William H. Miller, 'Mr Ocean Liner', looks back at the great ships owned and operated by Cunard-White Star during the 1930s.
Cunard White Star Liners of the 1930s
In it he tells the story of the company through all 89 ships that served the shipping line, each of which is illustrated with photographs, along with detailed technical information and vivid accounts of voyages and incidents.
134 PICTURE HISTORY OF THE CUNARD LINE 1840-1990 Frank O. Braynard. Adriatic, 63, 64 Alaunia, 51 Albania, 44 America 1 1848), ... 110.111, 112, 118 #fx,44 Russia, 4 Sagafjord, 130 Samaria, 25 Saturnia, 1 10 &«w»w(1900), ...
Command of the Queen Elizabeth 2 came to Captain Warwick in July 1990 , and when it did it created a most unusual situation . ... making ( Photo courtesy of Carnival Corporation ) him the only man who ever captained all three Queens .
This fascinating text-and-picture tribute documents both interiors and exteriors of majestic British ships such as the Viceroy of India, the Orion, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, Windsor Castle, Pacific Princess, Royal Princess, Crown ...
1 December 1930, twenty-six days after Commodore Rostron's last voyage, Cunard signed the contract for the new ship with ... A decade of depression and war would pass before CunardWhite Star could put that two-ship service into effect, ...
Braynard, Frank O. Lives of the Liners. New York: Cornell Maritime Press, 1947. Braynard, Frank O. & Miller, William H. Fifty Famous Liners Vols. 1–5. Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Ltd., 1982-86. Devol, George (editor).
C. A., 366 Paterson, G. McL., 268, 366, 373 Payne, Abraham Martin, 336 Pearce, William, 120 Pearson, Justice, ... 312; views on profitability of assets, 311–12; financial report, 1969, 315 Smith, E. C., 342 Sparks, Sir Ashley, 212, 370; ...
Among the vessels requisitioned was the former Cunard White Star liner Laconia under the command of Captain Rudolph Sharp, who had been transferred to her after surviving the ordeal of the sinking of fleetmate Lancastria off ...
This series follows ships serving all over the world rather than just famed Atlantic liners, with personal anecdotes of the ships and their voyages from passengers and crew alike.The 1920s have become a fabled era for ocean liners, a period ...