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List of ocean liners

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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.

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  •   Preserved and/or laid up ships
  •   Ships in service

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

Ship name Year
launched
Fate Image
SS Abyssinia 1870 Caught fire, and sank on December 18, 1891 SS Abyssinia (1870)
RMS Acadia 1840 Scrapped in 1858 after being deployed as a troopship during the Indian Mutiny
USAHS Acadia 1932 Scrapped in 1955 S. S. "Acadia"
SS Adolphine 1860 Unknown
SS Adriatic 1871 Scrapped in 1899 after being sold Steamship Adriatic
SS Adriatic (1856) 1856 Beached and abandoned in 1885 SS Adriatic
RMS Adriatic 1906 Scrapped in 1935 SS Adriatic in Belfast
SS Afric 1898 Torpedoed and sunk by SM UC-66, February 12, 1917. SS Afric
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 Alcantara
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 RMS America arrives in Halifax, 1859
SS Andrea Doria 1951 Collided with MS Stockholm, and sank on July 26, 1956. SS Andrea Doria
SS Aorangi (1883) 1883 Scrapped in 1925 Aorangi
MV Aorangi (1924) 1924 Scrapped in 1953 Aorangi II
SS Antilles 1953 Caught fire, and abandoned after hitting a reef on January 8, 1971 Antilles
RMS Aquitania 1913 Scrapped in 1950 SS Aquitania
SS Arabic 1902 Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-24 on August 19, 1915 Arabic
HMT Aragon 1905 Sunk by torpedo on 30 December 1917 SS Arabic
SS Arandora Star 1927 Torpedoed and sunk on July 2, 1940 Arandora Star as a troop ship in 1940
SS Arcadia 1953 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1979 SS Arcadia in Aden
SS Arctic 1850 Collided with SS Vesta, and sank in 1854 Arctic
RMS Arlanza 1911 Scrapped in 1938 Arlanza
SS Armadale Castle 1903 Scrapped in 1936 RMS Armadale Castle
SS Armenian 1895 Torpedoed and Sunk by SM U-24 on June 28, 1915 SS Armenian
RMS Arundel Castle 1919 Scrapped in 1959 SS Arundel Castle
Asama Maru 1928 Torpedoed and sunk on November 1, 1944 MV Asama Maru in 1931
RMS Asia 1850 Broken up in 1883 RMS Asia
MV Athlone Castle 1936 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1965 Athlone Castle
SS Atlantic (1849) 1849 Scrapped in 1871. Atlantic
RMS Atlantic 1871 Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873 Wreck of the Atlantic
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 Profile of the TSS Awatea, 1936–1942
SS Baltic 1850 Scrapped in 1880 SS Baltic
RMS Baltic 1903 Scrapped in 1933 – Japan Baltic
MS Batory 1935 Scrapped in 1971 MS Batory
SS Belgravia 1881 Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896
SS Bothnia 1874 Scrapped in 1899 Poster image of SS Bothnia
SS Braemar Castle 1898 Scrapped in 1924 Braemar Castle as a hospital ship
SS Bremen 1928 Caught fire, and gutted in 1941. Later scrapped in 1946 TS Bremen
SS Britannic 1874 Scrapped in 1903 after being sold SS Britannic
HMHS Britannic 1914 Struck a mine and sank on November 21, 1916 Britannic in the Arrol Gantry, circa 1914HMHS Britannic
MV Britannic 1929 Scrapped in 1960 MV Britannic
RMS Caledonia 1840 Lost outside Havana in 1851
SS Caledonia 1904 Torpedoed by SM U-24 on December 4, 1916 Caledonia in 1915.
HMS Calgarian 1913 Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918 HMS Calgarian
SS California 1906 Torpedoed by SM U-85 on February 7, 1917 SS California in 1911.
SS California 1923 Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy SS California (1923)
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 SS Cameronia in 1911
RMS Campania 1892 Collided with HMS Glorious, and sank on November 5, 1918 Campania
RMS Canada 1848 Scrapped in 1883
SS Canberra 1960 Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1997 Canberra in Sydney, Australia in 1974
SS Cap Arcona 1927 Caught fire and capsized in the Bay of Lübeck after being bombed by British aircraft on May 3, 1945. Wreck scrapped in 1949. Cap Arcona
MV Capetown Castle 1937 Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1967 Postcard of RMMV Capetown Castle
SMS Cap Trafalgar 1913 Sank in combat on September 14, 1914 Cap Trafalgar in Trindade
