Le Rochambeau departing the city of Saint-Nazaire
RMS Saxonia
1899
Scrapped in 1925
R.M.S. Saxonia in the year 1900.
RMS Scythia
1920
Scrapped in 1958
R.M.S. Scythia
SS Servia
1881
Scrapped in 1902
S.S. Servia
MS St. Louis
1928
Scrapped at Hamburg , Germany in 1952
S.S. St. Louis in the port of Hamburg
SS Saint Paul
1895
Scrapped in 1923
S.S. Saint Paul near the city of New York, circa 1895.
NS Savannah
1959
Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore , Maryland
SS Statendam
1924
Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later.
Statendam on her sea trials.
MV Stirling Castle
1935
Scrapped at Mihara , Japan in 1966
R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle
MS Stockholm
1938
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1938
RMS Strathaird
1931
Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
RMS Strathaird beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge
RMS Strathnaver
1931
Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
R.M.S. Strathnaver in Lisbon, circa 1934
SS Tararua
1864
Wrecked on Otara Reef in New Zealand , April 29, 1881
Woodcut print of the wreck of the S.S. Tararua
Terukuni Maru
1929
Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom
Terukuni Maru
RMS Titanic
1911
Struck an iceberg and sank , April 15, 1912, on her maiden voyage
SS Transylvania
1914
Torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917, by German U-boat U-63
R.M.S. Transylvania.
RMS Transylvania
1925
Torpedoed and sunk on August 10, 1940, by U-56
R.M.S. Transylvania on a postcard
SS Tuscania
1914
Torpedoed and sunk on February 5, 1918, by UB-77
SS Tuscania, circa 1914
SS Ultonia
1898
Torpedoed and sunk on June 27, 1917, by SM U-53
Ultonia photographed at sea in 1898 or 1900.
RMS Umbria
1884
Scrapped in 1910
The R.M.S. Umbria heading out of River Mersey.
SS United States
1951
Laid up in Philadelphia , bought to be preserved as of February 2011
SS Vaterland
1940
Bombed by Allies in 1943, the wreck was scrapped in 1948
A model of the S.S. Vaterland
RMS Viceroy of India
1928
Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by U-407
R.M.S. Viceroy of India on a postcard, circa 1935.
TSS Wahine
1912
Wrecked on Masela Island Reef in the Arafura Sea , August 15, 1951
T.S.S. Wahine in Wellington Harbour, circa 1936
SS Waratah
1908
Vanished and presumed lost 1909
Waratah at Port Adelaide sometime before her last voyage.
SS Warrimoo
1892
Collided with the destroyer Catapulte and sank, May 1918
SS Warrimoo, pictured sometime before 1918.
MS Wanganella
1929
Scrapped in 1970
Wanganella in her pre-war livery A.H.S. Wanganella as a hospital ship M.S. Wanganella after the war, pictured here in a cove of Doubtful Sound.
RMS Windsor Castle
1921
Torpedoed and sunk on March 23, 1943, by German aircraft off Algiers , Algeria
S.S. Windsor Castle in Windsor Castle.
SS Winifredian
1889
Scrapped in 1929
S.S. Winifredian, pictured here in Boston.
Multi-name
Note: The ships listed here were renamed, and in some cases multiple times in their careers.
A-D
Ship name
Year launched
Other names
Fate
Image
MS Achille Lauro
1947
MS Willem Ruys (1947โ1965)
Caught fire and sank off Somalia on December 2, 1994
As MS Willem Ruys As Achille Lauro
SS Admiral Nakhimov
1925
SS Berlin (1925โ1949)
Collided with the Pyotr Vasev , and sank on August 31, 1986
As the Berlin As the Admiral Nakhimov
USS Aeolus (ID-3005)
1899
SS Grosser Kurfรผrst (1899โ1917) USS Grosser Kurfurst (1917โ1919) SS City of Los Angeles (1922โ1937)
Scrapped in 1937 โ Japan
Grosser Kurfurst, pictured here in January 1903. U.S.S. Aeolus in port, 1919
MS Agamemnon
1946
Sincere (1966โ1969)
Caught fire, and sank in 1969
SS Akaroa (1914)
1914
Euripides (1914โ1932)
Scrapped in 1954
Euripides in the London Docks, sometime about 1920, painted by William Lionel Wyllie S.S. Akaroa at New Plymouth, New Zealand, circa 1934.
SS Alaska (1881)
1881
Magallanes (1897โ1902)
Scrapped in 1902
S.S. Alaska photographed sometime in the 1890s.
SS Albania (1920)
1920
California (1930โ1941)
Torpedoed and sunk off Syracuse on August 11, 1941
S.S. Albania under tow.
SS Albert Ballin
1922
Hansa (1935โ1945) Sovetskiy Soyuz (1953โ1980)
Scrapped in 1981
S.S. Albert Ballin, circa 1923 Cargo ship Sovetskiy Soyuz, pictured in 1957
RMS Alcantara (1926)
1926
HMS Alcantara (1939โ1943) Kaisho Maru (1958)
Scrapped in 1958
R.M.S. Alcantara outside of Rio de Janeiro
MS Aleksandr Pushkin
1964
Marco Polo (1991โ2021)
Scrapped in Alang , India in 2021. Work completed in 2022.
