List of ocean liners
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.
Note: Some of the ships listed here were renamed, and in some cases multiple times in their careers. The ship that has the main article named after it will have full info listed here, while the different names it has had will be listed here but will link towards the ship's main article under the "Renamed" section.
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Abyssinia | 1870 | No | Caught fire and sank on December 18, 1891 |
| MS Acapulco | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: SS Mongolia) | - |
| MS Achille Lauro | 1947 | Yes (2 different names) | Sank on December 2, 1994 |
| MS Admiral Nakhimov | 1925 | Yes (2 different names) | Sank in a collision on August 31, 1986 |
| SS Adolphine | N/A | No | |
| SS Adriatic | 1871 | No | Sold for scrap February 12, 1899 |
| RMS Adriatic | 1906 | No | Scrapped in 1935 |
| USS Aeolus | 1899 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in Japan in 1937 |
| MS Agamemnon | 1947 | No | Sank in 1969 |
| MS Akaroa | 1914 | No | Broken up in 1954 |
| SS Alaska | 1881 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in the UK 1902 |
| SS Albert Ballin | 1922 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1981 |
| SS Alcantara | 1913 | No | Sank on February 29, 1916 |
| RMS Alcantara | 1926 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 1958 |
| MS Alexandr Pushkin | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: MS Marco Polo) | In service |
| SS Alferdoss | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS America) | - |
| SS Algonquin | 1926 | No | Scrapped in 1957 |
| SS America (1905) | 1905 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped on January 16, 1957 |
| SS America (1940) | 1939 | Yes (7 different names) | Broken up in 2008 |
| SS American Star | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS America (1940)) | - |
| D/S Amerika | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS America (1905)) | - |
| SS Andrea Doria | 1951 | No | Capsized and sank on July 26, 1956 after colliding with the MS Stockholm |
| MS Angelina Lauro | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: MS Oranje) | - |
| SS Antilles | 1953 | No | Sank on January 8, 1971 |
| RMS Aquitania | 1913 | No | Scrapped in 1950 |
| SS Arabic (1902) | 1902 | No | Sank on August 19, 1915 |
| SS Arabic (1908) | 1908 | No | Broken up in 1931 |
| RMS Aragon | 1905 | Yes (see: HMT Aragon) | Sunk by enemy action, 1917 |
| MS Aramis | N/A | Yes (2 different names) | Torpedoed and sank on August 18, 1944 |
| SS Arandora Star | 1927 | No | Torpedoed and sank on July 2, 1940 |
| SS Arcadia | 1953 | No | Scrapped in 1979 |
| SS Arctic | 1850 | No | Sank in 1854 after a collision with the SS Vesta |
| MS Argentina | 1929 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1964 |
| SS Arizona | 1879 | Yes (1 different name) | Scrapped in 1926 |
| RMS Arlanza | 1912 | No | Broken up in 1938 |
| USS Artemis | 1902 | Yes (4 different names) | Sunk as an additional blockship in 1944 as part of Operation Overlord |
| SS Arundel Castle | 1919 | No | Scrapped in 1959 |
| Asama Maru | 1928 | No | Torpedoed and sank on November 1, 1944 |
| MS Athena | 1948 | Yes (9 different names) | Still in service |
| SS Athenic | 1901 | Yes (2 different names) | Demolished in 1962 |
| RMS Atlantic | 1871 | No | Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873 |
| SS l'Atlantique | 1930 | No | Scrapped in 1936 |
| RMS Atrato | 1888 | Yes (2 different names) | Torpedoed and sunk 13 Jan 1915 |
| Augusta Victoria | 1888 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 1907 |
| MS Augustus | 1926 | Yes (3 different names) | Scuttled in 1944, raised and scrapped in 1946 |
| MS Augustus (1952) | 1950 | Yes (7 different names) | Scrapped in 2012 |
| SS Australis | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS America (1940)) | - |
| Awa Maru (1899) | 1899 | No | Taken out of service in 1930 |
| Awa Maru (1943) | 1942 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945 |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Baltic (1850) | 1850 | No | Scrapped in 1880 |
| SS Baltic (1871) | 1871 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk February 6, 1898 |
| RMS Baltic | 1903 | No | Scrapped in Japan on February 17, 1933 |
| SS Barbarossa | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: USS Mercury (ID-3012)) | - |
| MS Batory | 1935 | No | Scrapped in 1971 |
| SS Belgenland (1914) | 1914 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in Scotland in 1936 |
| SS Belgic | 1914 | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Belgenland (1914)) | Scrapped in Scotland in 1936 |
| SS Belgravia (1881) | 1881 | No | Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896 |
| RMS Berengaria | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Imperator) | - |