RMS Carinthia 1925 Torpedoed and sunk by U-46 on June 7, 1940 RMS Carinthia
RMS Carmania 1905 Scrapped in 1932 RMS Carmania
MV Carnarvon Castle 1926 Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1963 Carnarvon Castle, after her 1938 refit
SS Carondelet 1877 Unknown
RMS Caronia 1904 Scrapped in 1933 RMS Caronia
RMS Carpathia 1902 Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by SM U-55 on July 17, 1918 The Carpathia in Halifax.
SS Catalonia 1881 Scrapped in 1901 SS Catalonia
SS Cathay 1924 Bombed by German aircraft, sank in 1942 Cathay in Sydney Harbour
RMS Cedric 1902 Scrapped in 1932 RMS Cedric
RMS Celtic 1901 Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site The Celtic
SS Ceramic 1912 Torpedoed and sunk on December 6, 1942 SS Ceramic at sea
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 Champollion
SS Cheribon 1882 Wrecked on April 11, 1902, at Remedios Point, Panama SS Cheribon
MS Chrobry 1939 Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft MS Chrobry
SS Chusan 1949 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973, work completed in 1974. SS Chusan in Singapore, 1969
SS City of Adelaide 1863 Ran aground in 1916 City of Adelaide in 1890–1902.
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 City of Boston
SS City of Brussels 1869 Collided with SS Kirby Hall while entering the River Mersey, and sank on January 7, 1883 City of Brussels
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 City of Columbus, with the schooner Dexter.
SS City of Glasgow 1850 Vanished and presumed lost in 1854 The City Of Glasgow in a lithograph by Edward Duncan
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 – Genoa, Italy City of New York
SS City of Paris 1920 Scrapped in 1956
SS City of Peking 1874 Scrapped in 1920 City of Peking
City of Philadelphia 1854 Sank on maiden voyage off Cape Race September 9, 1854
SS City of Richmond 1873 Scrapped in 1896 – Genoa, Italy
SS City of Rio de Janeiro 1878 Struck rocks and sank on February 22, 1901, off of San Francisco City of Rio de Janeiro in 1898
SS City of Rome 1881 Scrapped in 1902 – Germany RMS City of Rome
SS City of Tokio 1874 Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885 City of Tokyo, departing Japan
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 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 – 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 – Barrow-in-Furness
File:R.M.S. Empress of Russia in Vancouver, circa 1930.jpg
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 Funchal in Helsinki 2009
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 Great Britain in Bristol
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 Hikawa Maru, pictured May 22nd, 1930.
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 Río 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 L'Atlantique
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 – 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 Mauretania alongside Turbinia in 1907.Mauretania as a cruise ship in 1933.
RMS Mauretania 1938 Scrapped in 1965 Mauretania 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 Olympic at Southampton in 1929HMT Olympic, in her first troop ship colors, pictured off of MudrosHMT Olympic in dazzle paint.
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 Orduña 1913 Scrapped in 1951 – Scotland
S.S. Orduña 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 – 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 – 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 Piłsudski 1934 Sank on November 26, 1939, by either striking a mine or being torpedoed
MS Piłsudski 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 Queen Elizabeth 2 in Osaka, March 19th, 2008
RMS Queen Mary 1934 Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach
RMS Queen Mary 2 2003 In service[2] Queen Mary 2 at Trondheim, 2007
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 Savannah in 1990
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 Titanic in Queensland (Now Cobh.)
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 United States on July 16th, 2017
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

