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.

Single name

The following ships were not renamed at any time during their career.
Ship nameYear
launched
FateImage
1870Caught fire, and sank on December 18, 1891
SS Abyssinia
RMS Acadia1840Scrapped in 1858 after being deployed as a troopship during the Indian Mutiny
USAHS Acadia1932Scrapped in 1955
S. S. Acadia
1860Unknown
1871Scrapped in 1899 after being sold
Steamship Adriatic
SS Adriatic (1856)1856Beached and abandoned in 1885
SS Adriatic
1906Scrapped in 1935
SS Adriatic in Belfast
1898Torpedoed and sunk by SM UC-66, February 12, 1917.
SS Afric
RMS Africa1850Sold for refit as a sailing ship in 1868
1913Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on February 29, 1916
Alcantara
1926Scrapped in 1957
RMS Amazon1906Torpedoed and Sunk March 15, 1918
Amazon and Aragon. Amazon is on the bottom.
RMS America1847Broken up in 1875
RMS America arrives in Halifax, 1859
1951Collided with, and sank on July 26, 1956.
SS Andrea Doria
1883Scrapped in 1925
Aorangi
1924Scrapped in 1953
Aorangi II
1953Caught fire, and abandoned after hitting a reef on January 8, 1971
Antilles
1913Scrapped in 1950
SS Aquitania
1902Torpedoed and sunk by on August 19, 1915
Arabic
1905Sunk by torpedo on 30 December 1917
SS Arabic
1927Torpedoed and sunk on July 2, 1940
Arandora Star as a troop ship in 1940
1953Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1979
SS Arcadia in Aden
1850Collided with, and sank in 1854
Arctic
1911Scrapped in 1938
Arlanza
1903Scrapped in 1936
RMS Armadale Castle
1895Torpedoed and Sunk by SM U-24 on June 28, 1915
SS Armenian
1919Scrapped in 1959
SS Arundel Castle
1928Torpedoed and sunk on November 1, 1944
MV Asama Maru in 1931
RMS Asia1850Broken up in 1883
RMS Asia
MV Athlone Castle1936Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1965
Athlone Castle
SS Atlantic (1849)1849Scrapped in 1871.200px
Atlantic
1871Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873
Wreck of the Atlantic
1899Taken out of service in 1930, fate unknown
1942Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945
1936Bombed and Sunk by German Aircraft, November 11, 1942
Profile of the TSS Awatea, 1936–1942
1910Scrapped in 1939
RMS Balmoral Castle
1850Scrapped in 1880
SS Baltic
1903Scrapped in 1933 – Japan
Baltic
1935Scrapped in 1971
MS Batory
1881Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896
1874Scrapped in 1899
Poster image of SS Bothnia
SS Braemar Castle1898Scrapped in 1924
Braemar Castle as a hospital ship
1928Caught fire, and gutted in 1941. Later scrapped in 1946
TS Bremen
1874Scrapped in 1903 after being sold
SS Britannic
1914Sank after striking a mine in 1916.
H.M.H.S. Britannic.
1929Scrapped in 1960
MV Britannic
RMS Caledonia1840Lost outside Havana in 1851-
SS Caledonia1904Torpedoed by SM U-24 on December 4, 1916
Caledonia in 1915.
1913Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918
HMS Calgarian
1906Torpedoed by on February 7, 1917
SS California in 1911.
1923Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
SS California
RMS Cambria1844Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold
1911Torpedoed by the German submarine on April 15, 1917
SS Cameronia in 1911
1892Collided with, and sank on November 5, 1918
Campania
RMS Canada1848Scrapped in 1883
1960Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1997
Canberra in Sydney, Australia in 1974
1927Caught 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 Castle1937Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1967
Postcard of RMMV Capetown Castle
1913Sank in combat on September 14, 1914
Cap Trafalgar in Trinidad
1925Torpedoed and sunk by on June 7, 1940
RMS Carinthia
1905Scrapped in 1932
RMS Carmania
MV Carnarvon Castle1926Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1963
Carnarvon Castle, after her 1938 refit
1877Unknown
1904Scrapped in 1933
RMS Caronia
1902Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by on July 17, 1918
The Carpathia in Halifax.
1931Scrapped in 1961
RMS Carthage
1881Scrapped in 1901
SS Catalonia
1924Bombed by German aircraft, sank in 1942
Cathay in Sydney Harbour
1902Scrapped in 1932
RMS Cedric
1901Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site
The Celtic
1912Torpedoed and sunk on December 6, 1942
SS Ceramic at sea
1931Struck 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
1925Wrecked near Beirut, 22 December 1952, scrapped on site.
SS Champollion
1882Wrecked on April 11, 1902, at Remedios Point, Panama
SS Cheribon
1939Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft
MS Chrobry
1949Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973, work completed in 1974.
SS Chusan in Singapore, 1969
1863Ran aground in 1916
City of Adelaide in 1890–1902.
1936Torpedoed and sunk on September 17, 1940, while carrying child evacuees
1864Vanished and presumed lost January 1870
City of Boston
1869Collided with while entering the River Mersey, and sank on January 7, 1883
City of Brussels
1915Torpedoed and sunk on November 6, 1942
1878Wrecked off Martha's Vineyard January 18, 1884
City of Columbus, with the schooner Dexter
1850Vanished and presumed lost in 1854
The City Of Glasgow in a lithograph by Edward Duncan
1863Vanished and presumed lost in 1881
1851Wrecked in 1876
1922Torpedoed and sunk on April 29, 1941
1888Scrapped in 1923 – Genoa, Italy
City of New York
1920Scrapped in 1956
1874Scrapped in 1920
City of Peking
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
City of Rio de Janeiro in 1898
1881Scrapped in 1902 – Germany
RMS City of Rome
1874Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885
City of Tokyo, departing Japan
RMS Columbia 1840Wrecked on Devil's Limb Reef at Seal Island, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1843
1931Scrapped in 1950
1921Torpedoed and sunk, 24 May 1941
1922Scrapped in 1949
1931Scrapped in 1961
1953Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1904Struck a reef and sank off Yokohama on March 3, 1907
The S.S. Dakota
1923Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on May 3, 1945
S.S. Deutschland being towed.
1900Torpedoed and sunk, August 21, 1917
The S.S. Devonian in port.
1922Scrapped in 1935
R.M.S. Doric in 1923
SS Dover Castle1904Torpedoed and sunk by UC-67 on May 26, 1918-
1928Torpedoed and sunk by on October 10, 1942.
RMS Duchess of Atholl
1928Crippled 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
1923Bombed by Allied aircraft and sank in 1944
S.S. Duilio at sea.
1938Scrapped at Hamburg in 1962
SS Edinburgh Castle1910Sunk as a target near Sierra Leone on September 25, 1945
The Edinburgh Castle at port.
RMS Edinburgh Castle1947Scrapped 1976
The Edinburgh Castle at sea.
1881Collided with, and sank in the North Sea on January 31, 1895
SS Elbe in 1881
1912Bombed by Japanese aircraft and sank off Sultan Shoal on February 5, 1942
R.M.S. Empress of Asia leaving Vancouver in 1917
1930Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940, by a German U-boat
R.M.S. Empress of Britain in 1931.
1920Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 by the
R.M.S. Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver in June 1936
1890Scrapped in 1912 – Yokohama, Japan
R.M.S. Empress of China docked at Vancouver in 1893
1906Collided with, and sank on May 29, 1914
R.M.S. Empress of Ireland
1890Scrapped in 1926
R.M.S. Empress of Russia in 1894
1912Scrapped in 1945 – Barrow-in-Furness
RMS Empress of Russia coaling at Vancouver circa 1930
1909Scrapped in 1934
S.S. Espagne at the port of Saint-Nazaire
1884Scrapped in 1910
RMS Etruria in the River Mersey
RMS Europa1847Sold in February 1866
R.M.S. Europa in 1848
1902Scrapped 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.
SS Flandre1913Sunk by a mine, 1940.
S.S. Flandre
1910Scrapped in 1936
S.S. France in 1912
1961Awaiting conversion as a hotelship in Lisbon, Portugal
Funchal in Helsinki, 2009
1913Torpedoed and sunk, October 4, 1916
S.S. Gallia in 1913
1930Caught fire, and sank on May 19, 1932
Georges Philippar in 1931.
1904Torpedoed and sunk, January 1, 1916
S.S. Geelong
1931Bombed in July 1941, refloated, scrapped in 1956
Postcard of M.V. Georgic

