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.

Legend

Preserved and/or laid up ships
Ships in service

Single name

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

Ship name	Year launched	Fate	Image
SS Abyssinia	1870	Caught fire, and sank on December 18, 1891
RMS Acadia	1840	Scrapped in 1858 after being deployed as a troopship during the Indian Mutiny
USAHS Acadia	1932	Scrapped in 1955
SS Adolphine	1860	Unknown
SS Adriatic	1871	Scrapped in 1899 after being sold
SS Adriatic (1856)	1856	Beached and abandoned in 1885
RMS Adriatic	1906	Scrapped in 1935
SS Afric	1898	Torpedoed and sunk by SM UC-66, February 12, 1917.
RMS Africa	1850	Sold for refit as a sailing ship in 1868
RMS Alcantara	1913	Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on February 29, 1916
SS Algonquin	1926	Scrapped in 1957
RMS Amazon	1906	Torpedoed and Sunk March 15, 1918	Amazon and Aragon. Amazon is on the bottom.
RMS America	1847	Broken up in 1875
SS Andrea Doria	1951	Collided with MS Stockholm, and sank on July 26, 1956.
SS Aorangi (1883)	1883	Scrapped in 1925
MV Aorangi (1924)	1924	Scrapped in 1953
SS Antilles	1953	Caught fire, and abandoned after hitting a reef on January 8, 1971
RMS Aquitania	1913	Scrapped in 1950
SS Arabic	1902	Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-24 on August 19, 1915
HMT Aragon	1905	Sunk by torpedo on 30 December 1917
SS Arandora Star	1927	Torpedoed and sunk on July 2, 1940
SS Arcadia	1953	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1979
SS Arctic	1850	Collided with SS Vesta, and sank in 1854
RMS Arlanza	1911	Scrapped in 1938
SS Armadale Castle	1903	Scrapped in 1936
SS Armenian	1895	Torpedoed and Sunk by SM U-24 on June 28, 1915
RMS Arundel Castle	1919	Scrapped in 1959
Asama Maru	1928	Torpedoed and sunk on November 1, 1944
RMS Asia	1850	Broken up in 1883
MV Athlone Castle	1936	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1965
SS Atlantic (1849)	1849	Scrapped in 1871.
RMS Atlantic	1871	Ran aground and wrecked off Nova Scotia, April 1, 1873
Awa Maru	1899	Taken out of service in 1930, fate unknown
MV Awa Maru	1942	Torpedoed and sunk on May 1, 1945
HMT Awatea	1936	Bombed and Sunk by German Aircraft, November 11, 1942
SS Baltic	1850	Scrapped in 1880
RMS Baltic	1903	Scrapped in 1933 – Japan
MS Batory	1935	Scrapped in 1971
SS Belgravia	1881	Ran aground and wrecked May 22, 1896
SS Bothnia	1874	Scrapped in 1899
SS Braemar Castle	1898	Scrapped in 1924
SS Bremen	1928	Caught fire, and gutted in 1941. Later scrapped in 1946
SS Britannic	1874	Scrapped in 1903 after being sold
HMHS Britannic	1914	Struck a mine and sank on November 21, 1916
MV Britannic	1929	Scrapped in 1960
RMS Caledonia	1840	Lost outside Havana in 1851
SS Caledonia	1904	Torpedoed by SM U-24 on December 4, 1916
HMS Calgarian	1913	Torpedoed and sunk on March 1, 1918
SS California	1906	Torpedoed by SM U-85 on February 7, 1917
SS California	1923	Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy
RMS Cambria	1844	Scrapped in March 1875 after being sold
SS Cameronia	1911	Torpedoed by the German submarine SM U-33 on April 15, 1917
RMS Campania	1892	Collided with HMS Glorious, and sank on November 5, 1918
RMS Canada	1848	Scrapped in 1883
SS Canberra	1960	Scrapped at Gadani Beach, Pakistan in 1997
SS Cap Arcona	1927	Caught fire and capsized in the Bay of Lübeck after being bombed by British aircraft on May 3, 1945. Wreck scrapped in 1949.
MV Capetown Castle	1937	Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1967
SMS Cap Trafalgar	1913	Sank in combat on September 14, 1914
RMS Carinthia	1925	Torpedoed and sunk by U-46 on June 7, 1940
RMS Carmania	1905	Scrapped in 1932
MV Carnarvon Castle	1926	Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1963
SS Carondelet	1877	Unknown
RMS Caronia	1904	Scrapped in 1933
RMS Carpathia	1902	Torpedoed southeast of Ireland and west of the Scilly Isles by SM U-55 on July 17, 1918
SS Catalonia	1881	Scrapped in 1901
SS Cathay	1924	Bombed by German aircraft, sank in 1942
RMS Cedric	1902	Scrapped in 1932
RMS Celtic	1901	Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site