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

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Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image
MS Achille Lauro 1947 MS Willem Ruys (1947–1965) Caught fire and sank off Somalia on December 2, 1994
As MS Willem Ruys
As Achille Lauro
SS Admiral Nakhimov 1925 SS Berlin (1925–1949) 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 Kurfürst (1899–1917)
USS Grosser Kurfurst (1917–1919)
SS City of Los Angeles (1922–1937)
Scrapped in 1937 – Japan
Grosser Kurfurst, pictured here in January 1903.
U.S.S. Aeolus in port, 1919
MS Agamemnon 1946 Sincere (1966–1969) Caught fire, and sank in 1969
SS Akaroa (1914) 1914 Euripides (1914–1932) 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 (1897–1902) Scrapped in 1902
S.S. Alaska photographed sometime in the 1890s.
SS Albania (1920) 1920 California (1930–1941) Torpedoed and sunk off Syracuse on August 11, 1941
S.S. Albania under tow.
SS Albert Ballin 1922 Hansa (1935–1945)
Sovetskiy Soyuz (1953–1980)
Scrapped in 1981
S.S. Albert Ballin, circa 1923
Cargo ship Sovetskiy Soyuz, pictured in 1957
RMS Alcantara (1926) 1926 HMS Alcantara (1939–1943)
Kaisho Maru (1958)
Scrapped in 1958
R.M.S. Alcantara outside of Rio de Janeiro
MS Aleksandr Pushkin 1964 Marco Polo (1991–2021) 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 (1905–1917)
USAT America (1919–1920)
SS America (1920–1931)
USAT Edmund B. Alexander (1940–1957)
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 circa 1920's
U.S.A.T. Edmund B. Alexander
SS America (1939) 1939 USS 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

