# 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 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. |
| SS Flandre | 1913 | Sunk by a mine, 1940. | S.S. Flandre |
| SS France | 1910 | Scrapped in 1936 | S.S. France in 1912 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | To be sunk as an artificial reef. | |
| 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 Lombardia | 1914 | William O'Swald (1914–1920) SS Brabantia (1920-1922) SS Resolute (1922-1935) | Bombed 1943, raised and scrapped 1946. | SS Lombardia in 1936 |
| 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 1967Queen Elizabeth in 1942The 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 StockholmAs 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 |