SS Ceramic	1912	Torpedoed and sunk on December 6, 1942
SS Champlain	1931	Struck an air-laid mine and capsized off of La Pallice, France on June 17, 1940, later torpedoed. Wreck scrapped in 1965.	SS Champlain in dock
SS Champollion	1925	Wrecked near Beirut, 22 December 1952, scrapped on sight.
SS Cheribon	1882	Wrecked on April 11, 1902, at Remedios Point, Panama
MS Chrobry	1939	Scuttled in 1940 by British torpedo after being damaged by German aircraft
SS Chusan	1949	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973, work completed in 1974.
SS City of Adelaide	1863	Ran aground in 1916
SS City of Benares	1936	Torpedoed and sunk on September 17, 1940, while carrying child evacuees
SS City of Boston	1864	Vanished and presumed lost January 1870
SS City of Brussels	1869	Collided with SS Kirby Hall while entering the River Mersey, and sank on January 7, 1883
SS City of Cairo	1915	Torpedoed and sunk on November 6, 1942
SS City of Columbus	1878	Wrecked off Martha's Vineyard January 18, 1884
SS City of Glasgow	1850	Vanished and presumed lost in 1854
SS City of London	1863	Vanished and presumed lost in 1881
SS City of Manchester	1851	Wrecked in 1876
SS City of Nagpur	1922	Torpedoed and sunk on April 29, 1941
SS City of New York	1888	Scrapped in 1923 – Genoa, Italy
SS City of Paris	1920	Scrapped in 1956
SS City of Peking	1874	Scrapped in 1920
City of Philadelphia	1854	Sank on maiden voyage off Cape Race September 9, 1854
SS City of Richmond	1873	Scrapped in 1896 – Genoa, Italy
SS City of Rio de Janeiro	1878	Struck rocks and sank on February 22, 1901, off of San Francisco
SS City of Rome	1881	Scrapped in 1902 – Germany
SS City of Tokio	1874	Wrecked off Tokyo Bay, June 1885
RMS Columbia (1840)	1840	Wrecked on Devil's Limb Reef at Seal Island, Nova Scotia, on July 2, 1843
SS Columbus	1924	Scuttled by the crew in 1939 to avoid capture by the Royal Navy
SS Conte di Savoia	1931	Scrapped in 1950
SS Conte Rosso	1921	Torpedoed and sunk, 24 May 1941
SS Conte Verde	1922	Scrapped in 1949
SS Cristoforo Colombo	1953	Scrapped in 1982 at Kaohsiung, Taiwan
SS Dakota	1904	Struck a reef and sank off Yokohama on March 3, 1907	The S.S. Dakota
SS Deutschland	1923	Bombed by British aircraft, and sank on May 3, 1945	S.S. Deutschland being towed.
SS Devonian (1900)	1900	Torpedoed and sunk, August 21, 1917	The S.S. Devonian in port.
RMS Doric	1922	Scrapped in 1935	R.M.S. Doric in 1923
SS Dover Castle	1904	Torpedoed and sunk by UC-67 on May 26, 1918
RMS Duchess of Atholl	1928	Torpedoed and sunk by U-178 on October 10, 1942.	RMS Duchess of Atholl
SS Duchess of York	1928	Crippled by a German air attack on July 11, 1943, and sunk the next day by the Royal Navy	A postcard of the S.S. Duchess of York
SS Duilio	1923	Bombed by Allied aircraft and sank in 1944	S.S. Duilio at sea.
MV Durban Castle	1938	Scrapped at Hamburg in 1962
SS Edinburgh Castle	1910	Served in both wars sunk as a target near Sierra Leone on September 25, 1945	The Edinburgh Castle at port.
RMS Edinburgh Castle	1947	Scrapped 1976	The Edinburgh Castle at sea.
SS Elbe	1881	Collided with SS Crathie, and sank in the North Sea on January 31, 1895	SS Elbe of 1881
RMS Empress of Asia	1912	Bombed by Japanese aircraft and sank off Sultan Shoal on February 5, 1942	R.M.S. Empress of Asia leaving Vancouver in 1917
RMS Empress of Britain	1930	Torpedoed and sunk on October 28, 1940, by a German U-boat	R.M.S. Empress of Britain in 1931.
RMS Empress of Canada	1920	Torpedoed and sunk in 1943 by the Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci	R.M.S. Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver in June 1936
RMS Empress of China	1890	Scrapped in 1912 – 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	RMS Empress of Russia coaling at Vancouver circa 1930
SS Espagne	1909	Scrapped in 1934	S.S. Espagne at the port of Saint-Nazaire
RMS Etruria	1884	Scrapped in 1910	RMS Etruria in the River Mersey
RMS Europa	1847	Sold in February 1866	R.M.S. Europa in 1848
SS France	1910	Scrapped in 1936	S.S. France in 1912