MS Ancerville 1962 MV Minghua (1973–1983) Preserved as a hotelship
Minghua as part of the Sea World Complex
SS Arabic (1920) 1908 SS Berlin (1908–1920) Scrapped in 1931
SS Arabic at sea
MS Aramis 1931 Teiyō Maru (1942–1944) Torpedoed and sank on August 18, 1944
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932
Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943
SS Argentina (1929) 1929 SS Pennsylvania (1929–1938) 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 (1905–1913)
SS Mitava (1913–1921)
SS Josef Pilsudski (1921–1923)
SS Franck Hellmers (1923–1924)
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 (1898–1926) Scrapped in 1926
S.S. Arizona while she held the Atlantic Record
USS Hancock.
SS Athenic 1901 SS Pelagos (1928–1962) Scrapped in 1962
S.S. Athenic
Hvalfangerselskapet Pelagos, circa 1931
RMS Atrato (1888) 1888 The Viking (1912–1914)
HMS Viknor (1914–1915)
Torpedoed and sank on January 13, 1915
SS Augusta Victoria (1888) 1888 Kuban (1904–1907) Scrapped in 1907
Augusta Victoria under steam
MS Augustus (1926) 1926 Falco (1939–1940)
Sparviero (1940–1946)
Scuttled in Genoa in 1944, raised and scrapped in 1946
MS Augustus (1950) 1950 Great 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
MV Aureol 1951 Marianna IV (1974–2001)
Mariann IV (2001)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
SS Ausonia (1956) 1956 The Ausonia (2006)
Ivory (2006–2007)
Aegean Two (2007–2008)
Ivory (2008–2010)
Winner 5 (2010)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2010
SS Baltic (1871) 1871 SS Veendam (1889–1898) Collided with a derelict ship, and sank on February 6, 1898
SS Belgenland (1914) 1914 Belgic (1916–1923)
Columbia (1935–1936)
Scrapped in 1936 – Scotland
SS Bergensfjord 1913 Argentina (1946–1953)
Jerusalem (1953–1957)
Aliya (1957–1959)
Scrapped in 1959
MS Bergensfjord (1955) 1955 De 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
MV Bloemfontein Castle 1949 Patris (1959–1979)
Mediterranean Island (1979–1981)
Mediterranean Star (1981–1988)
Terra (1988–1989)
Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1987
MV Brazil Maru 1954 Toba Brazil Maru (1974–1997)
Zhanjiang (1997–1998)
Hai Shang Cheng Shi (1998–)
Beached as a restaurant in Zhanjiang, China, currently closed Brazil Maru sailingMV Brazil Maru as a restaurant
SS Bremen (1896) 1896 SS Constantinople (1919–1921)
SS King Alexander (1922–1929)
Scrapped in 1929
SS Bretagne (1951) 1951 SS Brittany (1962–1963) Caught fire, and gutted on April 8, 1963; scrapped
RMS Britannia 1840 SMS 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
SS Calgaric 1918 Orca (1918–1927) Scrapped in 1934
SS California (1928) 1928 SS Uruguay (1938–1964) Scrapped in 1964
SS Cambodge 1952 Stella V (1970)
Stella Solaris (1970–2003)
S. Solar (2003)
Scrapped in Alang, India in 2003
RMS Cameronia (1919) 1919 HMT Cameronia (1941–1945)
SS Empire Clyde (1953–1957)
Scrapped in 1957
RMS Carinthia (1955) 1955 SS 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
RMS Caronia (1947) 1947 Columbia (1968)
Caribia (1968–1974)
Wrecked in 1974 at Apra Harbour, Guam; subsequently scrapped
USS Charles (ID-1298) 1907 USS Harvard (1918; 1920–1931) Wrecked in 1931
Chichibu Maru 1930 Titibu Maru (1938–1939)
Kamakura Maru (1939–1943)
Torpedoed and sunk by USS Gudgeon on April 28, 1943
SS City of Berlin 1874 SS Berlin (1893–1898)
SS Meade (1898–1921)
Scrapped in 1921
SS City of Paris (1865) 1865 Tonquin (1884–1885) Collided with another French vessel, and sank in March 1885
SS City of Paris (1888) 1888 Yale (1898–1901)
Harrisburg (1918–1919)
Philadelphia (1901–1918, 1919–1923)
Scrapped in 1923 at Genoa, Italy
MS City of York 1953 Mediterranean Sky (1971–2003) Capsized at Perama, Greece in January 2003
SS Cleveland 1908 USS Mobile (1919–1920)
SS King Alexander (1920–1923)
SS Cleveland (1923–1933)
Scrapped in 1933
SS Colombie 1931 USAHS Aleda E. Lutz (1945–1946)
SS Colombie (1946–1964)
SS Atlantica (1964–1974)
Scrapped in 1974
SS Constitution 1950 Oceanic 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 Consuelo 1900 SS Cairnrona (1909–1911)
RMS Albania (1911–1912)
SS Poleric (1912–1929)
Scrapped in 1930
SS Conte Biancamano 1925 USS Hermitage (1942–1946) Dismantled at La Spezia, Italy, and partly reassembled as a museum in Milan, Italy 1964
USS Covington (ID-1409) 1908 SS Cincinnati (1908–1917) Torpedoed and sank on July 1, 1918, by a U-86
SS Czar 1912 SS Estonia (1921–1930)
SS Pułaski (1930–1946)
SS Empire Penryn (1946–1949)
Scrapped in 1949 at Blyth, Northumberland
SS De Grasse 1924 RMS Empress of Australia (1953–1956)
Venezuela (1956–1962)
Scrapped in 1962
SS Deutschland (1900) 1900 SS Viktoria Luise (1910–1921)
SS Hansa (1921–1925)
Scrapped in 1925
QSMV Dominion Monarch 1938 Dominion Monarch Maru (1962) Scrapped in 1962 at Osaka
MV Doulos Phos 1914 SS 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.

SS Drottningholm 1904 RMS Virginian (1904–1920)
Brasil (1948–1951)
Homeland (1951–1955)
Scrapped at Trieste, Italy in 1955
MS Dunnottar Castle 1936 Victoria (1958–1975)
The Victoria (1976–1993)
Princesa Victoria (1993–2004)
Victoria I (2004)
Scrapped at 2004 at Alang, India
RMS Dunottar Castle 1890 SS Caribbean (1913–1914)
HMS Caribbean (1914–1915)
Sank in a storm on September 27, 1915