MV Georgic as a troop ship in 1944.

MV Georgic in Australia, 1949. Note the singular funnel.
1950Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1973
1947Scrapped in 1969
The Royal Yacht Gothic in 1954
1843Preserved as a museum ship
Great Britain in Bristol
1858Scrapped in 1889
S.S. Great Eastern in dock.

Great Eastern, pictured with 4 funnels.
1837Scrapped in 1856
The Great Western riding a tidal wave, painted 11 December 1844
1929Preserved as a museum ship
Hikawa Maru, pictured May 22, 1930.
1948Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1975
S.S. Himalaya
1954Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973
1896Sunk by German submarine SM U-22 on 8 August 1915
S.S. India
1899Torpedoed and sunk on January 1, 1917
Ivernia in 1900
1914Scuttled and sunk, May 14, 1940
S.S. Jan Pieterszoon Coen in 1935.
1914Scrapped in 1938
S.S. Kaiser-I-Hind
1897Scuttled on August 26, 1914, as a result of the Battle of Río de Oro
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
1939Sank after striking an unknown object in 1953.
MS Klipfontein
1902Scrapped in 1927
SS Kroonland in 1903.
1930Scrapped in 1936
SS L'Atlantique
1885Collided with, and sank on July 4, 1898, off Sable Island
La Bourgogne, circa 1895
1890Scrapped in 1923
S.S. La Touraine
1911Torpedoed and sunk on February 15, 1917, by the German U-boat
R.M.S. Laconia at New York in 1912.
1921Torpedoed and sunk on September 12, 1942, by
RMS Laconia in 1921
1908Scrapped in 1934 – Osaka, Japan
SS Lapland arriving in port.
1908Struck two mines and sank on January 25, 1917
S.S. Laurentic in 1909.
1958Caught fire, and scrapped in 1982
Leonardo da Vinci on February 5, 1975.
1893Caught fire, and scrapped in 1909
R.M.S. Lucania
1906Wrecked on Bellows Rock off Cape Point, South Africa, on 18 April 1911
S.S. Lusitania
1906Torpedoed and sunk on May 7, 1915
RMS Lusitania coming into port.
1889Scrapped in 1921
1948Wrecked in 1949
1905Wrecked on Fraser Island, Queensland, July 7, 1935.
Hand colored postcard of the wreck of the S.S. Maheno
1923Scrapped in 1954
S.S. Maloja in 1923.
1911Struck a mine and sank off Dover, February 1916
S.S. Maloja.
1907Scrapped in 1937
Marama serving as a hospital ship in 1915.
1920Scuttled in 1944 and scrapped in 1946
S.S. Massilia, circa 1920
1906Scrapped in 1935
Mauretania alongside Turbinia in 1907.

