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Great Liners at War

Author : Stephen Harding
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760303467
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Great Liners at War written by Stephen Harding and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subtitled: The Military Adventures of the Worlds Largest, Fastest, and Most Famous Passenger Ships. Written using ships logs, naval records, personal reminiscences, official histories, and news accounts, this detailed work provides histories of the individual ships as they traveled in and out of war zones. Includes the adventures of the Amerika, Lusitania, Olympic, Aquitania, Vaterland, Normandie and Queen Mary. Sftbd., 8 1/4x 10 5-8, 160 pgs., 150 bandw ill.

Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners

Author : John G. Sayers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851245307
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners written by John G. Sayers and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the advent of commercial transatlantic flights in the early 1950s, the only way to travel between continents was by sea. In the golden age of ocean liners, between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War, shipping companies ensured their vessels were a home away from home, providing entertainment, dining, sleeping quarters and smoking lounges to accommodate passengers of all ages and budgets, for voyages that could last as long as three months.Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners leads the reader through each of the stages - and secrets - of ocean liner travel, from booking a ticket and choosing a cabin to shore excursions, dining, on-board games, social events, romances, and disembarking on arrival. Additional chapters disclose wartime voyages and disasters at sea. The shipping companies produced glamorous brochures, sailing schedules, voyage logs, passenger lists, postcards and menus, all of which help us to savour the challenges, etiquette and luxury of ocean liner travel. Diaries, letters and journals written on board also reveal a host of behind-the-scenes secrets and fascinating insights into the experience of travelling by sea. This book dives into a vast, unique collection to reveal the scandals, glamour, challenges and tragedies of ocean liner travel.

White Star Liners at War

Author : Patrick Mylon
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750988117
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book White Star Liners at War written by Patrick Mylon and published by History Press. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a great shipping line and its vessels through conflicts, in rare postcards and images

The Liners

Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780752210582
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Liners written by William H. Miller and published by Trans-Atlantic Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ocean Liners

Author : Daniel Finamore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851779499
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book Ocean Liners written by Daniel Finamore and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The great age of ocean travel has long since passed, but ocean liners remain one of the most powerful and admired symbols of modernity. No form of transport was as romantic, remarkable, or contested, and ocean liner design became a matter of national prestige as well as an arena in which the larger dynamic s of global competition were played out.0This beautifully illustrated book considers over a century of liner design: from the striking graphics created to promote liners to the triumphs of engineering, and from luxurious interiors to on board fashion and activities. 'Ocean Liners' explores the design of Victorian and Art Deco 'floating palaces', sleek post-war liners as well as these ships' impact on avant-garde artists and architects such as Le Corbusier." -- publisher's description.

The Nazi Titanic

Author : Robert P. Watson
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306824906
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Nazi Titanic written by Robert P. Watson and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she was stripped down for use as a floating barracks and troop transport. Later, during the war, Hitler's minister, Joseph Goebbels, cast her as the "star" in his epic propaganda film about the sinking of the legendary Titanic. Following the film's enormous failure, the German navy used the Cap Arcona to transport German soldiers and civilians across the Baltic, away from the Red Army's advance. In the Third Reich's final days, the ill-fated ship was packed with thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Without adequate water, food, or sanitary facilities, the prisoners suffered as they waited for the end of the war. Just days before Germany surrendered, the Cap Arcona was mistakenly bombed by the British Royal Air Force, and nearly all of the prisoners were killed in the last major tragedy of the Holocaust and one of history's worst maritime disasters. Although the British government sealed many documents pertaining to the ship's sinking, Robert P. Watson has unearthed forgotten records, conducted many interviews, and used over 100 sources, including diaries and oral histories, to expose this story. As a result, The Nazi Titanic is a riveting and astonishing account of an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II and the Holocaust.