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Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image
SS Elisabethville (1921) 1921 Empire Bure (1947–1950)
Charlton Star (1950–1958)
Maristrella (1958–1960)
Scrapped in 1960
SS Empire Bittern 1902 SS 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.
HMT Empire Windrush 1930 MV Monte Rosa (1930–1947) 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 (1913–1921)
Empress of China (1921)
Scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1952
RMS Empress of Britain (1905) 1905 SS Montroyal (1924–1930) Scrapped in 1930
RMS Empress of Britain (1955) 1955 Queen Anna Maria (1964–1975)
Carnivale (1975–1993)
Fiestamarina (1993–1994)
Olympic (1995–1997)
The Topaz (1997–2008)
Topaz (2008)
Scrapped in 2008
RMS Empress of Canada (1928) 1928 SS Duchess of Richmond (1928–1947) Caught fire, and capsized on January 25, 1953; scrapped in 1954 at La Spezia
RMS Empress of Canada (1960) 1960 Mardi Gras (1972–1993)
Olympic (1993)
Star of Texas (1994)
Lucky Star (1994–1995)
Apollon (1995–2003)
Scrapped in 2003
RMS Empress of France (1913) 1913 SS Alsatian (1912–1919) Scrapped in 1934 at Dalmuir
RMS Empress of France (1928) 1928 SS Duchess of Bedford (1928–1947) Scrapped in 1960
RMS Empress of India (1890) 1890 SS Loyalty (1915–1923) Scrapped in 1923
RMS Empress of Japan (1929) 1930 RMS Empress of Scotland (1942–1957)
TS Hanseatic (1957–1966)
Caught fire, and gutted in 1966; subsequently scrapped
RMS Empress of Scotland (1906) 1905 SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria (1906–1919) Scrapped in 1930
SS Eugenio C 1964 Eugenio Costa (1987–1999)
Edinburgh Castle (1999–2000)
The Big Red Boat II (2000–2004)
Red Boat (2004–2005)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
SS Europa (1928) 1928 USS Europa (1945–1946)
SS Liberté (1950–1963)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1963
Fairsky 1942 SS Steel Artisan (1941)
USS Barnes (1942)
HMS Attacker (1942–1945)
Castel Forte (1950–1958)
Scrapped in 1980
TSS Fairstar 1955 Oxfordshire (1955–1964) Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997
SS Finland (1902) 1902 USS Finland (ID-4543) (1918–1919)
USAT Finland (1919)
Scrapped in 1928
SS Flandre (1952) 1951 Carla C (1968–1986)
Carla Costa (1986–1992)
Pallas Athena (1992–1994)
Scrapped in 1994
SS France (1961) 1960 SS Norway (1979–2008) Scrapped at Alang, India in 2007, work completed in 2008.
SS Fürst Bismarck (1890) 1890 Don (1905)
Moskva (1906–1917)
San Guisto (1917–1924)
Scrapped in 1924 – Italy
SS Fürst Bismarck (1905) 1905 Amboise (1922–1935) Scrapped in 1935 – Italy
SS Galileo Galilei 1961 Galileo (1984–1990)
Meridian (1990–1997)
Sun Vista (1997–1999)
Caught fire, and sank on May 21, 1999
SS Galician 1900 Glenart Castle (1914–1918) Torpedoed and sunk on February 26, 1918
SS George Washington 1908 USS George Washington (1917–1919)
SS George Washington (1921–1931)
USS Catlin (AP-19) (1941)
USAT George Washington (1943–1951)
Scrapped in 1951
SS Gothic (1893) 1893 Gothland (1907–1911) – (1913–1925) Scrapped in 1925
MS Gripsholm (1924) 1924 MS Berlin (1954–1966) Scrapped in 1966
MS Gripsholm (1957) 1957 MS Navarino (1975–1984)
MS Regent Sea (1984–1997)
Sea (1997–2001)
Sank on July 12, 2001, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap
SS Guglielmo Marconi 1961 Costa 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

SS Hamburg (1925) 1925 Yuri Dolgoruki (1950–1977) Scrapped in 1977
USS Harris (APA-2) 1921 Pine Tree State (1921–1922)
President Grant (1922–1930)
Scrapped in 1948
SS Heliopolis (1907) 1907 SS Royal George (1910–1922) Scrapped in 1922
RMS Hibernia 1842 Habanois (1850–1868) Lost in 1868
RMS Homeric (1913) 1913 Columbus (1913–1919) Scrapped in 1935
USS Huron (ID-1408) 1896 SS 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