SS Finland	1902	Scrapped in 1928	S.S. Finland in the city of New York, 1906 USS Finland in the port of Newport News with returning troops, circa 1919.
MV Funchal	1961	Awaiting conversion as a hotelship in Lisbon, Portugal
SS Gallia	1913	Torpedoed and sunk, October 4, 1916	S.S. Gallia in the year 1913
MS Georges Philippar	1930	Caught fire, and sank on May 19, 1932	Georges Philippar in the year 1931.
SS Geelong	1904	Torpedoed and sunk, January 1, 1916	S.S. Geelong
MV Georgic	1931	Bombed in July 1941, refloated, Scrapped in 1956	M.V. Georgic. MV Georgic as a troop ship, in the year 1944. MV Georgic in Australia, 1949. Note the singular funnel.
MS Giulio Cesare	1950	Scrapped at La Spezia, Italy in 1973
SS Gothic	1947	Scrapped in 1969	The Royal Yacht Gothic in the year 1954
SS Great Britain	1843	Preserved as a museum ship
SS Great Eastern	1858	Scrapped in 1889	S.S. Great Eastern in dock. Great Eastern, pictured with 4 funnels.
SS Great Western	1837	Scrapped in 1856	The Great Western riding a tidal wave, painted 11 December 1844
Hikawa Maru	1929	Preserved as a museum ship
SS Himalaya	1948	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1975	S.S. Himalaya
SS Iberia	1954	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1973
SS Ivernia	1899	Torpedoed and sunk on January 1, 1917	Ivernia in the year 1900.
SS Jan Pieterszoon Coen	1914	Scuttled and sunk, May 14, 1940	S.S. Jan Pieterszoon Coen in the year 1935.
SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse	1897	Scuttled on August 26, 1914, as a result of the Battle of 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 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
RMS Mauretania	1938	Scrapped in 1965
MS Marnix van Sint Aldegonde	1929	Bombed and Sunk, November 7, 1943	Marnix van Sint Aldegonde in port.
SS Megantic	1908	Scrapped in 1933 after being sold	Megantic at Millers Point, Sydney in 1920
SS Metagama	1915	Scrapped in 1934.	Metagama 1927
SS Michelangelo	1962	Scrapped in 1991	SS Michelangelo in NYC.
MS Mikhail Lermontov	1970	Struck rocks and sank on February 16, 1986, near Marlborough Sounds	Mikhail Lermontov in Tilbury
SS Minnewaska	1923	Scrapped in 1934	SS Minnewaska departing the city of New York
SS Minnetonka	1924	Scrapped in 1934	SS Minnetonka departing New York City
SS Montrose	1897	Wrecked on Goodwin Sands on 20 December 1914	SS Montrose
RMS Mooltan	1923	Scrapped at Faslane, Scotland, in 1954	R.M.S. Mooltan
SS Mulbera	1922	Scrapped in 1954 after being sold
HMHS Newfoundland	1925	Bombed by German aircraft in September, 1943 then subsequently scuttled	HMHS Newfoundland leaving Algiers harbor, 1943.
RMS Niagara	1912	Sank after striking a mine, June 19, 1940	R.M.S. Niagra
RMS Niagara (1847)	1847	Wrecked near South Stack, Anglesey on June 6, 1875^[1]
SS Nieuw Amsterdam	1937	Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 1974	Nieuw Amsterdam at Hook of Holland in 1949.
SS Northern Star	1961	Scrapped in 1975	S.S. Northern Star
RMS Nova Scotia	1926	Torpedoed and sank in 1942	R.M.S. Nova Scotia
RMS Oceanic	1870	Scrapped in 1896	SS Oceanic in 1895
RMS Oceanic	1899	Ran aground off, Foula, Shetland on September 8, 1914, fully scrapped by 1979	R.M.S. Oceanic
Oceanic (unfinished ship)	Never launched	Partly built hull was deconstructed, and melted down to make the smaller MV Britannic (1929) and MV Georgic (1931)	R.M.M.V Oceanic
RMS Olympic	1910	Scrapped in 1937
SS Orbita	1914	Scrapped in 1950
SS Orcades	1937	Torpedoed and sunk on October 10, 1942, by U-172	The S.S. Orcades berthed in Wellington Harbour, sometime in the 1940s
SS Orcades	1947	Scrapped in 1973	The ocean liners Orcades.
SS 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
RMS Queen Mary	1934	Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California
RMS Queen Mary 2	2003	In service^[2]
SS Raffaello	1963	Partially sank in 1983	S.S. Raffaello somewhere near port.
SS Rajputana	1925	Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941	SS Rajputana on a postcard
SS Ranchi	1925	Scrapped in 1953	S.S. Ranchi
MS Rangitane	1929	Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on November 27, 1940	MS Rangitane on a postcard.