MS Aleksandr Pushkin in the summer of 1970. Marco Polo in the port of Tallinn, circa August 2nd, 2012
USS America (ID-3006)
1905
Amerika (1905โ1917) USAT America (1919โ1920) SS America (1920โ1931) USAT Edmund B. Alexander (1940โ1957)
Scrapped in 1957
SS Amerika, sometime before 1914 America arrives in Boston Harbor, circa April 5th, 1919 USS America sunk at her mooring. USAT America, circa 1919 S.S. America circaโ1920's U.S.A.T. Edmund B. Alexander
SS America (1939)
1939
USS West Point (1941โ1946) SS Australis (1964โ1978) SS Italis (1978โ1980) SS Noga (1980โ1984) SS Alferdoss (1984โ1993) SS American Star (1994โ2008)
Wrecked at Playa de Garcey, Fuerteventura in 1994, whilst under tow to become a hotel ship off Phuket , Thailand .
America
USS West Point Australis
America (Venture Cruises) S.S. Italis As Noga/Alferdoss The wreck of the American Star
MS Ancerville
1962
MV Minghua (1973โ1983)
Preserved as a hotelship
Minghua as part of the Sea World Complex
SS Arabic (1920)
1908
SS Berlin (1908โ1920)
Scrapped in 1931
SS Arabic at sea
MS Aramis
1931
Teiyล Maru (1942โ1944)
Torpedoed and sank on August 18, 1944
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932 Teiyล Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943
SS Argentina (1929)
1929
SS Pennsylvania (1929โ1938)
Scrapped in 1964
One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina, it's unknown which one it is as the name was omitted from the bow.
SS Arundel Castle
1894
SS Birma (1905โ1913) SS Mitava (1913โ1921) SS Josef Pilsudski (1921โ1923) SS Franck Hellmers (1923โ1924) SS Wilbo (1924)
Scrapped in 1924
SS Birma on a 1914 postcard. Arundel Castle and Dunottar Castle in Capetown. Arundel Castle is the ship on the right. H.S. Mitava, circa 1918.
SS Arizona
1879
Hancock (1898โ1926)
Scrapped in 1926
S.S. Arizona while she held the Atlantic Record USS Hancock.
SS Athenic
1901
SS Pelagos (1928โ1962)
Scrapped in 1962
S.S. Athenic Hvalfangerselskapet Pelagos, circa 1931
RMS Atrato (1888)
1888
The Viking (1912โ1914) HMS Viknor (1914โ1915)
Torpedoed and sank on January 13, 1915
SS Augusta Victoria (1888)
1888
Kuban (1904โ1907)
Scrapped in 1907
Augusta Victoria under steam
MS Augustus (1926)
1926
Falco (1939โ1940) Sparviero (1940โ1946)
Scuttled in Genoa in 1944, raised and scrapped in 1946
MS Augustus (1950)
1950
Great Sea (1976โ1980) Ocean King (1980โ1983) Philippines (1983โ1985) President (1985โ1987) Asian Princess (1987โ1999) M/S Philippines (1999โ2011) Philippine (2011โ2012)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2012
MV Aureol
1951
Marianna IV (1974โ2001) Mariann IV (2001)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2001
SS Ausonia (1956)
1956
The Ausonia (2006) Ivory (2006โ2007) Aegean Two (2007โ2008) Ivory (2008โ2010) Winner 5 (2010)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2010
SS Baltic (1871)
1871
SS Veendam (1889โ1898)
Collided with a derelict ship, and sank on February 6, 1898
SS Belgenland (1914)
1914
Belgic (1916โ1923) Columbia (1935โ1936)
Scrapped in 1936 โ Scotland
SS Bergensfjord
1913
Argentina (1946โ1953) Jerusalem (1953โ1957) Aliya (1957โ1959)
Scrapped in 1959
MS Bergensfjord (1955)
1955
De Grasse (1971โ1973) Rasa Sayang (1973โ1978) Golden Moon (1978โ1980) Rasa Sayang (1980)
Caught fire, and capsized in Perama , Greece on August 27, 1980
MV Bloemfontein Castle
1949
Patris (1959โ1979) Mediterranean Island (1979โ1981) Mediterranean Star (1981โ1988) Terra (1988โ1989)
Scrapped at Gadani Beach , Pakistan in 1987
MV Brazil Maru
1954
Toba Brazil Maru (1974โ1997) Zhanjiang (1997โ1998) Hai Shang Cheng Shi (1998โ)
Beached as a restaurant in Zhanjiang , China, currently closed
SS Bremen (1896)
1896
SS Constantinople (1919โ1921) SS King Alexander (1922โ1929)
Scrapped in 1929
SS Bretagne (1951)
1951
SS Brittany (1962โ1963)
