List of ocean liners explained

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.

Single name

The following ships were not renamed at any time during their career.

Ship nameYear
launched
Fateclass=unsortable width=200Image
1870Caught fire, and sank on December 18, 1891
RMS Acadia1840Scrapped in 1858 after being deployed as a troopship during the Indian Mutiny
USAHS Acadia1932Scrapped in 1955
1860Unknown
1871Scrapped in 1899 after being sold
SS Adriatic (1856)1856Beached and abandoned in 1885
1906Scrapped in 1935
1898Torpedoed and sunk by SM UC-66, February 12, 1917.
RMS Africa1850Sold for refit as a sailing ship in 1868
1913Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on February 29, 1916
1926Scrapped in 1957
RMS Amazon1906Torpedoed and Sunk March 15, 1918
RMS America1847Broken up in 1875
1951Collided with, and sank on July 26, 1956.
1883Scrapped in 1925
1924Scrapped in 1953
1953Caught fire, and abandoned after hitting a reef on January 8, 1971
1913Scrapped in 1950
1902Torpedoed and sunk by on August 19, 1915
1908Scrapped in 1931
1927Torpedoed and sunk on July 2, 1940
1953Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1979
1850Collided with, and sank in 1854
1911Scrapped in 1938
1903Scrapped in 1936
1895Torpedoed and Sunk by SM U-24 on June 28, 1915
1919Scrapped in 1959
1928Torpedoed and sunk on November 1, 1944
RMS Asia1850Broken up in 1883
MV Athlone Castle1936Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1965
1871Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873
1899Taken out of service in 1930, fate unknown
1942Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945
1936Bombed and Sunk by German Aircraft, November 11, 1942
1850Scrapped in 1880
1903Scrapped in 1933 - Japan
1935Scrapped in 1971
1881Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896
1874Scrapped in 1899
SS Braemar Castle1898 Scrapped in 1924
1928 Caught fire, and gutted in 1941. Later scrapped in 1946
1874Scrapped in 1903 after being sold
1914Struck a mine and sank on November 21, 1916
1929Scrapped in 1960
RMS Caledonia1840Lost outside Havana in 1851
SS Caledonia1904Torpedoed by SM U-24 on December 4, 1916
1913Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918
1906Torpedoed by on February 7, 1917
1923Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
RMS Cambria1844Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold
1911Torpedoed by the German submarine on April 15, 1917
1892Collided with, and sank on November 5, 1918
RMS Canada1848Scrapped in 1883
1960Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1997
1927 Caught fire and capsized in the Bay of Lübeck after being bombed by British aircraft on May 3, 1945. Wreck scrapped in 1949.
MV Capetown Castle1937Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1967
1913Sank in combat on September 14, 1914
1925Torpedoed and sunk by on June 7, 1940
1905Scrapped in 1932
MV Carnarvon Castle1926Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1963
1877Unknown
1904Scrapped in 1933
1902Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by on July 17, 1918
1881Scrapped in 1901
1924Bombed by German aircraft, sank in 1942
1902Scrapped in 1932
1901Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site
1912Torpedoed and sunk on December 6, 1942
1931Struck an air-laid mine and capsized off of La Pallice, France on June 17, 1940, later torpedoed. Wreck scrapped in 1965.
1882Wrecked on April 11, 1902, at Remedios Point, Panama
1939Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft
1949Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973, work completed in 1974.
1863Ran aground in 1916
1936Torpedoed and sunk on September 17, 1940, while carrying child evacuees
1864Vanished and presumed lost January 1870
1869Collided with while entering the River Mersey, and sank on January 7, 1883
1915Torpedoed and sunk on November 6, 1942
1878Wrecked off Martha's Vineyard January 18, 1884
1850Vanished and presumed lost in 1854
1863Vanished and presumed lost in 1881
1851Wrecked in 1876
1922Torpedoed and sunk on April 29, 1941
1888Scrapped in 1923 - Genoa, Italy
1920Scrapped in 1956
1874Scrapped in 1920
1854Sank on maiden voyage off Cape Race September 9, 1854
1873Scrapped in 1896 - Genoa, Italy
1878Struck rocks and sank on February 22, 1901, off of San Francisco
1881Scrapped in 1902 - Germany
1874Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885
1908Scrapped in 1933
RMS Columbia (1840)1840Wrecked on Devil's Limb Reef at Seal Island, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1843
1924Scuttled by the crew in 1939 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy
1931Scrapped in 1950
1922Scrapped in 1949
1953Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1904Struck a reef and sank off Yokohama on March 3, 1907
1923Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on May 3, 1945
1900Torpedoed and sunk, August 21, 1917
1922Scrapped in 1935
SS Dover Castle1904Torpedoed and sunk by UC-67 on May 26, 1918
1928Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
1923Bombed by Allied aircraft and sank in 1944
1938Scrapped at Hamburg in 1962
SS Edinburgh Castle1910Served in both wars sunk as a target near Sierra Leone on September 25, 1945
RMS Edinburgh Castle1947Scrapped 1976
1881Collided with, and sank in the North Sea on January 31, 1895
1912Bombed by Japanese aircraft and sank off Sultan Shoal on February 5, 1942
1930Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940, by a German U-boat
1920Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 by the
1890Scrapped in 1912 - Yokohama, Japan
1906Collided with, and sank on May 29, 1914
1890Scrapped in 1926
1912Scrapped in 1945 - Barrow-in-Furness
