Liner Collection (page 45)

Shaft brackets and stern frame transported by rail
A record feat in railway transport was accompllished when the speacial L&NER train loaded with the shaft brackets and stern frame for the new liner made its journey from Darlington to Middlesbrough

Cunard Liner under construction at Clydebank
The new 73, 000 ton Cunard Liner now under construction at Clydebank

Cunard, construction of the new giant liner
Cunard, Christmas 1931: construction of the new giant liner, cover Date: 1931

Reconversion of Queen Elizabeth
When the work of reconversion was over the Queen Elizabeth was virtually a new ship, ready to cast off her moorings at Southampton and begin her maiden voyage as a passenger liner

Deck of the Qe2
Passengers relaxing on the sun deck of the liner Queen Elizabeth II (QE2) Date: 2005

Imperial Airways Poster, Reliability, Comfort. Showing details of the equipment of the most luxurious air liners in the world (Heracles Class), with pictograms of features on a yellow background. 1934

Dining saloon of the Lusitania
The dining room was prettily decorated gold and white, and the domed roof bore oval paintings at intervals. Date: 1915

Little girl rescued from the Lusitania 1915
Little girl clutching her dolls, survived the sinking of the Lusitania, but both parents drowned. Date: 1915

RMS Aquitania in Liverpool. She was a Cunard White Star Liner. 901 feet long, 45, 647 tons. Scrapped in 1950

The S. S. Princess Sophia, coastal passenger liner
The S.S. Princess Sophia, coastal passenger liner of the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was sunk in October 1918 with the loss of all aboard after grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near

Fixing the Propeller - Hamburg-America Line
Fixing the Propeller for a vessel of the Hamburg-America Line, Germanys largest shipping company at this time. Date: circa 1910s

Chelsea Piers in New York City
Chelsea Piers, a series of piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. They were the terminus for transatlantic liners such as Titanic and her sister ships, as well as Lucitania

Cunard Line R. M. S. Mauretania
Cunard Line R.M.S. Mauretania. Holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing (1907- 1929)

An Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer
The Allan Line Royal Mail triple screw steamer, " Victorian" and " Virginian". (12000 tons). Allan Line was bought by Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1917

The Canadian Pacific S. S. Empress of France
The Canadian Pacific S.S. Empress of France (18350 tons) 1930s

Crossing the Atlantic, 1927 by Helen McKie
Scenes of life aboard a passenger liner crossing the Atlantic in the 1920s, with the focus on the passengers attempting the dance the Charleston while the ship lurches. Date: 1927

The sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine 1915
The giant cunard liner, Lusitania, in the First World War, was attacked by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 and sank in 18 minutes killing 1198 people

The sinking of the Lusitania on the fateful voyage 1915
During the First World War, the British Ocean liner the Lusitania, was sunk after a fatal blow dealt by the striking of two torpedoes, by a German submarine on the 7 May 1915

Lusitania - First sight of the approaching Torpedo 1915
Passengers that were on the deck of the Lusitania, were looking out to sea, suddenly they saw a white streak close to the surface coming straight for the vessel. 7 May 1915

Titanic - fifteen minutes before she sank
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News showing an artists impression of the White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, fifteen minute before she sank beneath the waves

British Contraband Control at Work, 1939
A big ocean liner heaves to as the boarding officers clamber up the side for an examination during the early weeks of World War II. Date: 1939

Partial view of the Port, Buenos Aires, Argentina, showing the large German tanker Osiris (scuttled in 1941) being manoeuvred into the harbour by a tugboat with a large passenger liner

Title page, Orient Line Steamer Guide

RMS Queen Mary - compared in size to Trafalgar Square
The RMS Queen Mary as she would appear if placed across Trafalgar Square, London. Cunard White Star line. Date: circa 1910s

Cruise ship in dock
Painting of a dockyard scene with dockers unloading baggage from a cruise liner.Date: 1930

G. K. Chesterton Our Notebook - comment on the Titanic
Page from the Illustrated London News with the magazines weekly column, Our Notebook, by G. K. Chesterton commenting on the disaster of the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic

Scenes on board the SS Austral: the drawing room, the dining room and the promenade deck. The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat

Prince of Wales, Prince George and Stanley Baldwin on board
An interesting group on the bridge of the liner, Empress of Australia, which carried the Royal travellers and the Prime Minister to Canada

Titanic - Craving News at White Star offices
Page from the Illustrated London News showing inquirers at the White Star Line offices in Cockspur Street (top image) and Leadenhall Street (bottom image)

Advertisement for refrigeration units for ships
An advertisement for The Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigeration Company of Glasgow and London, Makers of Cold Air and Ice Making Machinery, as used on board various ships

The ports of Plymouth and Gravesend
Views of the ports of Plymouth, Devon (top) and Gravesend, Kent (below), showing the coastline and shipping. circa 1883

The Wreck of the Titanic - page from the Sphere
Page from the Sphere which reported in great detail on the sinking of the Titanic. Top part of the page shows the wireless telegraph message with the SOS and CQD signals

Titanic - Lifeboats needed to save lives on board ships
A diagram published in the Illustrated London News following the disaster of the sinking of White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic showing the ratio of lifeboat capacity to passenger numbers

The Wreck of the Titanic - Noted passengers - Sphere
Page from The Sphere reporting on the disaster of the sinking of White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic, featuring portraits of notable passengers including W. T. Stead, Mr and Mrs J. J

Titanic - the greatest shipwreck in the world
Double page spread from The Sphere showing interior views of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic, including the luxurious Parisian cafe, the gymnasium

Titanic - precisely what the sinking meant
A huge crowd scene of around 1635 people, the number estimated at the time of publication to have perished in the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic. Date: 1912

How the Titanic went down
Impression of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sinking with the bow going first and lights on the ship blazing into its last moments, while survivors in lifeboats watch in horror

Titanic - Palatial appointments of the liner sunk after iceb
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News following the sinking of the Titanic, showing some of the most well appointed interiors of the luxurious ship including a four-poster bed in

Advertisement for refrigeration equipment for ships
Advertisement for the Dry Air Refrigerator or Freezing Machine, from the Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd of Derby, showing refrigeration equipment for ships. circa 1883

The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat between Australia and Europe

The famous iceberg that slew the Titanic - Sphere
Double page spread from The Sphere, reporting on the eye witness account of Joseph Scarrott, a crew member on the Titanic

Tennis court on board the Empress of Britain
A full-sized tennis court on board the Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain, departing from Southampton on a world cruise for four and a half months

The arrival of Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener at Cape Town
Lord Roberts, with Lord Kitchener and the rest of his staff, reached Cape Town on the liner Dunottar Castle on 11th January 1900

Genoa, Italy - Panorama Date: circa 1920s

Queen Mary Star Liner
The Cunard White Star liner the Queen Mary, moored at Longbeach, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

The arrival of the Governor General - Saigon
The arrival of the Governor General at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in the Steamship Ernest Simons. Everyone (who is anyone) is gathered on the harbour to greet him. Date: circa 1910

RMS Megantic arriving at Montreal, Canada
White Star - Dominion Line Liner RMS Megantic arriving at Montreal, Canada. Held the record for he Canadian Atlantic run. Date: 1921

KILDONAN CASTLE
A passenger liner of the Union Castle line : 9692 tons. Date: early 20th century

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