Caught fire, and gutted on April 8, 1963; scrapped
RMS Britannia
1840
SMS Barbarossa (1849 โ to German Confederation)
SMS Barbarossa (1852 โ to Prussian Navy)
Cunard's first ocean liner โ sunk as target ship by Prussian Navy July 1880
SS Calgaric
1918
Orca (1918โ1927)
Scrapped in 1934
SS California (1928)
1928
SS Uruguay (1938โ1964)
Scrapped in 1964
SS Cambodge
1952
Stella V (1970) Stella Solaris (1970โ2003) S. Solar (2003)
Scrapped in Alang , India in 2003
RMS Cameronia (1919)
1919
HMT Cameronia (1941โ1945) SS Empire Clyde (1953โ1957)
Scrapped in 1957
RMS Carinthia (1955)
1955
SS Fairland (1968โ1971) SS Fairsea (1971โ1988) SS Fair Princess (1988โ2000) SS China Sea Discovery (2000โ2005) Sea Discovery (2005)
Scrapped in 2005 in Alang , India
RMS Caronia (1947)
1947
Columbia (1968) Caribia (1968โ1974)
Wrecked in 1974 at Apra Harbour , Guam; subsequently scrapped
USS Charles (ID-1298)
1907
USS Harvard (1918; 1920โ1931)
Wrecked in 1931
Chichibu Maru
1930
Titibu Maru (1938โ1939) Kamakura Maru (1939โ1943)
Torpedoed and sunk by USS Gudgeon on April 28, 1943
SS City of Berlin
1874
SS Berlin (1893โ1898) SS Meade (1898โ1921)
Scrapped in 1921
SS City of Paris (1865)
1865
Tonquin (1884โ1885)
Collided with another French vessel, and sank in March 1885
SS City of Paris (1888)
1888
Yale (1898โ1901) Harrisburg (1918โ1919) Philadelphia (1901โ1918, 1919โ1923)
Scrapped in 1923 at Genoa , Italy
MS City of York
1953
Mediterranean Sky (1971โ2003)
Capsized at Perama , Greece in January 2003
SS Cleveland
1908
USS Mobile (1919โ1920) SS King Alexander (1920โ1923) SS Cleveland (1923โ1933)
Scrapped in 1933
SS Colombie
1931
USAHS Aleda E. Lutz (1945โ1946) SS Colombie (1946โ1964) SS Atlantica (1964โ1974)
Scrapped in 1974
SS Constitution
1950
Oceanic Constitution (1974โ1982) Constitution (1982โ1997)
Sank off of the Hawaiian Islands on November 17, 1997, whilst under tow to Alang , India for scrap
SS Consuelo
1900
SS Cairnrona (1909โ1911) RMS Albania (1911โ1912) SS Poleric (1912โ1929)
Scrapped in 1930
SS Conte Biancamano
1925
USS Hermitage (1942โ1946)
Dismantled at La Spezia , Italy, and partly reassembled as a museum in Milan , Italy 1964
USS Covington (ID-1409)
1908
SS Cincinnati (1908โ1917)
Torpedoed and sank on July 1, 1918, by a U-86
SS Czar
1912
SS Estonia (1921โ1930) SS Puลaski (1930โ1946) SS Empire Penryn (1946โ1949)
Scrapped in 1949 at Blyth, Northumberland
SS De Grasse
1924
RMS Empress of Australia (1953โ1956) Venezuela (1956โ1962)
Scrapped in 1962
SS Deutschland (1900)
1900
SS Viktoria Luise (1910โ1921) SS Hansa (1921โ1925)
Scrapped in 1925
QSMV Dominion Monarch
1938
Dominion Monarch Maru (1962)
Scrapped in 1962 at Osaka
MV Doulos Phos
1914
SS Medina (1914โ1948) SS Roma (1948โ1953) MS Franca C (1953โ1977) MV Doulos (1977โ2010)
Preserved as a hotelship
SS Medina in New York on her maiden voyage.
Postcard featuring the SS Franca C.
The Doulos at Southampton, England in 2004
MV Doulos Phos in Bintan. Picture taken in 2022.
SS Drottningholm
1904
RMS Virginian (1904โ1920) Brasil (1948โ1951) Homeland (1951โ1955)
Scrapped at Trieste , Italy in 1955
MS Dunnottar Castle
1936
Victoria (1958โ1975) The Victoria (1976โ1993) Princesa Victoria (1993โ2004) Victoria I (2004)
Scrapped at 2004 at Alang , India
RMS Dunottar Castle
1890
SS Caribbean (1913โ1914) HMS Caribbean (1914โ1915)
Sank in a storm on September 27, 1915
E-H
Ship name
Year launched
Other names
Fate
Image
SS Elisabethville (1921)
1921
Empire Bure (1947โ1950) Charlton Star (1950โ1958) Maristrella (1958โ1960)
Scrapped in 1960
SS Empire Bittern
1902
SS Iowa (1902โ1913) SS Bohemia (1913โ1917) Artemis (1917โ1941) SS Empire Bittern (1941โ1944)
Largely livestock or troop transport. Briefly commissioned USS Artemis AprilโOctober 1919. Scuttled in 1944 as an additional blockship for Operation Overlord .