1909Scrapped in 1934
1884Scrapped in 1910
RMS Europa1847Sold in February 1866
1910Scrapped in 1936
1902Scrapped in 1928
1961Awaiting conversion as a hotelship in Lisbon, Portugal
1913Torpedoed and sunk, October 4, 1916
1930Caught fire, and sank on May 19, 1932
1904Torpedoed and sunk, January 1, 1916
1931Scrapped in 1956
1950Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1973
1947Scrapped in 1969
1843Preserved as a museum ship
1858Scrapped in 1889
1837Scrapped in 1856
1929Preserved as a museum ship
1948Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1975
1954Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973
1926Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1959
1899Torpedoed and sunk on January 1, 1917
1914Scuttled and sunk, May 14, 1940
1897Scuttled on August 26, 1914, as a result of the Battle of Río de Oro
1902Scrapped in 1927
1930Scrapped in 1936
1885Collided with, and sank on July 4, 1898, off Sable Island
1890Scrapped in 1923
1911Torpedoed and sunk on February 15, 1917, by the German U-boat
1921Torpedoed and sunk on September 12, 1942, by
1908Scrapped in 1934 - Osaka, Japan
1908Struck two mines and sank on January 25, 1917
1958Caught fire, and scrapped in 1982
1893Caught fire, and scrapped in 1909
1906Wrecked on Bellows Rock off Cape Point, South Africa, on 18 April 1911
1906Torpedoed and sunk on May 7, 1915
1889Scrapped in 1921
1948Wrecked in 1949
1935Wrecked on Fraser Island, Queensland, July 7, 1935.
1923Scrapped in 1954
1911Struck a mine and sank off Dover, February 1916
1907Scrapped in 1937
1920Scuttled in 1944 and scrapped in 1946
1906Scrapped in 1935
1938Scrapped in 1965
1929Bombed and Sunk, November 7, 1943
1908Scrapped in 1933 after being sold
1962Scrapped in 1991
1970Struck rocks and sank on February 16, 1986, near Marlborough Sounds
1923Scrapped in 1934
1897Wrecked on Goodwin Sands on 20 December 1914
1923Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland, in 1954
1922Scrapped in 1954 after being sold
1925Bombed by German aircraft in September, 1943 then subsequently scuttled
1912Sank after striking a mine, June 19, 1940
RMS Niagara (1847)1847Wrecked near South Stack, Anglesey on June 6, 1875[1]
1937Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974
1961Scrapped in 1975
1926Torpedoed and sank in 1942
1870Scrapped in 1896
1899Ran aground off, Foula, Shetland on September 8, 1914, fully scrapped by 1979
Oceanic (unfinished ship)Never launchedPartly built hull was deconstructed, and melted down to make the smaller and
1910Scrapped in 1937
1914Scrapped in 1950
1937Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942, by
1947Scrapped in 1973
1913Scrapped in 1951 - Scotland
1883Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island, New York
1959Scrapped in 2005
1934Scrapped in 1963
1924Torpedoed and sunk off Liberia on October 9, 1942
1950Scrapped in 1975
1929Scrapped in 1962 - Valencia, Spain
1919Torpedoed and sunk by U-96, January 16, 1941.
1908Scrapped in 1936
1953Scrapped in 1974 - Taiwan
1938 Struck a mine and sank in 1941
1909Collided with, and sank on October 6, 1918
1909Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917
1849Vanished and presumed lost January 1856
1850Collided with, and sank on November 4, 1875
1902Scrapped 1922
1916Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on April 18, 1939; scrapped on the spot in 1947
1900Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-38 on December 30, 1915
1925Caught fire, and scrapped in 1932
1934Sank on November 26, 1939, by either striking a mine or being torpedoed
1840Vanished and presumed lost March 1841
1931Struck two mines and sank on October 26, 1942
1907Torpedoed and sunk by on May 31, 1918
1897Scrapped in 1921
1967Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Dubai
1934Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California
2003In service[2]
1963Partially sank in 1983
1925Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941
1925Scrapped in 1953
1929Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on November 27, 1940
1929Scrapped in 1962
1928Scrapped in 1962
1924Scrapped in 1961
1955Scrapped in 1975
1930Scrapped in 1958
1931Bombed by Allies, and sunk on September 8, 1944
1911Scrapped in 1934 or 1936
1899Scrapped in 1925
1920Scrapped in 1958
1881Scrapped in 1902
1928Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1952
1895Scrapped in 1923
1959Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland
SS Statendam1924Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later.
1935Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1966
1938Caught fire, and scrapped in 1938
1931Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
1931Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
1864Wrecked on Otara Reef in New Zealand, April 29, 1881
1929Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom
1911Struck an iceberg and sank, April 15, 1912, on her maiden voyage
1914Torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917, by German U-boat
1925Torpedoed and sunk on August 10, 1940, by
1914Torpedoed and sunk on February 5, 1918, by
1898Torpedoed and sunk on June 27, 1917, by SM U-53
1884Scrapped in 1910
1951Laid up in Philadelphia, bought to be preserved as of February 2011
1940Bombed by Allies in 1943, the wreck was scrapped in 1948
1928Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by
1912Wrecked on Masela Island Reef in the Arafura Sea, August 15, 1951
1908Vanished and presumed lost 1909
1892Collided with the destroyer Catapulte and sank, May 1918
1929Scrapped in 1970
1921Torpedoed and sunk on March 23, 1943, by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria
1889Scrapped in 1929