| SS Bergensfjord | 1913 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in August 1959 |
| SS Bismarck | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RMS Majestic (1914)) | - |
| MV Bloemfontein Castle | 1949 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1989 |
| SS Bohemia | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: USS ''Artemis'' (ID-2187)) | - |
| SS Bremen (1897) | 1896 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1929 |
| SS Bremen (1929) | 1928 | No | Caught fire and gutted in 1941, scrapped in 1946 |
| SS Bretagne (1951) | 1951 | Yes (2 different names) | Destroyed by fire on April 8, 1963 and scrapped |
| MS Britanis | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS Monterey) | - |
| RMS Britannic (1874) | 1874 | No | Sold and scrapped in 1903 |
| HMHS Britannic | 1914 | No | Hit a mine and sunk on November 21, 1916 |
| RMS Britannic (1929) | 1929 | No | Scrapped in 1960 |
| MS Brittany | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Bretagne (1951)) | - |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | 1905 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1916 |
| RMS Calgarian | 1913 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918 |
| Calgaric | 1918 | Yes (2 different names) | Taken out of service in 1934 |
| California (1907) | 1906 | No | Torpedoed by U-85 on February 7, 1917 |
| California (1923) | 1923 | No | Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943 and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy |
| California (1928) | 1928 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1964 |
| Cambodge | - | Yes (2 different names) (see Stella Solaris) | - |
| Cameronia (1911) | 1911 | No | Sunk by the German submarine U-33 on April 15, 1917 |
| Cameronia (1919) | 1919 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1957 |
| RMS Campania | 1892 | No | Sunk in a collision with HMS Glorious on November 5, 1918 |
| Canberra | 1960 | No | Scrapped in 1997 |
| Cap Arcona | 1927 | No | Sunk on May 3, 1945; wreck dismantled in 1949 |
| Cap Trafalgar | 1913 | No | Sunk in combat on September 14, 1914 |
| Captain Cook | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: Letitia) | - |
| Caribe I | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: Regal Empress) | - |
| RMS Carinthia (1925) | 1925 | No | Sunk by the U-46 on June 7, 1940 |
| RMS Carinthia (1956) | 1955 | Yes (6 different names) | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005 |
| RMS Carmania (1905) | 1905 | No | Scrapped in 1932 |
| Caronia | 1904 | No | Scrapped in 1933 |
| RMS Caronia | 1947 | Yes (3 different names) | Wrecked in Apra Harbour, Guam in 1974; subsequently scrapped |
| RMS Carpathia | 1902 | No | Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by SM U-55 on July 17, 1918 |
| Cathay | 1924 | No | Bombed and sunk in 1942 |
| RMS Cedric | 1902 | No | Scrapped in 1932 |
| RMS Celtic | 1901 | No | Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site |
| Ceramic | 1913 | No | Torpedoed and sunk 6 December 1942 |
| Champlain | 1931 | No | Struck an air-laid mine on 17 June 1940, later torpedoed |
| USS Charles | 1907 | Yes (2 different names) | Wrecked on May 30, 1931 |
| Charlton Star | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: Elisabethville) | - |
| SS Cheribon | 1882 | No | Wrecked on April 11, 1902 at Remedios Point, Panama |
| Chichibu Maru | 1930 | Yes (2 different names) | Torpedoed by USS Gudgeon on April 28, 1943 |
| Chrobry | 1939 | No | Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft |
| Chusan | 1949 | No | Scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973 |
| Cincinnati | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: USS Covington) | - |
| City of Adelaide | 1863 | No | Caught fire in 1912
Purchased for scuttling in 1915 Ran aground in 1916 |
| City of Benares | 1935 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on September 18, 1940 |
| City of Berlin | 1875 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1921 |
| City of Boston | 1864 | No | Vanished and presumed lost January 1870 |
| City of Brussels | 1869 | No | Sunk January 7, 1883 after collision in the River Mersey |
| City of Cairo | 1915 | No | Sunk by submarine on November 6, 1942 |
| City of Chicago | 1883 | No | Ran aground and wrecked on the Irish coast July 1, 1892 |
| City of Columbus | 1878 | No | Wrecked off Martha's Vineyard January 18, 1884 |
| City of Glasgow | 1850 | No | Vanished and presumed lost in 1854 |
| City of London | 1863 | No | Sunk November 1881 |
| City of Los Angeles | 1899 | Yes (3 different names) (see: USS Aeolus) | Scrapped in Japan 1937 |
| City of Manchester | 1851 | Unknown | Sold and converted to sail in 1871, final fate unknown |
| SS City of Nagpur | 1922 | No | Sunk by submarine on 29 April 1941 |
| City of New York | 1888 | No | Scrapped at Genoa, Italy in 1923 |
| City of Paris (1866) | 1863 | Yes (1 different name) | Sunk off Málaga following collision in March 1885 |