HMT Empire Windrush
1930
MV Monte Rosa (1930โ1947)
Caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew, March 30, 1954
RMS Empress of Australia (1919)
1913
Admiral von Tirpitz (1913โ1921) Empress of China (1921)
Scrapped at Inverkeithing , Scotland in 1952
RMS Empress of Britain (1905)
1905
SS Montroyal (1924โ1930)
Scrapped in 1930
RMS Empress of Britain (1955)
1955
Queen Anna Maria (1964โ1975) Carnivale (1975โ1993) Fiestamarina (1993โ1994) Olympic (1995โ1997) The Topaz (1997โ2008) Topaz (2008)
Scrapped in 2008
RMS Empress of Canada (1928)
1928
SS Duchess of Richmond (1928โ1947)
Caught fire, and capsized on January 25, 1953; scrapped in 1954 at La Spezia
RMS Empress of Canada (1960)
1960
Mardi Gras (1972โ1993) Olympic (1993) Star of Texas (1994) Lucky Star (1994โ1995) Apollon (1995โ2003)
Scrapped in 2003
RMS Empress of France (1913)
1913
SS Alsatian (1912โ1919)
Scrapped in 1934 at Dalmuir
RMS Empress of France (1928)
1928
SS Duchess of Bedford (1928โ1947)
Scrapped in 1960
RMS Empress of India (1890)
1890
SS Loyalty (1915โ1923)
Scrapped in 1923
RMS Empress of Japan (1929)
1930
RMS Empress of Scotland (1942โ1957) TS Hanseatic (1957โ1966)
Caught fire, and gutted in 1966; subsequently scrapped
RMS Empress of Scotland (1906)
1905
SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1906โ1919)
Scrapped in 1930
SS Eugenio C
1964
Eugenio Costa (1987โ1999) Edinburgh Castle (1999โ2000) The Big Red Boat II (2000โ2004) Red Boat (2004โ2005)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2005
SS Europa (1928)
1928
USS Europa (1945โ1946) SS Libertรฉ (1950โ1963)
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1963
Fairsky
1942
SS Steel Artisan (1941) USS Barnes (1942) HMS Attacker (1942โ1945) Castel Forte (1950โ1958)
Scrapped in 1980
TSS Fairstar
1955
Oxfordshire (1955โ1964)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 1997
SS Finland (1902)
1902
USS Finland (ID-4543) (1918โ1919) USAT Finland (1919)
Scrapped in 1928
SS Flandre (1952)
1951
Carla C (1968โ1986) Carla Costa (1986โ1992) Pallas Athena (1992โ1994)
Scrapped in 1994
SS France (1961)
1960
SS Norway (1979โ2008)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2007, work completed in 2008.
SS Fรผrst Bismarck (1890)
1890
Don (1905) Moskva (1906โ1917) San Guisto (1917โ1924)
Scrapped in 1924 โ Italy
SS Fรผrst Bismarck (1905)
1905
Amboise (1922โ1935)
Scrapped in 1935 โ Italy
SS Galileo Galilei
1961
Galileo (1984โ1990) Meridian (1990โ1997) Sun Vista (1997โ1999)
Caught fire, and sank on May 21, 1999
SS Galician
1900
Glenart Castle (1914โ1918)
Torpedoed and sunk on February 26, 1918
SS George Washington
1908
USS George Washington (1917โ1919) SS George Washington (1921โ1931) USS Catlin (AP-19) (1941) USAT George Washington (1943โ1951)
Scrapped in 1951
SS Gothic (1893)
1893
Gothland (1907โ1911) โ (1913โ1925)
Scrapped in 1925
MS Gripsholm (1924)
1924
MS Berlin (1954โ1966)
Scrapped in 1966
MS Gripsholm (1957)
1957
MS Navarino (1975โ1984) MS Regent Sea (1984โ1997) Sea (1997โ2001)
Sank on July 12, 2001, whilst under tow to Alang , India for scrap
SS Guglielmo Marconi
1961
Costa Riviera (1983โ1993) American Adventure (1993โ1994) Costa Riviera (1994โ2001)
Scrapped in 2001
As the Guglielmo Marconi
As the American Adventure
As the Costa Riviera
SS Hamburg (1925)
1925
Yuri Dolgoruki (1950โ1977)
Scrapped in 1977
USS Harris (APA-2)
1921
Pine Tree State (1921โ1922) President Grant (1922โ1930)
Scrapped in 1948
SS Heliopolis (1907)
1907
SS Royal George (1910โ1922)
Scrapped in 1922
RMS Hibernia
1842
Habanois (1850โ1868)
Lost in 1868
RMS Homeric (1913)
1913
Columbus (1913โ1919)
Scrapped in 1935
USS Huron (ID-1408)
1896
SS Friedrich der Grosse (1896โ1917) USS Fredrick Der Grosse (1917โ1919) SS City of Honolulu (1922)
Caught fire, and sank on October 17, 1922, by gunfire after a failed towing attempt
I-L
Ship name
Year launched
Other names
Fate
Image
SS รle de France
1926
S.S. Furansu Maru (1958โ1959, 1959) R.M.S. Claridon (1959)
Scrapped at Osaka , Japan in 1959
SS Imperator
1912
USS Imperator (1919โ1920) RMS Berengaria (1920โ1939)
Scrapped in 1946 (fully)
As Imperator
USS Imperator with USS Leviathan. Imperator is on the left.
