Liner Collection (#43)

Speed of the great liners by G. H. Davis
The speed of the great liners: a factor which makes head lights and other precautions necessary. Above: a dotted outline shows where the ship would be after 30 seconds movement

Question of the double bottom by G. H. Davis
The question of the double bottom: should it be strengthened? A sectional view through the double bottom of a great liner. 1912

Suggested life-saving devices at sea by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: suggested life-saving devices at sea. Above: a proposed life raft for liners which could be fitted into the stern quarters

The coming of the motor liner by G. H. Davis
The coming of the motor liner: the first big funnelless passenger boat built in the British Isles. Forging ahead, but with no steam and no funnels. 1912

Hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record by G. H. Davis
The hidden lesson of the Mauretanias record. Showing the Cunard liner Mauretania in grey war paint, being convoyed across the Atlantic by a battleship cruiser

The atoms power for peace by G. H. Davis
The atoms power for peace: the shape of things to come. Showing an atomic-driven locomotive, power house and liner, based on an expert forecast. 1945

British Vickers Viking airliner by G. H. Davis
Another British air challenge: the Vickers Viking 27-seater airliner. Details of a medium transport aircraft designed to give Britain a lead in the field of civil aviation. Date: 1945

Revolutionary design for air liner by G. H. Davis
A British flying wing project: a revolutionary design for a speedy night-flying air liner. Details of the proposed Armstrong-Whitworth flying wing

Queen Elizabeth passenger ship by G. H. Davis
The 83, 673-ton Queen Elizabeth as a passenger ship: diagrammatic details of the worlds largest liner. Date: 1946

Empress of Britain by G. H. Davis
The ocean liner, Empress of Britain, a steamship owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company pictured in detailed cross-section by the artist G. H. Davis

Travel Brochure by Thomas Cook & Son
Visit USA and Canada, Travel Brochure by Thomas Cook & Son, LTD. Advertising holidays in the USA and Canada in association with Cunard White Star Line. Date: C. 1936

A baggage tag for a French line Ocean Liner
A baggage tag for the French line Ocean Liner service between New York and Paris

Getting quickly on deck from cabins by G. H. Davis
The difficulty of getting quickly on deck from cabins: the maze inside a modern liner. A suggested illuminated sign, and a photograph of the newly designed Gaskin Hart lifeboat at the West India

Growth of big German liners by G. H. Davis
The growth of the big German liners: how they are spreading into the great ocean passenger routes. A comparison of German and British examples

Greyhound racing on board the Berengaria
Mimic greyhound racing, at the height of its popularity among smart society in 1930, on board the transatlantic passenger liner, the Berengaria

Bon Voyage Cake
Wedding and Speciality Cakes. Bon Voyage Cake. Date: 1936

Leviathan luxury American ship 1924
Leviathan luxury ship sails April 22nd from Southampton - Cherbourg to New York. A trip on the Leviathan is a wonderful experience

Steamship deutschland
Passenger liner of the Hamburg-Amerika line, passing the Statue of Liberty (note : there were many vessels with this name) Date: 1900

Poster, Empress of Britain World Cruise
Poster advertising a world cruise on the Canadian Pacifics Empress of Britain cruise liner. Date: 1934

Poster design for Orient Cruises, managed by Anderson Green & Co of Fenchurch Avenue, London. Showing people relaxing on the deck of a ship, with a huge funnel towering above them. Date: 20th century

Poster advertising Blue Star Line summer cruises to Norway, northern capitals and the land of the midnight sun. Depicting a typical couple in Scandinavian costume. Date: circa 1930s

Poster advertising the Blue Star Line, the worlds most delightful cruising liner, showing an aerial view of a cruise liner, the Arandora Star

Queen Mary Ocean Liner
The giant liner The Queen Mary of the Cunard White Star Company, known as Hull Number 534. Date: 1934

Liner on Stocks Central Panel of Triptych shipbuilding in
Liner on Stocks (1904 - 24) (Central Panel of Triptych Shipbuilding in Belfast ). Staples, Sir Robert Ponsonby Bt. 1853-1943. Date: 1904-24

NYK SS Mishima Maru - Japan
N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaish line) Ocean Liner SS Mishima Maru - Japan - inset photograph on a beautiful decorative postcard Date: 1911

The P&O Liner Soudan off Cape Town, South Africa. Later to become a Troop Ship Date: 1902

N. Y. K. S. S. Hakone Maru - set within decorative border
N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaish line) Ocean Liner S.S. " Hakone Maru" - set within decorative border. Sunk during WW2 on November 27th 1943 by USaF B-25s bombers. Date: circa 1925

Yokohama Harbour, Yokohama, Japan Date: circa 1910s

The New Pier - Yokohama Harbour, Yokohama, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Constantinople - Karakoy scene - Galata Bridge
At Karakoy, where the tourist liners moor up today. View showing the end of the Galata Bridge and the Genoese Galata Tower in background. Date: circa 1910

Building an Ocean Liner at Harland & Wolff, Belfast - In the Course of Construction. Date: circa 1903

Hamilton, Bermuda, Hotel Bermudiana, Pool and Sunken Gardens. Date: circa 1930s

RMS Mauretania - Cunard White Star Line
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she held the Blue Riband for 21 years; she was withdrawn from service and broken up in 1935. Date: circa 1908

RMS Carinthia - Cunard White Star Line - launched in 1925 - torpedoed by German U-46 in 1940 during WW2. Date: circa 1926

Interior of The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner (4 / 4)
Interior of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger steamer of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd), a German shipping company. Seized by the U.S

Interior of The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner (3 / 4)
Interior of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger steamer of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd), a German shipping company. Seized by the U.S

Interior of The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner (2 / 4)
Interior of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger steamer of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd), a German shipping company. Seized by the U.S

Interior of The Kaiser Wilhelm II ocean liner (1 / 4)
Interior of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger steamer of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd), a German shipping company. Seized by the U.S

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

Observations at a Cockney Funeral - Phil May
One Easter Monday. Arriet (watching the funeral of Liza) - " Nice sort of Bank Oliday for er, poor dear!" Date: 1900

Inner Harbour - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Date: circa 1910

Canadian Pacific Liner - Duchess of Bedford. Lanched in 1928 - scrapped in 1960. Made a total of 310 Atlantic round trips! Date: circa 1930s

Empress of Britain liner - Olympian Swimming pool. Launched in 1930 -sunk by a torpedo strike in 1940 during WW2. Date: circa 1931

Empress of Britain liner - Salle Jacques Cartier
Empress of Britain luxury liner of the Canadian Pacific line - Salle Jacques Cartier. Launched 1930 - torpedoed during WW2 in 1941. Date: circa 1931

View from Paget - Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

Japan - Yokohama - The Hikawa Maru leaving port
The Hikawa Maru - a Japanese ocean liner that was built for the Nippon Yusen KK line by the Yokohama Dock Company, leaving the harbour

Swimming Pool aboard a ship of the NYK Line, running the route between California and Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Afternoon Tea aboard a ship of the NYK Line
Afternoon Tea aboard a ship of the Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). Date: circa 1920s

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