The Liners
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780752210582
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Trans-Atlantic Passenger Ships, Past and Present
Author: Eugene Waldo Smith
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781021473356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to the history and technology of transatlantic passenger ships. This book covers the earliest steam-powered liners, through the great ocean liners of the early 20th century, and up to the modern cruise ships of today. With photographs, diagrams, and detailed descriptions of the ships and their voyages, this book is a must-have for anyone interested in the history of ocean travel. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750963077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. After the global devastation of two decades of war and Depression, shipyards were creating one new liner after another, it seemed, to rebuild and renew passenger ship services all over the world. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and Oslofjord from Scandinavia, the French Flandre and a succession of new liners from P&O-Orient, the Italian Line, Messageries Maritimes and many more. The new hopeful era of the 1950s was highlighted by such brilliant, headline-making ships as the speedy United States, breaking records on an unprecedented scale, the engines-aft Southern Cross and the mastless Orsova. Showcased beautifully by the stunning images and nostalgic outlook of prolific maritime historian William H. Miller, this book shines a well-earned spotlight on some of the world's most popular passenger liners.
Great Passenger Ships of the World Today
Author: Arnold Kludas
Publisher: Haynes Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781852603823
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBios of passenger ships greater than 10,000 tons in service today. Details include recent launchings and details on decommissioned vessels that have become floating schools and museums. 8 1/4 X 10 1/2, 186 pgs., 300 b/w photos and 16 color pgs.
Great American Passenger Ships
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Great Passenger Ships
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752470221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFull of previously unpublished images and insightful text, a nostalgic look back at a century of U.S. passenger ships The United States has produced some of the world's finest, most interesting, advanced, and innovative passenger ships, such as the amazing SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to sail the seas, ingloriously left lying in limbo for 42 years. This book also documents passenger ships seized in wartime, notably the giant German SS Vaterland, which became the Leviathan in the United States Lines, as well as many newly built passenger ships, such as Santa Rosa, Lurline, President Cleveland, Independence, and Brasil. Also included are peacetime troopships as well as "combo ships," the once very popular passenger-cargo ships. The great saga of American liners continues to this day with modern cruise ships in Hawaiian service. The cast of ships is both vast and varied, but endlessly fascinating. Presenting many unpublished images alongside historic, insightful text including personal anecdotes of the ships and voyages from passengers and crew alike, William Miller takes the reader on a nostalgic voyage and the great American passenger fleet sails once again.
Great British Passenger Ships
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Great Passenger Ships
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780752456621
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P & O Orient Liners of the 1950s and 1960s
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Published: 2014-10-15
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1445638304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBill Miller looks back nostalgically at the P&O and Orient Line vessels of the 1950s and 1960s.
Great White Fleet
Author: John Henry
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2013-05-04
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 1459710487
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes. For decades Canada Steamship Lines proclaimed itself as the world’s largest transportation company operating on inland waters. Its passenger and freight vessels could be found on the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth, Minnesota, and as far east as the Lower St. Lawrence River. The passenger steamers were known collectively as the Great White Fleet. These ships – from day-excursion vessels to well-appointed cruise ships – had rich histories. The sheer scope of these passenger services were a wonder to behold. No fewer than 51 steamers comprised the passenger fleet at the company’s inception in 1913, and its network of routes was awesome. This is the story of the beloved steamers of the Great White Fleet from 1913–65, when the passenger vessels stopped running. Nearly half a century after the last passenger boats sailed, this book will provide a window into a wonderful lost way of life.
Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940
Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780750963091
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the ships at sea across the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners The 1930s was perhaps the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners, highlighted by the great shipbuilding inter-nation rivalry: Germany's Bremen and Europa, Italy's Rex and Conte Di Savoia, France's Normandie, and Britain's Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Passengers traveled on some of the most popular liners of all time, L'Atlantique, Empress of Britain, Empress of Japan, Queen of Bermuda, President Coolidge, Strathnaver and Strathaird, Orion, Capetown Castle, Oranje, Mauretania and Andes - and many more. Despite the worldwide Depression and a great shift in trading patterns, it was a wonderful era for shipbuilding and the era of Art Deco on the high seas, the age of 'floating Ginger Rogers'.
Wartime Disasters at Sea
Author: David Williams
Publisher: Haynes Publications
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781852605650
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides a comprehensive record of passenger ship losses during the two major global conflicts of the 20th century.