| City of Paris (1888) | 1888 | Yes | Scrapped at Genoa, Italy in 1923 |
| City of Paris (1922) | 1920 | No | Scrapped in 1956 |
| City of Peking | 1874 | No | Scrapped sometime after 1909 |
| City of Philadelphia | 1854 | No | Sunk on maiden voyage off Cape Race September 9, 1854 |
| City of Richmond | 1873 | Unknown | Scrapped in Genoa Italy 1896 |
| City of Rio de Janeiro | 1878 | No | Sunk of San Francisco February 22, 1901 |
| City of Rome | 1881 | No | Scrapped in Germany 1902 |
| City of Tokio | 1874 | No | Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885 |
| Cleveland | 1908 | No | Scrapped in 1933 |
| Columbus (1924) | 1914 | No | Scuttled by the crew in 1939 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy |
| Columbus C | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: Kungsholm | - |
| Constitution | 1950 | Yes (2 different names) | Sank on November 17, 1997 while on the way to being scrapped |
| Conte Biancamano | 1925 | Yes (2 different names) | Dismantled and reassembled as a museum in 1964 |
| Conte di Savoia | 1931 | No | Scuttled by retreating German military in September 1943, and scrapped in 1945 |
| Conte Verde | 1923 | No | Sunk by a USAAF Consolidated B-24 Liberator in 1944 near Kyoto |
| USS Covington | 1908 | Yes (2 different names) | Torpedoed by a U-86 on July 1, 1918 |
| Cristoforo Colombo | 1953 | No | Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Czar | 1912 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped at Blyth, Northumberland in 1949 |
D
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota | 1903 | No | Sank off Yokohama on March 3, 1907 |
| De Grasse | 1920 | Yes (3 different names) | Broken up in 1962 |
| Deutschland (1900) | 1900 | Yes (3 different names) | Sold for scrap in 1925 |
| Deutschland (1923) | 1923 | No | Capsized and sank on May 3, 1945 as a result of a British air attack |
| Dominion Monarch | 1939 | Yes | Scrapped in Osaka, November 1962 |
| Doric | 1922 | No | Scrapped in November 1935 |
| Douane Castle | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: Olympia) | - |
| Drottningholm | 1904 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped at Trieste in 1955 |
| Duchess of Bedford | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: RMS Empress of France) | - |
| Duchess of Richmond | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: RMS Empress of Canada) | - |
| Duchess of York | 1928 | No | Crippled by German air attack on July 11, 1943 and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy |
| Duilio | 1916 | No | Sunk by Allied aircraft in 1944 |
| Dunnottar Castle | 1936 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in Kumar, India in 2004 |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Elbe | 1881 | No | Sunk in the North Sea after collision, January 31, 1895 |
| SS Elisabethville (1921) | 1921 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped on January 19, 1960 |
| MS Ellinis | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Lurline (1932) | - |
| SS Emerald | 1957 | Yes (4 different names) | Laid up in 2009 |
| SS Empire Brent | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Letitia) | - |
| SS Empire Clyde (1919) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: HMT Cameronia | |
| SS Empire Clyde (1924) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RFA Maine (1924) | - |
| TS Empire Doon | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: TS Pretoria) | - |
| TS Empire Orwell | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: TS Pretoria) | - |
| MV Empire Windrush | 1930 | Yes (2 different names) | Sank on March 30, 1954 |
| RMS Empress of Asia | 1912 | No | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Sultan Shoal on February 5, 1942 |
| RMS Empress of Australia (1919) | 1913 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1952 |
| RMS Empress of Australia (1953) | - | Yes (3 different names) (See: SS De Grasse) | - |
| RMS Empress of Britain (1906) | 1905 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1930 |
| RMS Empress of Britain (1931) | 1930 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940 by a German U-boat |
| RMS Empress of Britain (1956) | 1955 | Yes (6 different names) | Sold for scrap in 2008 |
| RMS Empress of Canada (1922) | 1920 | No | Sunk off the coast of Africa on March 13, 1943 |
| RMS Empress of Canada (1928) | 1928 | Yes (2 different names) | Caught fire and capsized on 25 January 1953; scrapped in La Spezia in 1954 |
| RMS Empress of Canada (1961) | 1960 | Yes (6 different names) | Scrapped in 2003 |
| RMS Empress of China (1891) | 1890 | No | Scrapped in 1912 in Yokohama, Japan |
| RMS Empress of China (1921) | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm) | - |
| RMS Empress of China (1921) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RMS Empress of Australia (1919) | - |