As Berengaria
SS Independence
1950
Oceanic Independence (1974) Sea Luck I (1974โ1975) Oceanic Independence (1975โ1982) Independence (1982โ2006) Oceanic (2006โ2009) Platinum II (2009โ2011)
Wrecked in 2010 off of Alang , India; scrapped on the spot
SS Infante Dom Henrique
1960
Vasco de Gama (1986โ1997) SeaWind Crown (1991โ2003) Barcelona (2003โ2004)
Scrapped near Guangzhou, China in 2004
SS Justicia
1914
Statendam (1914โ1916)
Torpedoed and sunk in July, 1918
SS Kaiser Wilhelm II
1902
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917) USS Agamemnon (1917โ1927) USAT Monticello (1927โ1940)
Scrapped in 1940
SS Kenya
1950
USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917) USS Agamemnon (1917โ1927) USAT Monticello (1927โ1940)
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1969
RMS Kenya Castle
1952
SS Amerikanis (1967โ2001)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2001
SS Khedive Ismail
1922
Aconcagua (1922โ1935)
Torpedoed and sunk on February 12, 1944
SS Kรถnig Albert
1899
Fernandino Palasciano (1915โ1923) Italia (1923โ1926)
Scrapped in 1926 โ Italy
SS Kรถnigin Luise (1896)
1896
Omar (1921โ1924) Edison (1924โ1935)
Scrapped in 1935 โ Italy
SS Koลciuszko
1915
SS Czaritza (1915โ1921) SS Lituania (1921โ1930) SS ORP Gdynia (1939) SS Empire Helford (1946โ1950)
Scrapped in 1950
SS Kronprinz Wilhelm
1901
USS Von Steuben (1917โ1923)
Scrapped in 1923
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1905)
1905
HMS Princess (1915โ)
Unknown
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906)
1906
Mount Vernon (1917โ1940)
Scrapped in 1940
MS Kungsholm (1928)
1928
John Ericsson (1942โ1947) Italia (1948โ1964) Imperial Bahama (1964โ1965)
Scrapped in Bilbao , Spain in 1965
MS Kungsholm (1952)
1952
Europa (1965โ1981) Columbus C. (1981โ1985)
Sank after striking a breakwater near Cadiz , Spain on July 29, 1984. Scrapped in Barcelona , Spain in 1985.
MV Kungsholm (1965)
1965
Sea Princess (1979โ1995) Victoria (1995โ2002) Mona Lisa (2002โ2007) Oceanic II (2007โ2008) Mona Lisa (2008โ2010) Veronica (2010โ2016)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2016
As Kungsholm
As the Sea Princess
As Mona Lisa
As the Oceanic II/The Scholar Ship
SS La Bretagne
1885
Alesia (1923)
Wrecked in 1923
TSMS Lakonia
1929
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1929โ1963)
Caught fire and sank on December 29, 1963, while under tow to Gibraltar for salvaging.
RMS Lancastria
1920
RMS Tyrrhenia (1920โ1924) HMT Lancastria (1940)
Bombed by German aircraft, and sank on June 17, 1940
SS Laos
1952
Empress Abeto (1970โ1971) Malaysia Raya (1971โ1976)
Caught fire at Port Klang , Malaysia on August 23, 1976. Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1977.
SS Lavia
1946
Media (1946โ1961) Flavia (1961โ1982) Flavian (1983โ1986)
Caught fire, and sank in Hong Kong on January 7, 1989; scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan, 5 months later
SS Letitia
1924
HMS Letitia (1939โ1944) HMHS Letitia (1944โ1946) Empire Brent (1946โ1952) Captain Cook (1952โ1960)
Scrapped in 1960
SS Leviathan
1913
Vaterland (1913โ1917)
Scrapped in 1938
As Vaterland
As USS Leviathan, in her dazzle scheme
As Leviathan
SS Lurline (1932)
1932
RHMS Ellinis (1963โ1987)
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1987
As Lurline
As Ellinis
M-P
Ship name
Year launched
Other names
Fate
Image
RFA Maine (1924)
1924
SS Leonardo da Vinci (1925โ1943) SS Empire Clyde (1943โ1947) RFA Empire Clyde (1947โ1948)
Scrapped in 1954
RMS Majestic (1914)
1914
SS Bismarck (1914โ1920) HMS Caledonia (1937โ1943)
Caught fire, and sank on September 29, 1939; scrapped in 1943
Bismarck being launched
As R.M.S. Majestic in 1934
HMS Caledonia being scrapped in 1943
SS Malolo
1926
Matsonia (1937โ1948) Atlantic (1948โ1955) Queen Frederica (1955โ1977)
Scrapped in 1977 at Eleusis , Greece , work completed in the 1980s.