Multi-name

Note: The ships listed here were renamed, and in some cases multiple times in their careers.

A-D

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1947MS Willem Ruys (1947-1965)Caught fire and sank off Somalia on December 2, 1994
As MS Willem Ruys
As Achille Lauro
1925SS Berlin (1925-1949)Collided with the Pyotr Vasev, and sank on August 31, 1986
As the Berlin
As the Admiral Nakhimov
1899SS Grosser Kurfürst (1899-1917)
USS Grosser Kurfurst (1917-1919)
SS City of Los Angeles (1922-1937)
Scrapped in 1937 - Japan
1946Sincere (1966-1969)Caught fire, and sank in 1969
1914Euripides (1914-1932)Scrapped in 1954
1881Magallanes (1897-1902)Scrapped in 1902
1920California (1930-1941)Torpedoed and sunk off Syracuse on August 11, 1941
1922Hansa (1935-1945)
Sovetskiy Soyuz (1953-1980)
Scrapped in 1981
1926HMS Alcantara (1939-1943)
Kaisho Maru (1958)
Scrapped in 1958
MS Aleksandr Pushkin1964Marco Polo (1991–2021)Scrapped in Alang, India in 2021. Work completed in 2022.
1905Amerika (1905-1917)
USAT America (1919-1920)
SS America (1920-1931)
USAT Edmund B. Alexander (1940-1957)
Scrapped in 1957
1939USS West Point (1941-1946)
SS Australis (1964-1978)
SS Italis (1978-1980)
SS Noga (1980-1984)
SS Alferdoss (1984-1993)
SS American Star (1994-2008)
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
1962MV Minghua (1973-1983)Preserved as a hotelship
Minghua as part of the Sea World Complex
1905RMS Aragon (1905-1914)Torpedoed and sank in 1917
1931Teiyō Maru (1942-1944)Torpedoed and sank on August 18, 1944
1929SS Pennsylvania (1929-1938)Scrapped in 1964
SS Arundel Castle1894SS Birma (1905-1913)
SS Mitava (1913-1921)
SS Josef Pilsudski (1921-1923)
SS Franck Hellmers (1923-1924)
SS Wilbo (1924)
Scrapped in 1924
1879Hancock (1898-1926)Scrapped in 1926
1901SS Pelagos (1928-1962)Scrapped in 1962
1888The Viking (1912-1914)
HMS Viknor (1914-1915)
Torpedoed and sank on January 13, 1915
1888Kuban (1904-1907)Scrapped in 1907
1926Falco (1939-1940)
Sparviero (1940-1946)
Scuttled in Genoa in 1944, raised and scrapped in 1946
1950Great Sea (1976-1980)
Ocean King (1980-1983)
Philippines (1983-1985)
President (1985-1987)
Asian Princess (1987-1999)
M/S Philippines (1999-2011)
Philippine (2011-2012)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2012
1951Marianna IV (1974–2001)
Mariann IV (2001)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1956The Ausonia (2006)
Ivory (2006-2007)
Aegean Two (2007-2008)
Ivory (2008-2010)
Winner 5 (2010)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2010
1871SS Veendam (1889-1898)Collided with a derelict ship, and sank on February 6, 1898
1914Belgic (1916-1923)
Columbia (1935-1936)
Scrapped in 1936 - Scotland
1913Argentina (1946-1953)
Jerusalem (1953-1957)
Aliya (1957-1959)
Scrapped in 1959
1955De Grasse (1971–1973)
Rasa Sayang (1973–1978)
Golden Moon (1978-1980)
Rasa Sayang (1980)
Caught fire, and capsized in Perama, Greece on August 27, 1980