| RMS Empress of France (1914) | 1912 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped at Dalmuir on October 20, 1934 |
| RMS Empress of France (1928) | 1928 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 1960 |
| RMS Empress of India (1891) | 1890 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1923 |
| RMS Empress of India (1921) | - | Yes (7 different names) (See: SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm) | - |
| RMS Empress of Ireland | 1906 | No | Sank after colliding with the SS Storstad on May 29, 1914 |
| RMS Empress of Japan (1891) | 1890 | No | Scrapped in 1926 |
| RMS Empress of Japan (1930) | 1930 | Yes (3 different names) | Destroyed by fire at New York City harbour on September 7, 1966; subsequently scrapped |
| RMS Empress of Russia | 1912 | No | Scrapped in 1945, Barrow-in-Furness |
| RMS Empress of Scotland (1906) | 1905 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in 1930 |
| RMS Empress of Scotland (1942) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RMS Empress of Japan (1930) | - |
| SS Espagne (Provence, 1909) | 1909 | No | Scrapped in 1934 |
| RMS Etruria | 1885 | No | Scrapped in 1910 |
| SS Europa (1928) | 1928 | Yes (2 different names) | Retired in 1961, and scrapped in 1962 |
| MS Europa (1965) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: MS Kungsholm (1953) | - |
F
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairsky | 1942 | Yes (5 different names) | Scrapped on May 24, 1980 |
| TSS Fairstar | 1955 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997 |
| USS Finland (ID-4543) | 1902 | Yes (1 different name) | Scrapped in 1928 |
| SS Flandre (1951) | N/A | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped on December 25, 1994 |
| SS Flavia | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Lavia) | - |
| SS Florida | 1905 | Yes (1 different name) | Sank after colliding with Caprera in 1917 |
| SS France (1912) | 1910 | No | Scrapped in 1936 |
| SS France (1961) | 1960 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped at Alang, India in 2008 |
| SS Friedrich Der Große | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: USS Huron (ID-1408) | |
| SS Fürst Bismarck (1890) | 1890 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in Italy 1924 |
| SS Fürst Bismarck (1905) | 1905 | Yes (probably 2 different names) | Scrapped in Italy 1935 |
G
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Galileo Galilei | 1961 | Yes (4 different names) | Sunk on May 21, 1999 |
| SS George Washington | 1908 | Yes (2 different names) | Sold for scrap on February 13, 1951 |
| MS Georges Philippar | 1930 | No | Caught fire and sank on May 19, 1932 |
| MV Georgic | 1931 | No | Scrapped in 1956 |
| SS Gothic (1893) | 1893 | Yes (1 different name) | Broken up in 1925 |
| SS Gothic (1947) | 1947 | No | Broken up on August 13, 1969 |
| SS Great Britain | 1843 | No | Museum Ship |
| SS Great Eastern | 1858 | No | Broken up in 1889 |
| SS Great Western | 1837 | No | Scrapped in October 1856 |
| MS Gripsholm (1925) | 1925 | Yes (2 different names) | Sold for scrap in 1966 |
| MS Gripsholm (1957) | 1957 | Yes (4 different names) | Sunk on July 12, 2001 |
| MS Gripsholm (1965) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: Saga Rose) | - |
| SS Grosser Kurfürst | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: USS Aeolus (ID-3005) | - |
| SS Guglielmo Marconi | 1961 | Yes (2 different names) | Sold for scrap in 2001 |
| TS Gunung Djati | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: TS Pretoria) | - |
H
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Hamburg (1899) | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: USS Powhatan (ID-3013) | - |
| SS Hamburg (1926) | 1926 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1977 |
| SS Hamburg (1969) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Maxim Gorkiy) | - |
| USS Harris | 1921 | Yes (3 different names) | Sold for scrap on July 20, 1948 |
| SS Harvard | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: USS Charles (ID-1298)) | |
| Hikawa Maru | 1929 | No | Preserved as a museum ship |
| SS Himalaya | 1948 | No | Broken up in 1974 |
| SS Homeric (1922) | 1913 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1935 |
| SS Homeric (1953) | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Mariposa) | - |
| USS Huron | 1896 | Yes (3 different names) | Caught fire and was sunk by gunfire on October 17, 1922 after a failed towing attempt |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Iberia | 1954 | No | Scrapped in 1973 |
| SS Île de France | 1926 | No | Scrapped in Osaka, Japan in 1959 |
| SS Imperator | 1912 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped between 1939-1946 |
| SS Independence | 1950 | Yes (5 different names) | Wrecked off of Alang, India in 2010 and scrapped on the spot |
| SS Iowa (1902) | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: USS Artemis (ID-2187)) | - |