SS Manchuria (1903)
1903
SS President Johnson (1928โ1948) SS Santa Cruz (1948โ1952)
Scrapped in 1952 at Savona , Italy
SS Manhattan (1931)
1931
USS Wakefield (1941โ1964)
Scrapped in 1964
SS Mariposa
1931
SS Homeric (1953โ1974)
Scrapped in 1974
TS Maxim Gorkiy
1968
Hamburg (1968โ1973) Hanseatic (1973โ1974) Maksim Gorkiy (1974โ1992)
Scrapped in 2009
USS Mercury (ID-3012)
1896
SS Barbarossa (1896โ1917)
Scrapped in 1924
SS Minnedosa
1917
Piemonte (1935โ1949)
Scuttled in 1943 by Axis forces, wreck raised and scrapped in 1949
SS Miowera
1892
Maitai (1908โ1910)
Ran Aground in Avarua, Rarotonga, on December 25, 1916.
SS Mongolia (1903)
1903
President Fillmore (1929โ1940) Panamanian (1940โ1946)
Scrapped in Shanghai , China in 1946
SS Mongolia (1922)
1922
SS Rimutaka (1938โ1950) SS Europa (1950โ1951) SS Nassau (1951โ1961) SS Acapulco (1961โ1963)
Scrapped in 1964
SS Monterey
1931
Matsonia (1956โ1963) Lurline (1963โ1970) Britanis (1970โ1998) Belofin-1 (1998โ2000)
Sank in the Indian Ocean on October 21, 2000, while being towed to Alang , India for scrap
MV Moonta
1931
Lydia (1955โ1966) Le Lydia (1966โ)
Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarรจs , France
Le Lydia as a tourist attraction
SS Nitta Maru
1939
Chลซyล (1942โ1943)
Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the USS Sailfish
SS Noordam (1902)
1901
Kungsholm (1923โ1926)
Scrapped in 1927
SS Normandie
1932
USS Lafayette (1941โ1946)
Caught fire and capsized in 1942; scrapped in 1946
Postcard of the Normandie
USS Lafayette, capsized in Pier 88, winter of 1942
SS Oceanic (1965)
1963
StarShip Oceanic (1985โ2000) Big Red Boat I (2000) Oceanic (2000โ2012)
Scrapped at Zhoushan , China in 2012
As StarShip Oceanic
As the Big Red Boat
As Oceanic
MS Oranje
1938
Angelina Lauro (1965โ1979)
Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979
As Oranje
As the Angelina Lauro
MS Oslofjord (1949)
1949
MS Fulvia (1969โ1970)
Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
SS Panama (1939)
1939
USAT Panama (1941) USAT James Parker (1941โ1946) James Parker (AP-46) (1941) SS Panama (1946โ1957) President Hoover (1957โ1965) SS Regina (1965โ1973) SS Regina Prima (1973โ1985)
Scrapped at Aliaฤa , Turkey in 1985
SS Parthia (1870)
1870
Victoria (1892โ1954) Straits No. 27 (1954โ1956) Straits Maru (1956)
Scrapped at Osaka , Japan , in 1956
RMS Parthia (1947)
1947
Remuera (1961โ1965) Aramac (1965โ1969)
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1969
SS Pasteur (1938)
1938
Bremen (1957โ1972) Regina Magna (1972โ1977) Saudiphil I (1977โ1980) Filipinas Saudi I (1980)
Sank in the Indian Ocean in 1980 while being towed to Kaohsiung , Taiwan for scrap
TS Patriot State
1964
Santa Mercedes (1964โ1984)
Scrapped in 2011
RMS Pendennis Castle
1957
Ocean Queen (1976โ1978) Sinbad I (1978โ1980)
Scrapped at 1980 at Kaohsiung , Taiwan
SS Pennsylvania (1896)
1896
USS Nansemond (1919โ1924)
Scrapped in 1924
USS Pocahontas (ID-3044)
1900
SS Prinzess Irene (1900โ1917) Bremen (1922โ1928) SS Karlsruhe (1928โ1932)
Scrapped in 1932
SS Potsdam (1900)
1900
Stockholm (1915โ1929) Solglimt (1929โ1940) Sonderburg (1940โ1944)
Scuttled in 1944 by German troops, fully scrapped by 1947
USS Powhatan (ID-3013)
1899
SS Hamburg (1899โ1917) New Rochelle (1920โ1921) Hudson (1921โ1922) President Fillmore (1922โ1928)
Scrapped in 1928
SS President Cleveland (1920)
1920
Golden State (1920โ1921) Tasker H. Bliss (1941โ1942)
Torpedoed and sunk on November 12, 1942
SS President Roosevelt (1921)
1921
Peninsula State (1921โ1922) President Pierce (1922) Joseph T. Dickman (1940โ1948)
Scrapped in 1948
TS Pretoria
1936
TS Empire Doon (1945โ1949) TS Gunung Djati (1949โ1973) MV Gunung Djati (1973โ1980) KRI Tanjung (1980โ1984)
Scrapped in 1987
HMS Pretoria Castle (F61)
1938
RMMV Warwick Castle (1946โ1962)
Scrapped in 1962
RMS Pretoria Castle (1947)
1947
SS S.A. Oranje (1966โ1975)
Scrapped at 1975 at Kaohsiung , Taiwan
USS Princess Matoika
1900
SS Kiautschou (1900โ1904) SS Princess Alice (1904โ1917) USS Princess Matoika (1918โ1919) USAT Princess Matoika (1919) SS Princess Matoika (1921โ1922) SS President Arthur (1922โ1926) SS City of Honolulu (1926โ1930)
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1934
SS Prรญncipe Perfeito
1960
Al Hasa (1976โ1980) Fairsky (1980โ1981) Vera (1981โ1982) Marianna IX (1982โ1984) Marianna 9 (1984โ2001) Mariann 9 (2001)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2001
SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
1907
USS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (1919) SS Empress of China (1921) RMS Empress of India (1921โ1923) SS Montlaurier (1923โ1925) SS Monteith (1925) SS Montnairn (1925โ1929)
Scrapped in 1929 at Genoa
Q-Z
Ship name
Year launched
Other names
Fate
Image
RMS Queen Elizabeth
1938
Elizabeth (1968โ1970) Seawise University (1970โ1972)
Caught fire and sank in Hong Kong on January 9, 1972. Scrapped on site between 1974 and 1975.
RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1967 Queen Elizabeth in 1942 The wreck of Seawise University
MS Regal Empress
1953
SS Olympia (1953โ1981) SS Caribe (1981โ1983) MS Caribe I (1983โ1993)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2009.
The Regal Empress
SS Reliance
1914
SS Johann Heinrich Burchard (1914โ1920) SS Limburgia (1920โ1926)
Burned 1938, scrapped 1941
SS Reliance
RMS Republic (1903)
1903
SS Columbus (1903)
Collided with the SS Florida , and sank on January 24, 1909
RMS Republic
SS Ryndam (1950)
1950
Atlas (1972โ1988) Pride of Mississippi (1988โ1991) Pride of Galveston (1991โ2003)
Sank in 2003 off of the Dominican Republic , whilst on the way to the scrapyard at Alang , India.
SS Ryndam in 1951
Atlas arriving in Miami, 1974
SS Rhynland
1879
SS Rhyna (1906)
Scrapped in 1906
SS Rhynland in 1890
SS Roma (1926)
1926
SS Aquila (1939โ1945)
Scuttled in Genoa on April 19, 1945, refloated and scrapped in La Spezia by 1952
CV Aquila in La Spezia, 1951
SS Rotterdam
1958
Rembrandt (1997โ2003) Rotterdam (2003โ)
Preserved as a hotelship in Rotterdam
Rotterdam as she looks now The Big Red Boat III with Rembrandt. Rembrandt is on the right
MS Ruahine
1950
Oriental Rio (1968โ1974)
Scrapped at Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1974
MV Ruahine
MS Sagafjord
1965
Gripsholm (1996โ1997) Saga Rose (1997โ2009)
Scrapped at Jiangyin , China in 2010
Sagafjord in Hamburg, 1969
Gripsholm in Southampton, 1996
Saga Rose in Warnemรผnde, 2009
SS Santa Paula (1958)
1958
Stella Polaris (1972โ1978) Kuwait Marriott Hotel (1978โ1989) Ramada al Salam Hotel (1989โ1991)
Bombed in 1990 during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Scrapped on site in 2002.
SS Santa Rosa (1916)
1916
USAT Santa Rosa (1917โ1919) USS Santa Rosa (1919) SS Oregonian (1925โ1942)
Torpedoed in 1942
USS Santa Rosa in 1919
SS Santa Rosa (1932)
1932
SS Athinai (1961โ1989)
Scrapped in 1989 at Aliaga , Turkey
S.S. Santa Rosa, 1932
Athinai laid up in Eleusis, 1986
RMS Saxonia (1954)
1954
RMS Carmania (1962โ1973) SS Leonid Sobinov (1973โ1999)
Scrapped at 1999 at Alang , India
Franconia and Carmania Laid up in Southampton. Carmania is on the right.
Leonid Sobinov in Istanbul, 1992
SS Scharnhorst (1904)
1904
La Bourdonnais (1920โ1934)
Scrapped in 1934
SS Scharnhorst (1934)
1934
Shin'yล (1942โ1944)
Sank in the Yellow Sea on November 17, 1944, by the United States Navy submarine Spadefish
Scharnhorst in 1935
Scharnhorst after her conversion to Shin'yล
SS Shalom
1962
Hanseatic (1967โ1973) Doric (1973โ1981) Royal Odyssey (1981โ1988) Regent Sun (1988โ1996) Sun Venture (1996โ1998) Sun (1998) Sun 11 (1998โ2001)
Sank outside Cape St. Francis on July 26, 2001, while on the way to the scrapyard at Alang , India.