1949Patris (1959-1979)
Mediterranean Island (1979-1981)
Mediterranean Star (1981-1988)
Terra (1988-1989)
Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1987
1954Toba Brazil Maru (1974-1997)
Zhanjiang (1997-1998)
Hai Shang Cheng Shi (1998-)
Beached as a restaurant in Zhanjiang, China, currently closed
1896SS Constantinople (1919-1921)
SS King Alexander (1922-1929)
Scrapped in 1929
1951SS Brittany (1962-1963)Caught fire, and gutted on April 8, 1963; scrapped
1840SMS Barbarossa (1849 - to German Confederation)SMS Barbarossa (1852 - to Prussian Navy)Cunard's first ocean liner - sunk as target ship by Prussian Navy July 1880
1918Orca (1918-1927)Scrapped in 1934
1928SS Uruguay (1938-1964)Scrapped in 1964
1952Stella V (1970)
Stella Solaris (1970-2003)
S. Solar (2003)
Scrapped in Alang, India in 2003
1919HMT Cameronia (1941-1945)
SS Empire Clyde (1953-1957)
Scrapped in 1957
1955SS Fairland (1968-1971)
SS Fairsea (1971-1988)
SS Fair Princess (1988-2000)
SS China Sea Discovery (2000-2005)
Sea Discovery (2005)
Scrapped in 2005 in Alang, India
1947Columbia (1968)
Caribia (1968-1974)
Wrecked in 1974 at Apra Harbour, Guam; subsequently scrapped
1907USS Harvard (1918; 1920–1931)Wrecked in 1931
Chichibu Maru1930Titibu Maru (1938-1939)
Kamakura Maru (1939-1943)
Torpedoed and sunk by on April 28, 1943
1874SS Berlin (1893-1898)
SS Meade (1898-1921)
Scrapped in 1921
1865Tonquin (1884-1885)Collided with another French vessel, and sank in March 1885
1888Yale (1898-1901)
Harrisburg (1918-1919)
Philadelphia (1901-1918, 1919–1923)
Scrapped in 1923 at Genoa, Italy
1953Mediterranean Sky (1971–2003)Capsized at Perama, Greece in January 2003
1950Oceanic Constitution (1974-1982)
Constitution (1982-1997)
Sank off of the Hawaiian Islands on November 17, 1997, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap
SS Consuelo1900SS Cairnrona (1909-1911)
RMS Albania (1911-1912)
SS Poleric (1912-1929)
Scrapped in 1930
1925USS Hermitage (1942-1946)Dismantled at La Spezia, Italy, and partly reassembled as a museum in Milan, Italy 1964
1908SS Cincinnati (1908-1917)Torpedoed and sank on July 1, 1918, by a
1912SS Estonia (1921-1930)
SS Pułaski (1930-1946)
SS Empire Penryn (1946-1949)
Scrapped in 1949 at Blyth, Northumberland
1924RMS Empress of Australia (1953-1956)
Venezuela (1956-1962)
Scrapped in 1962
1900SS Viktoria Luise (1910-1921)
SS Hansa (1921-1925)
Scrapped in 1925
1938Dominion Monarch Maru (1962)Scrapped in 1962 at Osaka
1914SS Medina (1914-1948)
SS Roma (1948-1953)
MS Franca C (1953-1977)
MV Doulos (1977-2010)
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.
1904RMS Virginian (1904-1920)
Brasil (1948-1951)
Homeland (1951-1955)
Scrapped at Trieste, Italy in 1955
1936Victoria (1958-1975)
The Victoria (1976-1993)
Princesa Victoria (1993-2004)
Victoria I (2004)
Scrapped at 2004 at Alang, India
RMS Dunottar Castle1890SS Caribbean (1913-1914)
HMS Caribbean (1914-1915)
Sank in a storm on September 27, 1915