| SS Italis | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS America (1940)) | - |
| SS Ivernia | 1899 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on January 1, 1917 |
J
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Johan van Oldenbarnevelt | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: TSMS Lakonia) | - |
| MS Justicia | 1914 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk after being torpedoed six times on July 19–20, 1918 |
K
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Kaiser Wilhelm II | 1902 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1940 |
| SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | 1897 | No | Scuttled on August 26, 1914 as a result of the Battle of Río de Oro |
| SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: RMS Empress of Scotland (1906) | - |
| Kamakura Maru | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: Chichibu Maru) | - |
| SS Khedive Ismail | 1922 | Yes (1 different name) | Torpedoed and sunk February 12, 1944 |
| SS Kiautschou | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: USS Princess Matoika (ID-2290) | - |
| SS König Albert | 1899 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in Italy in 1929 |
| SS Königin Luise | 1896 | Yes (3 different names) | Broken up in Italy in 1935 |
| SS Kosciuszko | 1915 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in 1950 |
| SS Kronprinz Wilhelm | 1901 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1923 |
| SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie | 1906 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1940 |
| SS Kroonland | 1902 | Yes (1 different name) | Scrapped in 1927 |
| MS Kungsholm (1928) | 1928 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in 1965 |
| MS Kungsholm (1953) | 1952 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1985 after being partially sunk the year before |
| MS Kungsholm (1965) | - | Yes (6 different names) (See: Veronica) | - |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS L'Atlantique | 1930 | No | Caught fire, and scrapped in 1936 |
| SS La Bourgogne | 1885 | No | Sunk in a collision July 4, 1898 off Sable Island |
| SS La Bretagne | 1885 | Yes (1 different name) | Grounded and wrecked en route to be scrapped in 1923 |
| SS La Touraine | 1890 | No | Scrapped in 1923 |
| RMS Laconia (1911) | 1911 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on February 15, 1917 by the German U-boat U-50 |
| RMS Laconia (1921) | 1921 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on September 12, 1942 by U-156 |
| TSMS Lakonia | 1929 | Yes (2 different names) | Burned in a fire at sea on December 22–24, 1963 and sank while under tow on December 29, 1963 |
| RMS Lancastria | 1920 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk by an air attack on June 17, 1940 |
| SS Lapland | 1908 | No | Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1934 |
| SS Laurentic | 1908 | No | Struck two mines and sank on January 25, 1917 |
| SS Lavia | 1946 | Yes (4 different names) | Caught fire on January 7, 1989 and scrapped 5 months later |
| USS Lejeune | 1936 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped at Portland, Oregon on August 16, 1966 |
| SS Leonardo da Vinci (1924) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RFA Maine (1924) | - |
| SS Leonardo da Vinci (1960) | 1958 | No | Scrapped in 1982 after a fire in 1980 |
| SS Letitia | 1924 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1960 |
| SS Leviathan | 1913 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1938 |
| SS Liberte (1950) | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Europa (1928) | - |
| RMS Lucania | 1893 | No | Scrapped after being damaged by a fire at Liverpool on August 14, 1909 |
| SS Lurline | 1932 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in Taiwan in 1987 |
| RMS Lusitania | 1906 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on May 7, 1915 |
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| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Maasdam (1952) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: TSS Stefan Batory) | - |
| RMS Magdalena (1889) | 1889 | No | Scrapped in 1921 |
| RMS Magdalena (1948) | 1948 | No | Wrecked in 1949 |
| RFA Maine (1924) | 1924 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1954 |
| RMS Majestic | 1914 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1943 |
| RMS Maloja | 1923 | No | Scrapped in April 1954 |
| SS Maloja | 1911 | No | Sunk by mine off Dover, February 1916 |
| SS Malolo | 1926 | Yes (4 different names) | Sold 1977 for scrapping in Eleusina, Greece |
| SS Manchuria | 1903 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped at Savona on 12 January 1952 |
| SS Manhattan | 1931 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1964 |
| MS Marco Polo | 1964 | Yes (2 different names) | In service |