Mauretania as a cruise ship in 1933.
1938Scrapped in 1965
Mauretania in 1965
1929Bombed and Sunk, November 7, 1943
Marnix van Sint Aldegonde in port.
1911Torpedoed and sunk on April 28, 1917
1908Scrapped in 1933 after being sold
Megantic at Millers Point, Sydney in 1920
1915Scrapped in 1934.
Metagama in 1927
1962Scrapped in 1991
SS Michelangelo in New York City.
1970Struck rocks and sank on February 16, 1986, near Marlborough Sounds
Mikhail Lermontov in Tilbury
1923Scrapped in 1934
SS Minnewaska departing the city of New York
1924Scrapped in 1934
SS Minnetonka departing New York City
1903Torpedoed and sunk on May 23, 1918
RMS Moldavia
1897Wrecked on Goodwin Sands on 20 December 1914
SS Montrose
1923Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland, in 1954
R.M.S. Mooltan
1922Scrapped in 1954
1920Scrapped in 1938
1920Sunk on 14 November 1942
1925Bombed by German aircraft in September, 1943 then subsequently scuttled
HMHS Newfoundland leaving Algiers harbor, 1943.
1912Sank after striking a mine, June 19, 1940
R.M.S. Niagara
RMS Niagara (1847)1847Wrecked near South Stack, Anglesey on June 6, 1875
1937Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974
Nieuw Amsterdam at the Hook of Holland in 1949.
1961Scrapped in 1975
S.S. Northern Star
1926Torpedoed and sank in 1942
R.M.S. Nova Scotia
1870Scrapped in 1896
SS Oceanic in 1895
1899Ran aground off, Foula, Shetland on September 8, 1914, fully scrapped by 1979
R.M.S. Oceanic
Oceanic (unfinished ship)Never launchedPartly built hull was deconstructed, and melted down to make the smaller and
R.M.M.V Oceanic
1911Scrapped in 1935
R.M.S. Olympic in New York.
1914Scrapped in 1950
1937Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942, by
The S.S. Orcades berthed in Wellington Harbour, sometime in the 1940s
1947Scrapped in 1973
The ocean liner Orcades
1913Scrapped in 1951 – Scotland
S.S. Orduña in New York.
1883Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island, New York
S.S. Oregon
1959Scrapped in 2005
S.S. Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga, circa 1985
1934Scrapped in 1963
R.M.S. Orion
1924Torpedoed and sunk off Liberia on October 9, 1942
Oronsay in 1940.
1950Scrapped in 1975
S.S. Oronsay in 1950.
1929Scrapped in 1962 – Valencia, Spain
SS Orontes in Tilbury Docks, circa 1957.
1919Torpedoed and sunk by U-96, January 16, 1941.
SS Oropesa
1908Scrapped in 1936
S.S. Orsova being towed.
1953Scrapped in 1974 – Taiwan
Orsova in 1966
1938Struck a mine and sank in 1941
M/S Oslofjord in 1938
1909Collided with, and sank on October 6, 1918
S.S. Otranto in 1909.
1909Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917
SS Otway sometime between 1909 and 1917
1849Vanished and presumed lost January 1856
Steamship Pacific in 1849
1850Collided with, and sank on November 4, 1875
SS Pacific, from a drawing commissioned early in its career.
1902Scrapped in 1922
RMS Pannonia under way.
1916Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on April 18, 1939; scrapped on the spot in 1947
S.S Paris circa 1916.
1900Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-38 on December 30, 1915
S.S. Persia circa 1900.
1925Caught fire, and scrapped in 1932
The Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft in Batavia, Indonesia.
1934Sank on November 26, 1939, by either striking a mine or being torpedoed
MS Piłsudski in New York
1840Vanished and presumed lost March 1841
The S.S. President
1931Struck two mines and sank on October 26, 1942
S.S. President Coolidge at sea, 1930s
1907Torpedoed and sunk by on May 31, 1918
S.S. President Lincoln sometime before World War One
1897Scrapped in 1921
S.S. Pretoria in 1898
1967Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Dubai
Queen Elizabeth 2 in Osaka, March 19, 2008
1934Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California
RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach
2003In service
Queen Mary 2 at Trondheim, 2007
1963Partially sank in 1983
S.S. Raffaello somewhere near port.
1925Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941
SS Rajputana on a postcard
1925Scrapped in 1953
S.S. Ranchi
1929Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on November 27, 1940