E-H

Ship nameYear launchedOther nameswidth=300pxFate
1921Empire Bure (1947-1950)
Charlton Star (1950-1958)
Maristrella (1958-1960)
Scrapped in 1960
1902SS Iowa (1902-1913)
SS Bohemia (1913-1917)
Artemis (1917-1941)
SS Empire Bittern (1941-1944)
Largely livestock or troop transport. Briefly commissioned USS Artemis April–October 1919. Scuttled in 1944 as an additional blockship for Operation Overlord.
1930MV Monte Rosa (1930-1947)Caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew, March 30, 1954
1913Admiral von Tirpitz (1913-1921)
Empress of China (1921)
Scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1952
1905SS Montroyal (1924-1930)Scrapped in 1930
1955Queen Anna Maria (1964-1975)
Carnivale (1975-1993)
Fiestamarina (1993-1994)
Olympic (1995-1997)
The Topaz (1997-2008)
Topaz (2008)
Scrapped in 2008
1928SS Duchess of Richmond (1928-1947)Caught fire, and capsized on January 25, 1953; scrapped in 1954 at La Spezia
1960Mardi Gras (1972-1993)
Olympic (1993)
Star of Texas (1994)
Lucky Star (1994-1995)
Apollon (1995-2003)
Scrapped in 2003
1913SS Alsatian (1912-1919)Scrapped in 1934 at Dalmuir
1928SS Duchess of Bedford (1928-1947)Scrapped in 1960
1890SS Loyalty (1915-1923)Scrapped in 1923
1930RMS Empress of Scotland (1942-1957)
TS Hanseatic (1957-1966)
Caught fire, and gutted in 1966; subsequently scrapped
1905SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1906-1919)Scrapped in 1930
1964Eugenio Costa (1987-1999)
Edinburgh Castle (1999-2000)
The Big Red Boat II (2000-2004)
Red Boat (2004-2005)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
1928USS Europa (1945-1946)
SS Liberté (1950-1963)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1963
Fairsky1942SS Steel Artisan (1941)
USS Barnes (1942)
HMS Attacker (1942-1945)
Castel Forte (1950-1958)
Scrapped in 1980
1955Oxfordshire (1955-1964)Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997
1902USS Finland (ID-4543) (1918-1919)
USAT Finland (1919)
Scrapped in 1928
1951Carla C (1968-1986)
Carla Costa (1986-1992)
Pallas Athena (1992-1994)
Scrapped in 1994
1960SS Norway (1979-2008)Scrapped at Alang, India in 2007, work completed in 2008.
1890Don (1905)
Moskva (1906–1917)
San Guisto (1917-1924)
Scrapped in 1924 - Italy
1905Amboise (1922-1935)Scrapped in 1935 - Italy
1961Galileo (1984-1990)
Meridian (1990-1997)
Sun Vista (1997-1999)
Caught fire, and sank on May 21, 1999
SS Galician1900Glenart Castle (1914-1918)Torpedoed and sunk on February 26, 1918
1908USS George Washington (1917-1919)
SS George Washington (1921-1931)
USS Catlin (AP-19) (1941)
USAT George Washington (1943-1951)
Scrapped in 1951
1893Gothland (1907-1911) - (1913-1925)Scrapped in 1925
1924MS Berlin (1954-1966)Scrapped in 1966
1957MS Navarino (1975-1984)
MS Regent Sea (1984-1997)
Sea (1997-2001)
Sank on July 12, 2001, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap
1961Costa Riviera (1983-1993)
American Adventure (1993-1994)
Costa Riviera (1994-2001)
Scrapped in 2001
As the Guglielmo Marconi
As the American Adventure
As the Costa Riviera
1925Yuri Dolgoruki (1950-1977)Scrapped in 1977
1921Pine Tree State (1921-1922)
President Grant (1922-1930)
Scrapped in 1948
1907SS Royal George (1910-1922)Scrapped in 1922
RMS Hibernia1842Habanois (1850-1868)Lost in 1868
1913Columbus (1913-1919)Scrapped in 1935
1896SS Friedrich der Grosse (1896-1917)
USS Fredrick Der Grosse (1917-1919)
SS City of Honolulu (1922)
Caught fire, and sank on October 17, 1922, by gunfire after a failed towing attempt