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Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image
SS Île de France 1926 S.S. Furansu Maru (1958–1959, 1959)
R.M.S. Claridon (1959)
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1959
SS Imperator 1912 USS 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

SS Independence 1950 Oceanic 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
SS Infante Dom Henrique 1960 Vasco de Gama (1986–1997)
SeaWind Crown (1991–2003)
Barcelona (2003–2004)
Scrapped near Guangzhou, China in 2004
SS Justicia 1914 Statendam (1914–1916) Torpedoed and sunk in July, 1918
SS Kaiser Wilhelm II 1902 USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917)
USS Agamemnon (1917–1927)
USAT Monticello (1927–1940)
Scrapped in 1940
SS Kenya 1950 USS Kaiser Wilhelm II (1917)
USS Agamemnon (1917–1927)
USAT Monticello (1927–1940)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
RMS Kenya Castle 1952 SS Amerikanis (1967–2001) Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
SS Khedive Ismail 1922 Aconcagua (1922–1935) Torpedoed and sunk on February 12, 1944
SS König Albert 1899 Fernandino Palasciano (1915–1923)
Italia (1923–1926)
Scrapped in 1926 – Italy
SS Königin Luise (1896) 1896 Omar (1921–1924)
Edison (1924–1935)
Scrapped in 1935 – Italy
SS Kościuszko 1915 SS Czaritza (1915–1921)
SS Lituania (1921–1930)
SS ORP Gdynia (1939)
SS Empire Helford (1946–1950)
Scrapped in 1950
SS Kronprinz Wilhelm 1901 USS Von Steuben (1917–1923) Scrapped in 1923
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1905) 1905 HMS Princess (1915–) Unknown
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) 1906 Mount Vernon (1917–1940) Scrapped in 1940
MS Kungsholm (1928) 1928 John Ericsson (1942–1947)
Italia (1948–1964)
Imperial Bahama (1964–1965)
Scrapped in Bilbao, Spain in 1965
MS Kungsholm (1952) 1952 Europa (1965–1981)
Columbus C. (1981–1985)
Sank after striking a breakwater near Cadiz, Spain on July 29, 1984. Scrapped in Barcelona, Spain in 1985.
MV Kungsholm (1965) 1965 Sea 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

SS La Bretagne 1885 Alesia (1923) Wrecked in 1923
TSMS Lakonia 1929 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1929–1963) Caught fire and sank on December 29, 1963, while under tow to Gibraltar for salvaging.
RMS Lancastria 1920 RMS Tyrrhenia (1920–1924)
HMT Lancastria (1940)
Bombed by German aircraft, and sank on June 17, 1940
SS Laos 1952 Empress Abeto (1970–1971)
Malaysia Raya (1971–1976)
Caught fire at Port Klang, Malaysia on August 23, 1976. Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1977.
SS Lavia 1946 Media (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
SS Letitia 1924 HMS Letitia (1939–1944)
HMHS Letitia (1944–1946)
Empire Brent (1946–1952)
Captain Cook (1952–1960)
Scrapped in 1960
SS Leviathan 1913 Vaterland (1913–1917) Scrapped in 1938
As Vaterland


As USS Leviathan, in her dazzle scheme
As Leviathan

SS Lurline (1932) 1932 RHMS Ellinis (1963–1987) Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1987
As Lurline