MS Rangitane on a postcard.
1929Scrapped in 1962
R.M.S. Rangita
1928Scrapped in 1962
R.M.S. Rangitiki
1924Scrapped in 1961
1955Scrapped in 1975
Reina del Mar with the Edinburgh Castle, 1948.
1930Scrapped in 1958
American troops climbing into assault landing craft from Reina Del Pacifico, during Operation Torch.
1931Bombed by Allies, and sunk on September 8, 1944
S.S. Rex in 1933, shortly after receiving the Blue Riband
1911Scrapped in 1934 or 1936
Le Rochambeau departing the city of Saint-Nazaire
1899Scrapped in 1925
R.M.S. Saxonia in 1900.
1920Scrapped in 1958
R.M.S. Scythia
1881Scrapped in 1902
S.S. Servia
1924Sunk by bombers on April 27, 1941.
1928Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1952
S.S. St. Louis in the port of Hamburg
1895Scrapped in 1923
S.S. Saint Paul near the city of New York, circa 1895.
1959Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland
Savannah in 1990
SS Statendam1924Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later.
Statendam on her sea trials.
1935Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1966
R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle
1938Caught fire, and scrapped in 1938
1931Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
RMS Strathaird beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge
1931Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962
R.M.S. Strathnaver in Lisbon, circa 1934
1864Wrecked on Otara Reef in New Zealand, April 29, 1881
Woodcut print of the wreck of the S.S. Tararua
1929Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom
Terukuni Maru
1912Sank in 1912 on her maiden voyage
R.M.S. Titanic
1914Torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917, by German U-boat
R.M.S. Transylvania.
1925Torpedoed and sunk on August 10, 1940, by
R.M.S. Transylvania on a postcard
1914Torpedoed and sunk on February 5, 1918, by
SS Tuscania, circa 1914
1898Torpedoed and sunk on June 27, 1917, by SM U-53
Ultonia photographed at sea in 1898 or 1900.
1884Scrapped in 1910
The R.M.S. Umbria heading out of River Mersey.
1951To be sunk as an artificial reef.
SS United States on July 16, 2017
1940Bombed by Allies in 1943, the wreck was scrapped in 1948
A model of the S.S. Vaterland
1928Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by
R.M.S. Viceroy of India on a postcard, circa 1935.
1912Wrecked on Masela Island Reef in the Arafura Sea, August 15, 1951
T.S.S. Wahine in Wellington Harbour, circa 1936
1908Vanished and presumed lost 1909
Waratah at Port Adelaide sometime before her last voyage.
1892Collided with the destroyer Catapulte and sank, May 1918
SS Warrimoo, pictured sometime before 1918.
1929Scrapped 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.
1921Torpedoed and sunk on March 23, 1943, by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria
S.S. Windsor Castle
1889Scrapped in 1929
S.S. Winifredian, pictured here in Boston.

Multi-name

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

A-D

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1947MS Willem Ruys Caught fire and sank off Somalia on December 2, 1994
As MS Willem Ruys

As Achille Lauro
1925SS Berlin Collided with the Pyotr Vasev, and sank on August 31, 1986
As the Berlin

As the Admiral Nakhimov
1899SS Grosser Kurfürst
USS Grosser Kurfurst
SS City of Los Angeles
Scrapped in 1937 – Japan
Grosser Kurfurst in January 1903.

U.S.S. Aeolus in port, 1919
1946Sincere Caught fire, and sank in 1969
1914Euripides 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.
1881Magallanes Scrapped in 1902
S.S. Alaska photographed sometime in the 1890s.
1920California Torpedoed and sunk off Syracuse on August 11, 1941
S.S. Albania under tow.
1922Hansa
Sovetskiy Soyuz
Scrapped in 1981
S.S. Albert Ballin, circa 1923

Cargo ship Sovetskiy Soyuz, pictured in 1957
1926HMS Alcantara
Kaisho Maru
Scrapped in 1958
R.M.S. Alcantara outside of Rio de Janeiro
MS Aleksandr Pushkin1964Marco Polo 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 2, 2012
1905Amerika
USAT America
SS America
USAT Edmund B. Alexander
Scrapped in 1957
SS Amerika, sometime before 1914

America arrives in Boston Harbor, circa April 5, 1919

USS America sunk at her mooring.