I-L

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1912USS Imperator (1919–1920)
RMS Berengaria (1920–1939)
Scrapped in 1946 (fully)
As Imperator
USS Imperator with USS Leviathan. Imperator is on the left.
As Berengaria
1950Oceanic Independence (1974)
Sea Luck I (1974–1975)
Oceanic Independence (1975–1982)
Independence (1982–2006)
Oceanic (2006–2009)
Platinum II (2009–2011)
Wrecked in 2010 off of Alang, India; scrapped on the spot
1960Vasco de Gama (1986-1997)
SeaWind Crown (1991–2003)
Barcelona (2003–2004)
Scrapped near Guangzhou, China in 2004
1914Statendam (1914–1916)Torpedoed and sunk in July, 1918
1902USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917)
USS Agamemnon (1917–1927)
USAT Monticello (1927–1940)
Scrapped in 1940
1950USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917)
USS Agamemnon (1917–1927)
USAT Monticello (1927–1940)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
RMS Kenya Castle1952SS Amerikanis (1967-2001)Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1922Aconcagua (1922–1935)Torpedoed and sunk on February 12, 1944
1899Fernandino Palasciano (1915–1923)
Italia (1923–1926)
Scrapped in 1926 - Italy
1896Omar (1921–1924)
Edison (1924–1935)
Scrapped in 1935 - Italy
1915SS Czaritza (1915–1921)
SS Lituania (1921–1930)
SS ORP Gdynia (1939)
SS Empire Helford (1946–1950)
Scrapped in 1950
1901USS Von Steuben (1917–1923)Scrapped in 1923
1905HMS Princess (1915–)Unknown
1906Mount Vernon (1917–1940)Scrapped in 1940
1928John Ericsson (1942–1947)
Italia (1948–1964)
Imperial Bahama (1964–1965)
Scrapped in Bilbao, Spain in 1965
1952Europa (1965–1981)
Columbus C. (1981–1985)
Sank after striking a breakwater near Cadiz, Spain on July 29, 1984. Scrapped in Barcelona, Spain in 1985.
1965Sea Princess (1979–1995)
Victoria (1995–2002)
Mona Lisa (2002–2007)
Oceanic II (2007–2008)
Mona Lisa (2008–2010)
Veronica (2010–2016)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2016
As Kungsholm
As the Sea Princess
As Mona Lisa
As the Oceanic II/The Scholar Ship
1885Alesia (1923)Wrecked in 1923
1929 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1929–1963)Caught fire and sank on December 29, 1963, while under tow to Gibraltar for salvaging.
1920RMS Tyrrhenia (1920–1924)
HMT Lancastria (1940)
Bombed by German aircraft, and sank on June 17, 1940
1952Empress Abeto (1970-1971)
Malaysia Raya (1971-1976)
Caught fire at Port Klang, Malaysia on August 23, 1976. Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1977.
1946Media (1946–1961)
Flavia (1961–1982)
Flavian (1983–1986)
Caught fire, and sank in Hong Kong on January 7, 1989; scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 5 months later
1924HMS Letitia (1939–1944)
HMHS Letitia (1944–1946)
Empire Brent (1946–1952)
Captain Cook (1952–1960)
Scrapped in 1960
1913Vaterland (1913–1917)Scrapped in 1938
As Vaterland
As USS Leviathan, in her dazzle scheme
As Leviathan
1932RHMS Ellinis (1963–1987)Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1987
As Lurline
As Ellinis