| SS Mariposa | 1931 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1974 |
| SS Maristrella | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Elisabethville (1921) | - |
| SS Matsonia (1926) | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Malolo) | - |
| SS Matsonia (1932) | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS Monterey) | - |
| RMS Mauretania (1906) | 1906 | No | Scrapped in 1935 |
| RMS Mauretania (1938) | 1938 | No | Scrapped in 1965 |
| SS Maxim Gorkiy | 1968 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 2009 |
| RMS Media | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Lavia) | - |
| MS Mediterranean Sky | 1953 | Yes (2 different names) | Capsized in 2003 |
| SS Megantic (1909) | 1908 | No | Sold for scrap in 1933 |
| USS Mercury (ID-3012) | 1896 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1924 |
| MS Meridian | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Galileo Galilei) | - |
| SS Michelangelo | 1962 | No | Scrapped in 1991 |
| MS Mikhail Lermontov | 1970 | No | Sank on 16 February 1986 near Marlborough Sounds |
| SS Minnedosa | 1918 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in Italy in 1949 |
| SS Minnesota | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Zeeland (1901) | - |
| SS Minnewaska (1923) | 1923 | No | Scrapped 1934 |
| MS Mona Lisa | - | Yes (6 different names) (see: Veronica) | - |
| SS Mongolia (1903) | 1903 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1946 at Shanghai, China |
| SS Mongolia (1922) | 1922 | Yes (5 different names) | Scrapped in 1964 |
| SS Monterey | 1931 | Yes (7 different names) | Sunk on 21 October 2000 |
| SS Montrose (1897) | 1897 | No | Wrecked on Goodwin Sands, 20 December 1914 |
| RMS Mooltan | 1923 | Yes (HMS Mooltan) | Scrapped in 1954 |
| SS Mulbera | 1922 | No | Sold for scrap, 7 April 1954 |
N
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Navarino | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: MS Gripsholm (1957)) | - |
| HMHS Newfoundland | 1925 | No | Bombed and subsequently scuttled, September 1943 |
| SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1937) | 1936 | No | Scrapped in 1974 |
| SS Nitta Maru | 1939 | Yes (2 different names) | Renamed as Chuyo and sunk by the submarine USS Sailfish on December 4, 1943 |
| SS Noga | - | Yes (7 different names) (see: SS America (1940)) | - |
| SS Noordam (1902) | 1902 | Kungsholm | Scrapped in 1927 |
| SS Normandie | 1932 | Yes (2 different names) | Caught fire and capsized in 1942; sold for scrap October 1946 |
| SS Northern Star | 1962 | No | Scrapped in 1974 |
| SS Norway | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS France) | - |
| RMS Nova Scotia | 1926 | No | Sunk by enemy action in 1942 |
O
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMS Oceanic (1870) | 1870 | No | Broken up in 1896 |
| RMS Oceanic (1899) | 1899 | No | Ran aground off, Foula, Shetland on September 8, 1914 fully scrapped by 1974 |
| Oceanic (unfinished ship) | Never launched | - | Partly built hull was deconstructed, and melted down to make the smaller Britannic and Georgic |
| SS Oceanic (1965) | 1963 | Yes (4 different names) | Sold for scrap in June 2012 |
| SS Olympia (1953) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: MS Regal Empress) | - |
| RMS Olympic | 1910 | No | Scrapped in 1937 |
| MS Oranje | 1938 | Yes (2 different names) | Destroyed by fire on March 30, 1979 and sank |
| RMS Orbita | 1914 | No | Scrapped in 1950 |
| SS Orcades (1937) | 1937 | No | Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942 by German submarine U-172 |
| SS Orcades (1948) | 1947 | No | Broken up in 1973 |
| SS Orduna | 1913 | No | Scrapped in Scotland in 1951 |
| SS Oregon (1883) | 1883 | No | Sunk 1886 off Long Island, NY, following collision |
| SS Oriana (1959) | 1959 | No | Broken up in 2005 |
| RMS Orion | 1934 | No | Broken up in 1963 |
| SS Oronsay (1925) | 1924 | No | Torpedoed and sank off Liberia on October 9, 1942 |
| SS Oronsay (1951) | 1951 | No | Broken up in 1975 |
| SS Orontes | 1929 | No | Scrapped at Valencia, Spain in 1962 |
| SS Orsova (1909) | 1909 | No | Broken up in 1936 |
| SS Orsova (1954) | 1953 | No | Scrapped in Taiwan in 1974-1975 |
| MS Oslofjord (1938) | 1938 | No | Sunk in 1941 after hitting a mine |
| MS Oslofjord (1949) | 1949 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk in 1970 after catching fire and while being towed |
| SS Otranto | 1909 | No | Sank after a collision on October 6, 1918 |
| SS Otway | 1909 | No | Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917 |
| SS Oxfordshire | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: TSS Fairstar) | - |
P
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Pacific (1849) | 1849 | No | Vanished and presumed lost January 1856 |
| SS Pacific (1851) | 1851 | No | Sunk after collision, 4 November 1875 |