USAT America, circa 1919

S.S. America circa 1920s

U.S.A.T. Edmund B. Alexander
1939USS West Point
SS Australis
SS Italis
SS Noga
SS Alferdoss
SS American Star
Wrecked at Playa de Garcey, Fuerteventura in 1994, whilst under tow to become a hotel ship off Phuket, Thailand.
America in Bremerhaven

USS West Point

Australis


S.S. Italis

As Noga/''Alferdoss

The wreck of the
American Star
1962MV Minghua Preserved as a hotelship

Minghua as part of the Sea World Complex
1908SS Berlin Scrapped in 1931
SS Arabic at sea
1931Teiyō Maru Torpedoed and sank on August 18, 1944
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932

Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943
1929SS Pennsylvania Scrapped in 1964
One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina.
SS Arundel Castle1894SS Birma
SS
Mitava

SS
Josef Pilsudski
SS
Franck Hellmers
SS
Wilbo
Scrapped in 1924
SS Birma on a 1914 postcard.

Arundel Castle and Dunottar Castle in Capetown.
Arundel Castle is on the right.

H.S.
Mitava, circa 1918.
1879Hancock Scrapped in 1926
S.S. Arizona while she held the Atlantic Record

USS
Hancock.
1901SS Pelagos Scrapped in 1962
S.S. Athenic

Hvalfangerselskapet Pelagos, circa 1931
1888The Viking
HMS
Viknor
Torpedoed and sank on January 13, 1915
1888Kuban Scrapped in 1907
Augusta Victoria under steam
1926Falco
Sparviero
Scuttled in Genoa in 1944, raised and scrapped in 1946
1950Great Sea
Ocean King
Philippines
President
Asian Princess
M/S Philippines
Philippine
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2012
1951Marianna IV
Mariann IV
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1956The Ausonia
Ivory
Aegean Two
Ivory
Winner 5
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2010
1871SS Veendam Collided with a derelict ship, and sank on February 6, 1898
1914Belgic
Columbia
Scrapped in 1936 – Scotland
1913Argentina
Jerusalem
Aliya
Scrapped in 1959
1955De Grasse
Rasa Sayang
Golden Moon
Rasa Sayang
Caught fire, and capsized in Perama, Greece on August 27, 1980
1949Patris
Mediterranean Island
Mediterranean Star
Terra
Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1987
1954Toba Brazil Maru
Zhanjiang
Hai Shang Cheng Shi
Beached as a restaurant in Zhanjiang, China, currently closed
1896SS Constantinople
SS
King Alexander
Scrapped in 1929
1951SS Brittany Caught fire, and gutted on April 8, 1963; scrapped
1840SMS Barbarossa
SMS
Barbarossa
Cunard's first ocean liner – sunk as target ship by Prussian Navy July 1880
1918Orca Scrapped in 1934
1928SS Uruguay Scrapped in 1964
1952Stella V
Stella Solaris
S. Solar
Scrapped in Alang, India in 2003
1919HMT Cameronia
SS
Empire Clyde
Scrapped in 1957
1955SS Fairland
SS
Fairsea
SS
Fair Princess
SS
China Sea Discovery
Sea Discovery
Scrapped in 2005 in Alang, India
1947Columbia
Caribia
Wrecked in 1974 at Apra Harbour, Guam; subsequently scrapped
1907USS Harvard Wrecked in 1931
Chichibu Maru1930Titibu Maru
Kamakura Maru
Torpedoed and sunk by on April 28, 1943
1874SS Berlin
SS
Meade
Scrapped in 1921
1865Tonquin Collided with another French vessel, and sank in March 1885
1888Yale
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Scrapped in 1923 at Genoa, Italy
1953Mediterranean Sky Capsized at Perama, Greece in January 2003
1908USS Mobile
SS
King Alexander
SS
Cleveland
Scrapped in 1933
1931USAHS Aleda E. Lutz
SS
Colombie
SS
Atlantica
Scrapped in 1974
1950Oceanic Constitution
Constitution
Sank off of the Hawaiian Islands on November 17, 1997, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap
1924Hindenburg Scuttled by the crew in 1939 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy
SS Consuelo1900SS Cairnrona
RMS
Albania
SS
Poleric
Scrapped in 1930
1925USS Hermitage Dismantled at La Spezia, Italy, and partly reassembled as a museum in Milan, Italy 1964
1908SS Cincinnati Torpedoed and sank on July 1, 1918, by a
1912SS Estonia
SS
Pułaski
SS
Empire Penryn
Scrapped in 1949 at Blyth, Northumberland
1914SS Ashai Maru Beached and abandoned in 1944, scrapped on site in 1949
1924RMS Empress of Australia
Venezuela
Scrapped in 1962
1900SS Viktoria Luise
SS
Hansa
Scrapped in 1925
1938Dominion Monarch Maru Scrapped in 1962 at Osaka-
1914SS Medina
SS
Roma
MS
Franca C
MV
Doulos
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
Brasil
Homeland
Scrapped at Trieste, Italy in 1955
1936Victoria
The Victoria
Princesa Victoria
Victoria I
Scrapped at 2004 at Alang, India
RMS Dunottar Castle1890SS Caribbean
HMS
Caribbean''
Sank in a storm on September 27, 1915