Ocean Liners

Author : Karl R. Zimmermann
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
ISBN 13 : 9781590785522
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Ocean Liners written by Karl R. Zimmermann and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean liners once sailed all the world's seas and played important roles in times of peace and war. Ships transported the rich and famous as well as millions of immigrants to new countries. Over time, airplanes changed the nature of travel and the role of the ocean liners. Today's cruise ships are dramatically different from the liners of old, bigger than ever, they are like small cities on the water.

Queen Mary 2

Author : John Maxtone-Graham
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
ISBN 13 : 0821228846
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by John Maxtone-Graham and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the creation, from keel laying to christening, of one of the most ambitious passenger vessels of all time, Cunard Line's new flagship, the Queen Mary 2. The story of the Queen Mary 2 is told by noted maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham, whose engaging text takes us through the building of the ship and details its world-class amenities.

The Last Atlantic Liners

Author : William H. Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Last Atlantic Liners written by William H. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transatlantic Liners

Author : J. Kent Layton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000984
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Transatlantic Liners written by J. Kent Layton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-20 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the nineteenth century there has been a stunning succession of transatlantic liners, from the White Star Line's Oceanic of 1899 to the Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 of 2004. These floating palaces often contained luxurious staterooms, ballrooms and lounges for the rich, and noticeably more modest and basic accommodation for poorer travellers. Their designs and powerplants were often cutting-edge as each competed to be the largest, most luxurious and fastest ship on the Atlantic. As the tides of passenger demand rose and fell through the years and the world plunged twice into global conflict, these ships had to adapt to survive. Many of these vessels – including Mauretania, Olympic, the first Queen Mary and France – had long and glorious careers; others – Titanic, Lusitania and Normandie among them – suffered tragic endings. J. Kent Layton describes the heyday of the superliners and explains what life was like for passengers, both rich and poor.

RMS Olympic

Author : Brian Hawley
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445623951
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book RMS Olympic written by Brian Hawley and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the Titanics sister ship the Olympic, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of her maiden voyage in June 2011

Great Liners at War

Author : Stephen Harding
Publisher : Tempus Publishing, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752442310
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Great Liners at War written by Stephen Harding and published by Tempus Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In two world wars, some of the largest and most magnificent passenger ships were commandeered by the military and converted to hospital ships, armed merchant cruisers or troopships. Some were converted into dummy battleships, pretending to be something they never could be.

Ocean Liner Posters

Author : Gabriele Cadringher
Publisher : Acc Art Books
ISBN 13 : 9781851496730
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Ocean Liner Posters written by Gabriele Cadringher and published by Acc Art Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of shipping companies and their ships through their art - their posters

Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960

Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750963077
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960 written by William H. Miller and published by History Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 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.

Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970

Author : William Miller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781556931
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970 written by William Miller and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970' is a glorious reference of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the Atlantic. There were the likes of the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth', 'SS United States', 'Caronia', 'Andrea Doria' but also smaller, less memorable ships such as the 'Noordam', 'Paryhia' and 'Laurentia'. The ships, over 150 of them, are grouped by owner--from the short-lived American Banner Line to Israel's Zim Lines. Each ship is given a full, detailed reference: details (routing, length, tonnage, builder, speed, passengers carried, etc.) as well as a full chronology of the vessel's career including it's ultimate disposition and fate. Overall, it will be an extensive reference work. And altogether, it will be a revival of an all-star maritime cast!

The Hog Islanders

Author : Mark H. Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Hog Islanders written by Mark H. Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Liners Story

Author : William H. Miller
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752485709
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Great Liners Story written by William H. Miller and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated and colourful history charts the hey-day of the great liners, those grand and lavish vessels that cruised around the world carrying their glamorous passengers from port to port. Decorated to the highest of finishes, fitted out in the most luxurious of styles, these floating palaces epitomised their opulent age. Their iconic names, from Titanic to Mauretania, from Queen Elizabeth to QE2, conjure up visions of power, grace, elegance and nostalgia for this golden age of travel.Written by maritime and cruise liner expert William Miller, and accompanied by stunning photographs, artworks, Did You Know facts and quotations, The Great Liners Story is a must-have addition to any maritime library.