| SS Paris (1916) | 1916 | No | Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on April 18, 1939; scrapped on the spot in 1947 |
| SS Pasteur (1939) | 1939 | Yes (5 different names) | Sank in the Indian Ocean in 1980 while being towed to the Taiwanese ship breakers |
| SS Pendennis Castle | 1957 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in Taiwan in 1980 |
| SS Pennsylvania (1896) | 1896 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1924 |
| MV Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft | 1925 | No | Scrapped in 1932 after being burnt out |
| MS Pilsudski | 1935 | No | Sunk on November 26, 1939 |
| USS Pocahontas (ID-3044) | 1900 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped in 1928 |
| SS Potsdam (1900) | 1900 | Yes (4 different names) | Scuttled by German troops in 1944, and demolished and scrapped after the war ended |
| USS Powhatan | 1899 | Yes (5 different names) | Broken up in 1928 |
| SS President | 1840 | No | Vanished and presumed lost March 1841 |
| SS President Cleveland | 1921 | Yes (2 different names) | Torpedoed on November 12, 1942 |
| SS President Coolidge | 1931 | No | Sunk by mines on October 26, 1942 |
| SS President Grant | - | Yes (3 different names) (See: USS Harris (APA-2) | - |
| SS President Johnson | - | Yes (3 different names) (See: SS Manchuria (1903)) | - |
| SS President Lincoln | 1907 | No | Sunk by a U-90 on May 31, 1918 |
| SS President Roosevelt | 1921 | Yes (2 different names) | Sold for scrap in 1948 |
| SS Pretoria (1897) | 1897 | No | Scrapped in 1921 |
| TS Pretoria | 1936 | Yes (5 different names) | Scrapped in 1987 |
| MS Pretoria Castle (1939) | 1938 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1962 |
| SS Pretoria Castle (1948) | 1948 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1975 |
| USS Princess Matoika | 1900 | Yes (5 different names) | Burned in 1930 and scrapped four years later |
| MS Princesa Victoria | - | Yes (4 different names) (See: MS Dunnottar Castle) | - |
| SS Principe Perfeito | 1960 | Yes (7 different names) | Broken up in 2001 |
| SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm | 1907 | Yes (7 different names) | Scrapped in 1929, Genoa |
| SS Prinzess Irene | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: USS Pocahontas (ID-3044) | - |
| SS Pulaski | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Czar) | - |
Q
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| RMS Queen Elizabeth | 1938 | Yes | Renamed SS Seawise University; caught fire on January 9, 1972 causing the ship to capsize and sink; scrapped 1974-1975 |
| RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 | 1967 | No | Laid up in Port Rashid at present |
| RMS Queen Mary | 1934 | No | Now a hotelship/museum, in Long Beach, California |
| RMS Queen Mary 2 | 2003 | No | In service |
R
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Raffaello | 1963 | No | Partially sunk in 1983 |
| SS Rajputana | 1926 | No | Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941 |
| SS Ranchi | 1925 | No | Broken up in 1953 |
| MS Rangitane (1929) | 1929 | No | Sunk on November 27, 1940 by German raiders |
| SS Ranpura | 1924 | No | Broken up in 1961 |
| MS Regal Empress | 1953 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 2009 |
| SS Regina (1939) | 1939 | N/A | Scrapped in 1989 |
| SS Reina del Mar | 1950 | Yes (5 different names) | Caught fire on May 28, 1981 and sank 4 days later |
| MV Reina del Pacifico | 1930 | No | Scrapped in 1958 |
| RMS Republic (1903) | 1903 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk after a collision with the SS Florida on January 24, 1909 |
| SS Rex | 1931 | No | Destroyed on September 8, 1944, by Allied bombers |
| SS Rochambeau | 1911 | No | Scrapped in 1934 or 1936 |
| SS Roma (1926) | 1926 | Yes (2 different names) | Partally scuttled on April 19, 1945 and scrapped in 1952 |
| SS Rotterdam | 1958 | Yes (2 different names) | Preserved as a hotelship |
| SS Ryndam (1951) | 1951 | Yes (4 different names) | Sunk in 2003 while on the way to the scrapyard |
S
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS Sabaudia | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: MS Stockholm (1941) | - |
| MS Saga Rose | 1965 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in China in 2010 |
| MS Sagafjord | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: Saga Rose) | - |
| SS Santa Paula (1958) | 1958 | Yes (4 different names) | Bombed in 1990 as a result of the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and scrapped in 2002 |
| SS Santa Rosa (1916) | 1916 | Yes (3 different names) | Sunk by aerial torpedoes in 1942 |
| SS Santa Rosa (1932) | 1932 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in Aliaga, Greece in 1989 |
| SS Santa Rosa (1958) | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Emerald) | - |
| RMS Saxonia (1899) | 1899 | No | Scrapped in 1925 |