E-H

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1921Empire Bure
Charlton Star
Maristrella
Scrapped in 1960
1902SS Iowa
SS Bohemia
Artemis
SS Empire Bittern
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 Caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew, March 30, 1954
1913Admiral von Tirpitz
Empress of China
Scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland in 1952
1905SS Montroyal Scrapped in 1930
1955Queen Anna Maria
Carnivale
Fiestamarina
Olympic
The Topaz
Topaz
Scrapped in 2008
1928SS Duchess of Richmond Caught fire, and capsized on January 25, 1953; scrapped in 1954 at La Spezia
1960Mardi Gras
Olympic
Star of Texas
Lucky Star
Apollon
Scrapped in 2003
1913SS Alsatian Scrapped in 1934 at Dalmuir
1928SS Duchess of Bedford Scrapped in 1960
1890SS Loyalty Scrapped in 1923
1930RMS Empress of Scotland
TS Hanseatic
Caught fire, and gutted in 1966; subsequently scrapped
1905SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Scrapped in 1930
1964Eugenio Costa
Edinburgh Castle
The Big Red Boat II
Red Boat
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
1928USS Europa
SS Liberté
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1963
Fairsky1942SS Steel Artisan
USS Barnes
HMS Attacker
Castel Forte
Scrapped in 1980
1955Oxfordshire Scrapped at Alang, India in 1997
1902USS Finland
USAT Finland
Scrapped in 1928
1951Carla C
Carla Costa
Pallas Athena
Scrapped in 1994
1960SS Norway Scrapped at Alang, India in 2007, work completed in 2008.
1890Don
Moskva
San Guisto
Scrapped in 1924 – Italy
1905Amboise Scrapped in 1935 – Italy-
1961Galileo
Meridian
Sun Vista
Caught fire, and sank on May 21, 1999
SS Galician1900Glenart Castle Torpedoed and sunk on February 26, 1918
1908USS George Washington
SS George Washington
USS Catlin
USAT George Washington
Scrapped in 1951
1893GothlandScrapped in 1925
1924MS Berlin Scrapped in 1966
1957MS Navarino
MS Regent Sea
Sea
Sank on July 12, 2001, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap
1961Costa Riviera
American Adventure
Costa Riviera
Scrapped in 2001
As the Guglielmo Marconi

As the American Adventure

As the Costa Riviera
1925Yuri Dolgoruki Scrapped in 1977
1921Pine Tree State
President Grant
Scrapped in 1948
1907SS Royal George Scrapped in 1922
RMS Hibernia1842Habanois Lost in 1868
1913Columbus Scrapped in 1935
1896SS Friedrich der Grosse
USS Fredrick Der Grosse
SS City of Honolulu
Caught fire, and sank on October 17, 1922, by gunfire after a failed towing attempt

I–L

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1926S.S. Furansu Maru
R.M.S. Claridon
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan in 1959
1912USS Imperator
RMS Berengaria
Scrapped in 1946
As Imperator

USS Imperator with USS Leviathan. Imperator is on the left.


As Berengaria
1950Oceanic Independence
Sea Luck I
Oceanic Independence
Independence
Oceanic
Platinum II
Wrecked in 2010 off of Alang, India; scrapped on the spot
1960Vasco de Gama
SeaWind Crown
Barcelona
Scrapped near Guangzhou, China in 2004
1914Statendam Torpedoed and sunk in July, 1918
1902USS Kaiser Wilhelm II
USS Agamemnon
USAT Monticello
Scrapped in 1940
1950USS Kaiser Wilhelm II
USS Agamemnon
USAT Monticello
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
RMS Kenya Castle1952SS Amerikanis Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1922Aconcagua Torpedoed and sunk on February 12, 1944
1899Fernandino Palasciano
Italia
Scrapped in 1926 – Italy
1896Omar
Edison
Scrapped in 1935 – Italy
1915SS Czaritza
SS Lituania
SS ORP Gdynia
SS Empire Helford
Scrapped in 1950
1901USS Von Steuben Scrapped in 1923
1905HMS Princess Unknown
1906Mount Vernon Scrapped in 1940
1928John Ericsson
Italia
Imperial Bahama
Scrapped in Bilbao, Spain in 1965
1952Europa
Columbus C.
Sank after striking a breakwater near Cádiz, Spain on July 29, 1984. Scrapped in Barcelona, Spain in 1985.
1965Sea Princess
Victoria
Mona Lisa
Oceanic II
Mona Lisa
Veronica
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2016
As Kungsholm