M-P

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1924SS Leonardo da Vinci (1925–1943)
SS Empire Clyde (1943–1947)
RFA Empire Clyde (1947–1948)
Scrapped in 1954
1914SS Bismarck (1914–1920)
HMS Caledonia (1937–1943)
Caught fire, and sank on September 29, 1939; scrapped in 1943
1926Matsonia (1937–1948)
Atlantic (1948–1955)
Queen Frederica (1955–1977)
Scrapped in 1977 at Eleusis, Greece, work completed in the 1980s.
1903SS President Johnson (1928–1948)
SS Santa Cruz (1948–1952)
Scrapped in 1952 at Savona, Italy
1931USS Wakefield (1941–1964)Scrapped in 1964
1931SS Homeric (1953–1974)Scrapped in 1974
1968Hamburg (1968–1973)
Hanseatic (1973–1974)
Maksim Gorkiy (1974–1992)
Scrapped in 2009
1896 SS Barbarossa (1896–1917)Scrapped in 1924
1917Piemonte (1935–1949)Scuttled in 1943 by Axis forces, wreck raised and scrapped in 1949
1892Maitai (1908–1910)Ran Aground in Avarua, Rarotonga, on December 25, 1916.
1903President Fillmore (1929–1940)
Panamanian (1940–1946)
Scrapped in Shanghai, China in 1946
1922SS Rimutaka (1938–1950)
SS Europa (1950–1951)
SS Nassau (1951–1961)
SS Acapulco (1961–1963)
Scrapped in 1964
1931Matsonia (1956–1963)
Lurline (1963–1970)
Britanis (1970–1998)
Belofin-1 (1998–2000)
Sank in the Indian Ocean on October 21, 2000, while being towed to Alang, India for scrap
1931Lydia (1955-1966)
Le Lydia (1966-)
Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarès, France
1939Chūyō (1942–1943)Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the
1901Kungsholm (1923–1926)Scrapped in 1927
1932USS Lafayette (1941–1946)Caught fire and capsized in 1942; scrapped in 1946
1963StarShip Oceanic (1985–2000)
Big Red Boat I (2000)
Oceanic (2000-2012)
Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012
1938Angelina Lauro (1965–1979)Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979
1949MS Fulvia (1969–1970)Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
1939USAT Panama (1941)
USAT James Parker (1941–1946)
James Parker (AP-46) (1941)
SS Panama (1946–1957)
President Hoover (1957–1965)
SS Regina (1965–1973)
SS Regina Prima (1973–1985)
Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 1985
1870Victoria (1892–1954)
Straits No. 27 (1954–1956)
Straits Maru (1956)
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan, in 1956
1947Remuera (1961–1965)
Aramac (1965–1969)
Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1969
1938Bremen (1957–1972)
Regina Magna (1972–1977)
Saudiphil I (1977–1980)
Filipinas Saudi I (1980)
Sank in the Indian Ocean in 1980 while being towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap
1957Ocean Queen (1976–1978)
Sinbad I (1978–1980)
Scrapped at 1980 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1896USS Nansemond (1919–1924)Scrapped in 1924
1900SS Prinzess Irene (1900–1917)
Bremen (1922–1928)
SS Karlsruhe (1928–1932)
Scrapped in 1932
1900Stockholm (1915–1929)
Solglimt (1929–1940)
Sonderburg (1940–1944)
Scuttled in 1944 by German troops, fully scrapped by 1947
1899SS Hamburg (1899–1917)
New Rochelle (1920–1921)
Hudson (1921–1922)
President Fillmore (1922–1928)
Scrapped in 1928
1920Golden State (1920–1921)
Tasker H. Bliss (1941–1942)
Torpedoed and sunk on November 12, 1942
1921Peninsula State (1921–1922)
President Pierce (1922)
Joseph T. Dickman (1940–1948)
Scrapped in 1948
1936TS Empire Doon (1945–1949)
TS Gunung Djati (1949–1973)
MV Gunung Djati (1973–1980)
KRI Tanjung (1980–1984)
Scrapped in 1987
1938RMMV Warwick Castle (1946–1962)Scrapped in 1962
1947SS S.A. Oranje (1966–1975)Scrapped at 1975 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1900SS Kiautschou (1900–1904)
SS Princess Alice (1904–1917)
USS Princess Matoika (1918–1919)
USAT Princess Matoika (1919)
SS Princess Matoika (1921–1922)
SS President Arthur (1922–1926)
SS City of Honolulu (1926–1930)
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1934
1960Al Hasa (1976–1980)
Fairsky (1980–1981)
Vera (1981–1982)
Marianna IX (1982–1984)
Marianna 9 (1984–2001)
Mariann 9 (2001)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1907USS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm (1919)
SS Empress of China (1921)
RMS Empress of India (1921–1923)
SS Montlaurier (1923–1925)
SS Monteith (1925)
SS Montnairn (1925–1929)
Scrapped in 1929 at Genoa