| RMS Saxonia (1954) | 1954 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in Alang, India in 1999 |
| SS Scharnhorst (1904) | 1904 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 1934 |
| SS Scharnhorst (1934) | 1934 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk in the Yellow Sea on November 17, 1944 by the United States Navy submarine Spadefish |
| RMS Scythia | 1920 | No | Scrapped on January 23, 1958 |
| SS Servia | 1881 | No | Scrapped in 1902 |
| SS Shalom | 1964 | Yes (8 different names) | Sunk outside Cape St. Francis on July 26, 2001 |
| MS Sobieski | 1938 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped at La Spezia in 1975 |
| SS Southern Cross (1955) | 1954 | Yes (4 different names) | Scrapped at Chittagong Bangladesh in 2003 |
| HMT Southlandf | 1900 | Yes (1 different name) | Sunk on 4 June 1917 by U-70 |
| SS St. Louis (1894) | 1894 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1924 in Genoa |
| MS St. Louis | 1928 | No | Scrapped in Hamburg, Germany in 1952 |
| SS St. Paul | 1895 | No | Scrapped in 1923 |
| SS Statendam (1917) | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS Justicia) | - |
| TSS Stefan Batory | 1951 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped at Aliaga, Turkey in 2000 |
| SS Stella Solaris | 1949 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 2003 |
| MV Stirling Castle | 1935 | No | Scrapped in Japan in 1966 |
| MS Stockholm (1938) | 1938 | No | Destroyed in a fire on December 19, 1938; subsequently scrapped |
| MS Stockholm (1941) | 1940 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk by British bombers on July 6, 1944 and scrapped in 1949 |
| MS Stockholm (1948) | 1948 | Yes (9 different names) (see: MS Athena) | - |
| SS Stockholm | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Potsdam (1900)) | - |
| RMS Strathaird | 1931 | No | Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1961 |
| RMS Strathnaver | 1931 | No | Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962 |
T
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terukuni Maru | 1929 | No | Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom |
| SS Tirpitz | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: RMS Empress of Australia (1919) | - |
| RMS Titanic | 1911 | No | Struck an iceberg and sank, April 15, 1912 on her maiden voyage |
| SS Transylvania (1914) | 1914 | No | Sunk by German U-boat U-63 on May 4, 1917 |
| SS Transylvania (1925) | 1925 | No | Sunk on August 10, 1940 |
| SS Tuscania (1914) | 1914 | No | Sunk on February 5, 1918 |
| SS Tyrrhenia | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: RMS Lancastria) | - |
U
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Uganda | 1952 | Yes (2 different names) | Broken up in 1992 |
| RMS Umbria | 1884 | No | Scrapped in 1910 |
| SS United States | 1951 | No | Laid up in Philadelphia, bought to be preserved as of February 2011 |
| SS Uruguay | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: SS California) | - |
V
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Varna (1951) | - | Yes (5 different names) (see: SS Reina del Mar) | - |
| SS Vaterland (1940) | 1940 | No | Destroyed by Allied bombers in 1943, scrapped in 1948 |
| Veronica | 1965 | Yes (6 different names) | Unclear; she was reported as being beached in Alang in December, 2015.[1] |
| RMS Viceroy of India | 1928 | No | Sunk by German submarine U-407 November 1942 |
| MS Victoria (1936) | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: MS Dunnottar Castle) | - |
| MS Victoria Luise | - | Yes (3 different names) (see: SS Deutschland (1900) | - |
| RMS Virginian | - | Yes (4 different names) (see: SS Drottningholm) | - |
| MS Vulcania | 1926 | Yes (2 different names) | Sunk on March 15, 1973 while on the way to the scrapyard |
W
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Waratah | 1908 | No | Vanished and presumed lost 1909 |
| SS Washington | 1932 | Yes (2 different names) | Scrapped in 1965 |
| MS Willem Ruys | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: MS Achille Lauro) | - |
| SS Windhuk | - | Yes (2 different names) (see: USS Lejeune (AP-74) | - |
| SS Windsor Castle (1922) | 1921 | No | Sunk on March 23, 1943 by enemy aircraft off Algiers, Algeria |
| SS Windsor Castle (1960) | 1959 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 2005 |
Z
| Ship name | Year launched | Renamed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Zeeland (1901) | 1900 | Yes (3 different names) | Scrapped in 1930 at Inverkeithing |
See also
References
- ↑ Goossens, Reuben. "The End has come for the wonderful MS Kungsholm IV / Veronica". SaveTheClassicLiners.com. ssMaritime. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
Further reading
- Russell, Mark A. "Steamship nationalism: Transatlantic passenger liners as symbols of the German Empire." International Journal of Maritime History 28.2 (2016): 313-334.
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