As the Sea Princess

As Mona Lisa

As the Oceanic II/''The Scholar Ship
1885Alesia Wrecked in 1923
1929Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Caught fire and sank on December 29, 1963, while under tow to Gibraltar for salvaging.
1920RMS Tyrrhenia
HMT
Lancastria
Bombed by German aircraft, and sank on June 17, 1940
1952Empress Abeto
Malaysia Raya
Caught fire at Port Klang, Malaysia on August 23, 1976. Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1977.
1946Media
Flavia
Flavian
Caught fire, and sank in Hong Kong on January 7, 1989; scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 5 months later
1924HMS Letitia
HMHS
Letitia
Empire Brent
Captain Cook
Scrapped in 1960
1913Vaterland Scrapped in 1938
As Vaterland

As USS
Leviathan, in her dazzle scheme

As
Leviathan
1914William O'Swald
SS
Brabantia
SS
Resolute
Bombed 1943, raised and scrapped 1946.
SS Lombardia in 1936
1932RHMS Ellinis Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1987
As Lurline

As
Ellinis''

M-P

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1924SS Leonardo da Vinci
SS Empire Clyde
RFA Empire Clyde
Scrapped in 1954-
1914SS Bismarck
HMS Caledonia
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
1926Matsonia
Atlantic
Queen Frederica
Scrapped in 1977 at Eleusis, Greece, work completed in the 1980s.
1903SS President Johnson
SS Santa Cruz
Scrapped in 1952 at Savona, Italy
1931USS Wakefield Scrapped in 1964
1931SS Homeric Scrapped in 1974
1968Hamburg
Hanseatic
Maksim Gorkiy
Scrapped in 2009
1896SS Barbarossa Scrapped in 1924
1917Piemonte Scuttled in 1943 by Axis forces, wreck raised and scrapped in 1949
1892Maitai Ran Aground in Avarua, Rarotonga, on December 25, 1916.
1903President Fillmore
Panamanian
Scrapped in Shanghai, China in 1946
1922SS Rimutaka
SS Europa
SS Nassau
SS Acapulco
Scrapped in 1964
1931Matsonia
Lurline
Britanis
Belofin-1
Sank in the Indian Ocean on October 21, 2000, while being towed to Alang, India for scrap
1931Lydia
Le Lydia
Beached as a tourist attraction in Le Barcarès, France
Le Lydia as a tourist attraction
1939Chūyō Torpedoed and sunk on December 4, 1943, by the
1901Kungsholm Scrapped in 1927
1932USS Lafayette Caught fire and capsized in 1942; scrapped in 1946
Postcard of the Normandie

USS Lafayette, capsized in Pier 88, winter of 1942
1963StarShip Oceanic
Big Red Boat I
Oceanic
Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012
As StarShip Oceanic


As the Big Red Boat


As Oceanic
1938Angelina Lauro Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979
As Oranje

As the Angelina Lauro
1949MS Fulvia Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
1939USAT Panama
USAT James Parker
James Parker
SS Panama
President Hoover
SS Regina
SS Regina Prima
Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 1985
1870Victoria
Straits No. 27
Straits Maru
Scrapped at Osaka, Japan, in 1956
1947Remuera
Aramac
Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1969
1938Bremen
Regina Magna
Saudiphil I
Filipinas Saudi I
Sank in the Indian Ocean in 1980 while being towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap
TS Patriot State1964Santa Mercedes Scrapped in 2011
1957Ocean Queen
Sinbad I
Scrapped at 1980 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1896USS Nansemond Scrapped in 1924
1900SS Prinzess Irene
Bremen
SS Karlsruhe
Scrapped in 1932
1900Stockholm
Solglimt
Sonderburg
Scuttled in 1944 by German troops, fully scrapped by 1947
1899SS Hamburg
New Rochelle
Hudson
President Fillmore
Scrapped in 1928
1920Golden State
Tasker H. Bliss
Torpedoed and sunk on November 12, 1942
1921Peninsula State
President Pierce
Joseph T. Dickman
Scrapped in 1948
1936TS Empire Doon
TS Gunung Djati
MV Gunung Djati
KRI Tanjung
Scrapped in 1987
1938RMMV Warwick Castle Scrapped in 1962
1947SS S.A. Oranje Scrapped at 1975 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1900SS Kiautschou
SS Princess Alice
USS Princess Matoika
USAT Princess Matoika
SS Princess Matoika
SS President Arthur
SS City of Honolulu
Caught fire, and scrapped in 1934
1960Al Hasa
Fairsky
Vera
Marianna IX
Marianna 9
Mariann 9
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2001
1907USS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
SS Empress of China
RMS Empress of India
SS Montlaurier
SS Monteith
SS Montnairn
Scrapped in 1929 at Genoa