Q-Z

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1938Elizabeth (1968–1970)
Seawise University (1970–1972)
Caught fire and sank in Hong Kong on January 9, 1972. Scrapped on site between 1974 and 1975.
1953SS Olympia (1953–1981)
SS Caribe (1981–1983)
MS Caribe I (1983–1993)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2009.
The Regal Empress
1903SS Columbus (1903)Collided with the SS Florida, and sank on January 24, 1909
RMS Republic
1950Atlas (1972–1988)
Pride of Mississippi (1988–1991)
Pride of Galveston (1991–2003)
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
1879SS Rhyna (1906)Scrapped in 1906
SS Rhynland in 1890
1926SS Aquila (1939–1945)Scuttled in Genoa on April 19, 1945, refloated and scrapped in La Spezia by 1952
CV Aquila in La Spezia, 1951
1958Rembrandt (1997–2003)
Rotterdam (2003-)
Preserved as a hotelship in Rotterdam
Rotterdam as she looks now
The Big Red Boat III with Rembrandt. Rembrandt is on the right
1950Oriental Rio (1968-1974)Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974
MV Ruahine
1965Gripsholm (1996–1997)
Saga Rose (1997–2009)
Scrapped at Jiangyin, China in 2010
Sagafjord in Hamburg, 1969
Gripsholm in Southampton, 1996
Saga Rose in Warnemünde, 2009
1958Stella Polaris (1972–1978)
Kuwait Marriott Hotel (1978–1989)
Ramada al Salam Hotel (1989–1991)
Bombed in 1990 during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Scrapped on site in 2002.
1916USAT Santa Rosa (1917–1919)
USS Santa Rosa (1919)
SS Oregonian (1925–1942)
Torpedoed in 1942
USS Santa Rosa in 1919
1932SS Athinai (1961–1989)Scrapped in 1989 at Aliaga, Turkey
S.S. Santa Rosa, 1932
Athinai laid up in Eleusis, 1986
1954RMS Carmania (1962–1973)
SS Leonid Sobinov (1973–1999)
Scrapped at 1999 at Alang, India
Franconia and Carmania Laid up in Southampton. Carmania is on the right.
Leonid Sobinov in Istanbul, 1992
1904La Bourdonnais (1920–1934)Scrapped in 1934
1934Shin'yō (1942–1944)Sank in the Yellow Sea on November 17, 1944, by the United States Navy submarine
Scharnhorst in 1935
Scharnhorst after her conversion to Shin'yō
1962Hanseatic (1967–1973)
Doric (1973–1981)
Royal Odyssey (1981–1988)
Regent Sun (1988–1996)
Sun Venture (1996–1998)
Sun (1998)
Sun 11 (1998–2001)
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
1938Gruziya (1950–1975)Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1975
HMS Sobieski in the River Clyde
Gruziya in Helsinki
1954Calypso (1973–1980)
Calypso I (1980–1981)
Azure Seas (1981–1992)
OceanBreeze (1992–2003)
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
1956Rhapsody (1982–1986)
Regent Star (1986–1996)
Sea Harmony (1996–2004)
Harmony I (2004)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2004
As Haven in 1972
TSS Stefan Batory1952Maasdam (1951–1968)
Stefan (1990–2000)
Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2000
Stefan Batory
1894USS Louisville (1918–1919)Scrapped in 1924 at Genoa
SS St. Louis in 1900
1940MS Sabaudia (1941–1944)Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on July 6, 1944. Scrapped in 1949
Stockholm after her launch in 1940
SS Stockholm (1946)1946Völkerfreundschaft (1960-1985)
Volker (1985-1986)
Fridtjof Nansen (1986-1993)
Italia I (1993-1994)
Italia Prima (1994-1998)
Valtur Prima (1998-2002)
Caribe (2002-2005)
Athena (2005-2013)
Azores (2013-2016)
Astoria (2016-)
Laid up in Rotterdam
1937Henrietta Latsi (1963-1966)
Marianna Latsi (1966-1969)
Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Stratheden in the Brisbane River
1935Marianna Latsi (1963-1966)
Henrietta Latsi (1966-1969)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Strathmore in 1955
1956Fairwind (1968–1988)
Sitmar Fairwind (1988)
Dawn Princess (1988–1993)
Albatros (1993–2003)
Genoa (2003–2004)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2004
Fairwind in Southampton, 1969
SS Albatros leaving Amsterdam, 2003
1904Port Kingston (1904-1911)Sank from Propeller Shaft failure, August 17, 1930
RMS Port Kingston in 1904
The Tahiti sinking, 17 August 1930
1957Santa Rosa (1958–1990)
Diamond Island (1990–1992)
Regent Rainbow (1992–1996)
The Emerald (1996–2012)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2012
The Emerald in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1999
1952Triton (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
1900Southland (1915–1917)Torpedoed and sunk on June 4, 1917, by
HMT Southland after being hit by a torpedo, 1915
1951Pacifique (1967–1970)
Princess Abeto (1970-1971)
Malaysia Baru (1971–1972)
Malaysia Kita (1972-1976)
Caught fire and sank in Singapore on May 12, 1974. Scrapped in 1976 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1972Caronia (1999–2004)
Saga Ruby (2004–2014)
Oasia (2014–2017)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2017
1926Caribia (1965–1973)Sank on March 15, 1973, whilst under tow to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap
Vulcania in 1948
1932USS Mount Vernon (1941–1946)Scrapped in 1965
SS Washington in New York
USS Mount Vernon at sea
1959Margarita L (1977–2004)
Rita (2004-2005)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
Windsor Castle in 1960
MV Yaohua1967Orient Princess (1987-)Floating tourist attraction in Binhai, Tianjin, China
Orient Princess in Tianjin
SS Yamuna1902RMS Slavonia (1903–1909)Wrecked June 10, 1909
The wrecked RMS Slavonia, June 10th, 1909
1900 SS Northland (1915–1919)
SS Minnesota (1927–1930)
Scrapped at 1930 at Inverkeithing, Scotland
SS Zeeland
Postcard featuring the S.S. Northland
1911HMT Zealandic (1914–1918)
SS Zealandic (1918–1926)
SS Mamillius (1926–1936)
SS Mamari III(1936-1939)
HMS Fleet Tender C(1939-1941)
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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cunard Steamship Fleet, 1849 . 2024-01-06 . nshdpi.ca.
  2. Web site: Queen Mary 2 Curtails Cruise Due to COVID-19 Disruption. 2022-01-15. The Maritime Executive. en.