As Ellinis

M-P

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Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image
RFA Maine (1924) 1924 SS Leonardo da Vinci (1925–1943)
SS Empire Clyde (1943–1947)
RFA Empire Clyde (1947–1948)
Scrapped in 1954
RMS Majestic (1914) 1914 SS Bismarck (1914–1920)
HMS Caledonia (1937–1943)
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 (1937–1948)
Atlantic (1948–1955)
Queen Frederica (1955–1977)
Scrapped in 1977 at Eleusis, Greece, work completed in the 1980s.
SS Manchuria (1903) 1903 SS President Johnson (1928–1948)
SS Santa Cruz (1948–1952)
Scrapped in 1952 at Savona, Italy
SS Manhattan (1931) 1931 USS Wakefield (1941–1964) Scrapped in 1964
SS Mariposa 1931 SS Homeric (1953–1974) Scrapped in 1974
TS Maxim Gorkiy 1968 Hamburg (1968–1973)
Hanseatic (1973–1974)
Maksim Gorkiy (1974–1992)
Scrapped in 2009
USS Mercury (ID-3012) 1896 SS Barbarossa (1896–1917) Scrapped in 1924
SS Minnedosa 1917 Piemonte (1935–1949) Scuttled in 1943 by Axis forces, wreck raised and scrapped in 1949
SS Miowera 1892 Maitai (1908–1910) Ran Aground in Avarua, Rarotonga, on December 25, 1916.
SS Mongolia (1903) 1903 President Fillmore (1929–1940)
Panamanian (1940–1946)
Scrapped in Shanghai, China in 1946
SS Mongolia (1922) 1922 SS Rimutaka (1938–1950)
SS Europa (1950–1951)
SS Nassau (1951–1961)
SS Acapulco (1961–1963)
Scrapped in 1964
SS Monterey 1931 Matsonia (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
MV Moonta 1931 Lydia (1955–1966)
Le Lydia (1966–)
Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarès, France
Le Lydia as a tourist attraction
SS Nitta Maru 1939 Chūyō (1942–1943) Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the USS Sailfish
SS Noordam (1902) 1901 Kungsholm (1923–1926) Scrapped in 1927
SS Normandie 1932 USS Lafayette (1941–1946) 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 (1985–2000)
Big Red Boat I (2000)
Oceanic (2000–2012)
Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012
As StarShip Oceanic
As the Big Red Boat
As Oceanic
MS Oranje 1938 Angelina Lauro (1965–1979) Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979
As Oranje
As the Angelina Lauro
MS Oslofjord (1949) 1949 MS Fulvia (1969–1970) Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
SS Panama (1939) 1939 USAT 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
SS Parthia (1870) 1870 Victoria (1892–1954)
Straits No. 27 (1954–1956)
Straits Maru (1956)
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan, in 1956
RMS Parthia (1947) 1947 Remuera (1961–1965)
Aramac (1965–1969)
Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1969
SS Pasteur (1938) 1938 Bremen (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
TS Patriot State 1964 Santa Mercedes (1964–1984) Scrapped in 2011
RMS Pendennis Castle 1957 Ocean Queen (1976–1978)
Sinbad I (1978–1980)
Scrapped at 1980 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
SS Pennsylvania (1896) 1896 USS Nansemond (1919–1924) Scrapped in 1924
USS Pocahontas (ID-3044) 1900 SS Prinzess Irene (1900–1917)
Bremen (1922–1928)
SS Karlsruhe (1928–1932)
Scrapped in 1932
SS Potsdam (1900) 1900 Stockholm (1915–1929)
Solglimt (1929–1940)
Sonderburg (1940–1944)
Scuttled in 1944 by German troops, fully scrapped by 1947
USS Powhatan (ID-3013) 1899 SS Hamburg (1899–1917)
New Rochelle (1920–1921)
Hudson (1921–1922)
President Fillmore (1922–1928)
Scrapped in 1928
SS President Cleveland (1920) 1920 Golden State (1920–1921)
Tasker H. Bliss (1941–1942)
Torpedoed and sunk on November 12, 1942
SS President Roosevelt (1921) 1921 Peninsula State (1921–1922)
President Pierce (1922)
Joseph T. Dickman (1940–1948)
Scrapped in 1948
TS Pretoria 1936 TS Empire Doon (1945–1949)
TS Gunung Djati (1949–1973)
MV Gunung Djati (1973–1980)
KRI Tanjung (1980–1984)
Scrapped in 1987
HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) 1938 RMMV Warwick Castle (1946–1962) Scrapped in 1962
RMS Pretoria Castle (1947) 1947 SS S.A. Oranje (1966–1975) Scrapped at 1975 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
USS Princess Matoika 1900 SS 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
SS Príncipe Perfeito 1960 Al 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
SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm 1907 USS 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