Q-Z

Ship nameYear launchedOther namesFateImage
1938Elizabeth
Seawise University
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
1953SS Olympia
SS Caribe
MS Caribe I
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2009.
The Regal Empress
1914SS Johann Heinrich Burchard
SS Limburgia
Burned 1938, scrapped 1941
SS Reliance
1903SS Columbus Collided with the SS Florida, and sank on January 24, 1909
RMS Republic
1950Atlas
Pride of Mississippi
Pride of Galveston
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 Scrapped in 1906
SS Rhynland in 1890
1926SS Aquila Scuttled in Genoa on April 19, 1945, refloated and scrapped in La Spezia by 1952
CV Aquila in La Spezia, 1951
1958Rembrandt
Rotterdam
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 Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974
MV Ruahine
1965Gripsholm
Saga Rose
Scrapped at Jiangyin, China in 2010
Sagafjord in Hamburg, 1969


Gripsholm in Southampton, 1996


Saga Rose in Warnemünde, 2009
1958Stella Polaris
Kuwait Marriott Hotel
Ramada al Salam Hotel
Bombed in 1990 during the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait. Scrapped on site in 2002.
1916USAT Santa Rosa
USS Santa Rosa
SS Oregonian
Torpedoed in 1942
USS Santa Rosa in 1919
1932SS Athinai Scrapped in 1989 at Aliaga, Turkey
S.S. Santa Rosa, 1932

Athinai laid up in Eleusis, 1986
1954RMS Carmania
SS Leonid Sobinov
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 Scrapped in 1934
1934Shin'yō 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
Doric
Royal Odyssey
Regent Sun
Sun Venture
Sun
Sun 11
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
1902SS Yamuna Wrecked June 10, 1909
The wrecked RMS Slavonia, June 10, 1909
1938Gruziya Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1975
HMS Sobieski in the River Clyde

Gruziya in Helsinki
1954Calypso
Calypso I
Azure Seas
OceanBreeze
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
Regent Star
Sea Harmony
Harmony I
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2004
As Haven in 1972
TSS Stefan Batory1952Maasdam
Stefan
Scrapped at Aliağa, Turkey in 2000
Stefan Batory
1894USS Louisville Scrapped in 1924 at Genoa
SS St. Louis in 1900
1940MS Sabaudia Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on July 6, 1944. Scrapped in 1949
Stockholm after her launch in 1940
SS Stockholm (1946)1946Völkerfreundschaft
Volker
Fridtjof Nansen
Italia I
Italia Prima
Valtur Prima
Caribe
Athena
Azores
Astoria
Undergoing scrapping.
As Stockholm


As the Völkerfreundschaft


As Italia Prima in Genoa, 1994


As Athena in 2011


As Azores in 2014


As Astoria
1937Henrietta Latsi
Marianna Latsi
Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Stratheden in the Brisbane River
1935Marianna Latsi
Henrietta Latsi
Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1969
Strathmore in 1955
1956Fairwind
Sitmar Fairwind
Dawn Princess
Albatros
Genoa
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2004
Fairwind in Southampton, 1969

SS Albatros leaving Amsterdam, 2003
1904Port Kingston Sank from Propeller Shaft failure, August 17, 1930
RMS Port Kingston in 1904

The Tahiti sinking, 17 August 1930
1957Santa Rosa
Diamond Island
Regent Rainbow
The Emerald
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2012
The Emerald in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1999
1952Triton 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 Torpedoed and sunk on June 4, 1917, by
HMT Southland after being hit by a torpedo, 1915
1951Pacifique
Princess Abeto
Malaysia Baru
Malaysia Kita
Caught fire and sank in Singapore on May 12, 1974. Scrapped in 1976 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
1972Caronia
Saga Ruby
Oasia
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
1926Caribia Sank on March 15, 1973, whilst under tow to Kaohsiung, Taiwan for scrap
Vulcania in 1948
1932USS Mount Vernon Scrapped in 1965
SS Washington in New York

USS Mount Vernon at sea
1959Margarita L
Rita
Scrapped at Alang, India in 2005
Windsor Castle in 1960
MV Yaohua1967Orient Princess Floating tourist attraction in Binhai, Tianjin, China
Orient Princess in Tianjin
1900SS Northland
SS Minnesota
Scrapped at 1930 at Inverkeithing, Scotland
SS Zeeland
1911HMT Zealandic
SS Zealandic
SS Mamillius
SS Mamari III
HMS Fleet Tender C
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