RMS Rangitata	1929	Scrapped in 1962	R.M.S. Rangita
RMS Rangitiki	1928	Scrapped in 1962	R.M.S. Rangitiki
SS Ranpura	1924	Scrapped in 1961
SS Reina del Mar	1955	Scrapped in 1975	Reina del Mar with the Edinburgh Castle, 1948.
MV Reina del Pacifico	1930	Scrapped in 1958	American troops climbing into assault landing craft from Reina Del Pacifico, during Operation Torch.
SS Rex	1931	Bombed by Allies, and sunk on September 8, 1944	S.S. Rex in 1933, shortly after receiving the Blue Riband
SS Rochambeau	1911	Scrapped in 1934 or 1936	Le Rochambeau departing the city of Saint-Nazaire
RMS Saxonia	1899	Scrapped in 1925	R.M.S. Saxonia in the year 1900.
RMS Scythia	1920	Scrapped in 1958	R.M.S. Scythia
SS Servia	1881	Scrapped in 1902	S.S. Servia
MS St. Louis	1928	Scrapped at Hamburg, Germany in 1952	S.S. St. Louis in the port of Hamburg
SS Saint Paul	1895	Scrapped in 1923	S.S. Saint Paul near the city of New York, circa 1895.
NS Savannah	1959	Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland
SS Statendam	1924	Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later.	Statendam on her sea trials.
MV Stirling Castle	1935	Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1966	R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle
MS Stockholm	1938	Caught fire, and scrapped in 1938
RMS Strathaird	1931	Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962	RMS Strathaird beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge
RMS Strathnaver	1931	Scrapped at Hong Kong in 1962	R.M.S. Strathnaver in Lisbon, circa 1934
SS Tararua	1864	Wrecked on Otara Reef in New Zealand, April 29, 1881	Woodcut print of the wreck of the S.S. Tararua
Terukuni Maru	1929	Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom	Terukuni Maru
RMS Titanic	1911	Struck an iceberg and sank, April 15, 1912, on her maiden voyage
SS Transylvania	1914	Torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917, by German U-boat U-63	R.M.S. Transylvania.
RMS Transylvania	1925	Torpedoed and sunk on August 10, 1940, by U-56	R.M.S. Transylvania on a postcard
SS Tuscania	1914	Torpedoed and sunk on February 5, 1918, by UB-77	SS Tuscania, circa 1914
SS Ultonia	1898	Torpedoed and sunk on June 27, 1917, by SM U-53	Ultonia photographed at sea in 1898 or 1900.
RMS Umbria	1884	Scrapped in 1910	The R.M.S. Umbria heading out of River Mersey.
SS United States	1951	Laid up in Philadelphia, bought to be preserved as of February 2011
SS Vaterland	1940	Bombed by Allies in 1943, the wreck was scrapped in 1948	A model of the S.S. Vaterland
RMS Viceroy of India	1928	Torpedoed and sunk in 1942 by U-407	R.M.S. Viceroy of India on a postcard, circa 1935.
TSS Wahine	1912	Wrecked on Masela Island Reef in the Arafura Sea, August 15, 1951	T.S.S. Wahine in Wellington Harbour, circa 1936
SS Waratah	1908	Vanished and presumed lost 1909	Waratah at Port Adelaide sometime before her last voyage.
SS Warrimoo	1892	Collided with the destroyer Catapulte and sank, May 1918	SS Warrimoo, pictured sometime before 1918.
MS Wanganella	1929	Scrapped in 1970	Wanganella in her pre-war livery A.H.S. Wanganella as a hospital ship M.S. Wanganella after the war, pictured here in a cove of Doubtful Sound.
RMS Windsor Castle	1921	Torpedoed and sunk on March 23, 1943, by German aircraft off Algiers, Algeria	S.S. Windsor Castle in Windsor Castle.
SS Winifredian	1889	Scrapped in 1929	S.S. Winifredian, pictured here in Boston.

Multi-name

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

A-D

Ship name	Year launched	Other names	Fate	Image
MS Achille Lauro	1947	MS Willem Ruys (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
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

E-H

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

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

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

Q-Z

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

References

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

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