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Ship name Year launched Other names Fate Image
RMS Queen Elizabeth 1938 Elizabeth (1968–1970)
Seawise University (1970–1972)
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 (1953–1981)
SS Caribe (1981–1983)
MS Caribe I (1983–1993)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2009.
The Regal Empress
SS Reliance 1914 SS Johann Heinrich Burchard (1914–1920)
SS Limburgia (1920–1926)
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 (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

SS Rhynland 1879 SS Rhyna (1906) Scrapped in 1906
SS Rhynland in 1890
SS Roma (1926) 1926 SS Aquila (1939–1945) 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 (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
MS Ruahine 1950 Oriental Rio (1968–1974) Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974
MV Ruahine
MS Sagafjord 1965 Gripsholm (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

SS Santa Paula (1958) 1958 Stella 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.
SS Santa Rosa (1916) 1916 USAT Santa Rosa (1917–1919)
USS Santa Rosa (1919)
SS Oregonian (1925–1942)
Torpedoed in 1942
USS Santa Rosa in 1919
SS Santa Rosa (1932) 1932 SS Athinai (1961–1989) Scrapped in 1989 at Aliaga, Turkey
S.S. Santa Rosa, 1932


Athinai laid up in Eleusis, 1986

RMS Saxonia (1954) 1954 RMS 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

SS Scharnhorst (1904) 1904 La Bourdonnais (1920–1934) Scrapped in 1934
SS Scharnhorst (1934) 1934 Shin'yō (1942–1944) 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'yō

SS Shalom 1962 Hanseatic (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

MS Sobieski 1938 Gruziya (1950–1975) Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1975
HMS Sobieski in the River Clyde


Gruziya in Helsinki

SS Southern Cross (1955) 1954 Calypso (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

SS Statendam (1956) 1956 Rhapsody (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 Batory 1952 Maasdam (1951–1968)
Stefan (1990–2000)
Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2000
Stefan Batory
SS St. Louis (1894) 1894 USS Louisville (1918–1919) Scrapped in 1924 at Genoa
SS St. Louis in 1900
MS Stockholm (1941) 1940 MS 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) 1946 Völkerfreundschaft (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
As Stockholm
As the Völkerfreundschaft
As Italia Prima in Genoa, 1994
As Athena in 2011
As Azores in 2014
As Astoria
SS Stratheden 1937 Henrietta Latsi (1963–1966)
Marianna Latsi (1966–1969)
Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Stratheden in the Brisbane River
RMS Strathmore 1935 Marianna Latsi (1963–1966)
Henrietta Latsi (1966–1969)
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Strathmore in 1955
RMS Sylvania 1956 Fairwind (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

RMS Tahiti 1904 Port Kingston (1904–1911) 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 (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
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 (1915–1917) Torpedoed and sunk on June 4, 1917, by U-70
HMT Southland after being hit by a torpedo, 1915
SS Viet Nam 1951 Pacifique (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
MS Vistafjord 1972 Caronia (1999–2004)
Saga Ruby (2004–2014)
Oasia (2014–2017)
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 (1965–1973) Sank on March 15, 1973, whilst under tow to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap
Vulcania in 1948
SS Washington 1932 USS Mount Vernon (1941–1946) Scrapped in 1965
SS Washington in New York


USS Mount Vernon at sea

RMS Windsor Castle (1959) 1959 Margarita L (1977–2004)
Rita (2004–2005)
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
Windsor Castle in 1960
MV Yaohua 1967 Orient Princess (1987–) Floating tourist attraction in Binhai, Tianjin, China
Orient Princess in Tianjin
SS Yamuna 1902 RMS Slavonia (1903–1909) Wrecked June 10, 1909
The wrecked RMS Slavonia, June 10, 1909
SS Zeeland (1900) 1900 SS Northland (1915–1919)
SS Minnesota (1927–1930)
Scrapped at 1930 at Inverkeithing, Scotland
SS Zeeland


Postcard featuring the S.S. Northland

SS Zealandic 1911 HMT 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Cunard Steamship Fleet, 1849". nshdpi.ca. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Queen Mary 2 Curtails Cruise Due to COVID-19 Disruption". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

Further reading

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  • Russell, Mark A. "Steamship nationalism: Transatlantic passenger liners as symbols of the German Empire." International Journal of Maritime History 28.2 (2016): 313–334.