Shalom in 1967
Hanseatic in Hamburg, 1973
Doric in Kiel
MS Sobieski
1938
Gruziya (1950โ1975)
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1975
HMS Sobieski in the River Clyde
Gruziya in Helsinki
SS Southern Cross (1955)
1954
Calypso (1973โ1980) Calypso I (1980โ1981) Azure Seas (1981โ1992) OceanBreeze (1992โ2003)
Scrapped at Chittagong , Bangladesh in 2003
Southern Cross in the River Fal
Azure Seas in Port Everglades, Florida 1991
OceanBreeze docked in Nassau, Bahamas, 2000
SS Statendam (1956)
1956
Rhapsody (1982โ1986) Regent Star (1986โ1996) Sea Harmony (1996โ2004) Harmony I (2004)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2004
As Haven in 1972
TSS Stefan Batory
1952
Maasdam (1951โ1968) Stefan (1990โ2000)
Scrapped at Aliaฤa , Turkey in 2000
Stefan Batory
SS St. Louis (1894)
1894
USS Louisville (1918โ1919)
Scrapped in 1924 at Genoa
SS St. Louis in 1900
MS Stockholm (1941)
1940
MS Sabaudia (1941โ1944)
Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on July 6, 1944. Scrapped in 1949
Stockholm after her launch in 1940
SS Stockholm (1946)
1946
Vรถlkerfreundschaft (1960โ1985) Volker (1985โ1986) Fridtjof Nansen (1986โ1993) Italia I (1993โ1994) Italia Prima (1994โ1998) Valtur Prima (1998โ2002) Caribe (2002โ2005) Athena (2005โ2013) Azores (2013โ2016) Astoria (2016โ)
Laid up in Rotterdam
As Stockholm As the Vรถlkerfreundschaft
As Italia Prima in Genoa, 1994
As Athena in 2011
As Azores in 2014
As Astoria
SS Stratheden
1937
Henrietta Latsi (1963โ1966) Marianna Latsi (1966โ1969)
Scrapped in La Spezia , Italy in 1969
Stratheden in the Brisbane River
RMS Strathmore
1935
Marianna Latsi (1963โ1966) Henrietta Latsi (1966โ1969)
Scrapped at La Spezia , Italy in 1969
Strathmore in 1955
RMS Sylvania
1956
Fairwind (1968โ1988) Sitmar Fairwind (1988) Dawn Princess (1988โ1993) Albatros (1993โ2003) Genoa (2003โ2004)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2004
Fairwind in Southampton, 1969
SS Albatros leaving Amsterdam, 2003
RMS Tahiti
1904
Port Kingston (1904โ1911)
Sank from Propeller Shaft failure, August 17, 1930
RMS Port Kingston in 1904
The Tahiti sinking, 17 August 1930
SS The Emerald
1957
Santa Rosa (1958โ1990) Diamond Island (1990โ1992) Regent Rainbow (1992โ1996) The Emerald (1996โ2012)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2012
The Emerald in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1999
SS Uganda (1952)
1952
Triton (1986)
Wrecked in Kaohsiung , Taiwan during Typhoon Wayne on August 22, 1986. Scrapped on site in 1992.
Uganda in Helsinki, early 1980s
Uganda laid up in River Fal, 1985
SS Vaderland (1900)
1900
Southland (1915โ1917)
Torpedoed and sunk on June 4, 1917, by U-70
HMT Southland after being hit by a torpedo, 1915
SS Viet Nam
1951
Pacifique (1967โ1970) Princess Abeto (1970โ1971) Malaysia Baru (1971โ1972) Malaysia Kita (1972โ1976)
Caught fire and sank in Singapore on May 12, 1974. Scrapped in 1976 at Kaohsiung , Taiwan
MS Vistafjord
1972
Caronia (1999โ2004) Saga Ruby (2004โ2014) Oasia (2014โ2017)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2017
Vistafjord in Hamburg, 1973
Vistafjord docked in Piraeus, 1984
Vistafjord in Hamburg, 1984
Caronia in 2003 Saga Ruby in 2013
MS Vulcania
1926
Caribia (1965โ1973)
Sank on March 15, 1973, whilst under tow to Kaohsiung , Taiwan for scrap
Vulcania in 1948
SS Washington
1932
USS Mount Vernon (1941โ1946)
Scrapped in 1965
SS Washington in New York
USS Mount Vernon at sea
RMS Windsor Castle (1959)
1959
Margarita L (1977โ2004) Rita (2004โ2005)
Scrapped at Alang , India in 2005
Windsor Castle in 1960
MV Yaohua
1967
Orient Princess (1987โ)
Floating tourist attraction in Binhai , Tianjin, China
Orient Princess in Tianjin
SS Yamuna
1902
RMS Slavonia (1903โ1909)
Wrecked June 10, 1909
The wrecked RMS Slavonia, June 10, 1909
SS Zeeland (1900)
1900
SS Northland (1915โ1919) SS Minnesota (1927โ1930)
Scrapped at 1930 at Inverkeithing , Scotland
SS Zeeland
Postcard featuring the S.S. Northland
SS Zealandic
1911
HMT Zealandic (1914โ1918) SS Zealandic (1918โ1926) SS Mamillius (1926โ1936) SS Mamari III (1936โ1939) HMS Fleet Tender C (1939โ1941)
Struck a sunken wreck off Cromer on 3 June 1941 and then torpedoed by E-boat.
SS Zealandic in 1923
Mamari III, disguised as Hermes with a false flight deck and island
See also
References
Further reading
Russell, Mark A. "Steamship nationalism: Transatlantic passenger liners as symbols of the German Empire." International Journal of Maritime History 28.2 (2016): 313โ334.
Briefly held the title before the preceding ship reclaimed it†
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