Liner Collection (page 48)

White Star Line Third Class booklet
Front cover of the Third Class Accommodation passenger booklet for White Star Line Olympic and Titanic cruises

White Star Line Olympic showcard
A White Star Line RMS Olympic chromolithograph showcard, in a gold coloured frame

RMS Carpathia medal, divot and fob
1. A bronze RMS Carpathia medal with blue ribbon presented to the crew of the rescue ship by survivors of the Titanic disaster. 2. An iron ship divot inscribed RMS Titanic and engraved with a star

Leviathan refueling
The fuel ship British Councillor bunkering (refueling) the large liner Leviathan. The second of a trio of transatlantic liners built by Germanys Hamburg America Line as the SS Vaterland for

Letters from the Titanic
Two original letters, dated 7 and 11 April 1912, from passengers on the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic bearing the White Star Line insignia

Keys of Titanic lamp trimmer
The various keys of Samuel Hemming, lamp trimmer on the RMS Titanic

White Star Line cup and saucer
A china coffee cup and saucer by Stonier and Co bearing the White Star Line monogram

Receipt and ticket from the Titanic
A receipt for typing charges, a rebate for meals, and a Turkish Bath ticket stub from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Watercolour painting of Titanic
A watercolour painting by Sidney Goodwin of the Titanic leaving Belfast in 1911

Turkish Bath ticket from the Titanic
A Turkish Bath ticket from the ill-fated passenger liner Titanic

Poster advertising White Star to New York
Poster by Frank Newbould advertising White Star cruises to New York, showing the Empire State Building and other skyscrapers

Constantinople - Karakoy scene with ferries
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats with awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers. Galata Tower in the background

Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets
Advertisement for Thomas Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets

Off for Paris by W. Bryce Hamilton
Off for Paris - The Start of an Imperial Airway Liner from Croydon Aerodrome, drawn for The Sphere by W. Bryce Hamilton

Sea Voyaging, 1954-5
Brochure front cover advertising Thomas Cooks travel service

Sailing lists for White Star and Cunard Lines
Three sailing lists, two for the White Star Line, one for the Cunard Line

Constantinople - RMS Carinthia
RMS Carinthia was first laid down in Barrow-in-Furness in 1924 with the yard number Hull 586. Originally she had the name Servia but was renamed at the time of her launching on 24 February 1925

Egypt - Port Said - Franz Josef Quay
Large steamship liner moored in the Franz Josef Quay, Port Said, Egypt

Fashionable young lady of the 1930s
A fashionable young lady of the 1930s, with dark red lipstick and a light green woolly jumper and darker green scarf

Hoisting a new boiler into a Cargo Liner, 1916
Illustration showing a 200-ton floating crane hoisting a new boiler into a cargo liner of the British Merchant Navy, at a British port, 1916. The name of the liner appears to be T Winfield

Aboard a sinking ship
Aboard the sinking Vesris; a photograph taken on deck just seconds before the liner went down, showing people in lifebelts heading for the lifeboats

SS City of Exeter, July 1914
Photograph of the Ellerman twin-screw liner, SS City of Exeter on passage from Britain to Calcutta, July 1914

French luxury liner, Normandie, in New York Harbour, Novem
Photograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs

French Liner Normandie at sea, June 1935
Photograph of the French luxury liner, Normandie, in the Atlantic on her maiden voyage, seen from the deck of the Champlain

The Hesperian
The liner, Hesperian sunk by a German submarine off the Irish south coast on September 4th 1915 on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal

Propellors for the Normandie, February 1935
Photograph of three propellors built at Deptford, London, for the French liner Normandie. Each of these propellors were 16ft in diameter, made of Turbiston bronze and weighed 23 tons

HRH Queen Mary launching R. M. S. Queen Mary, September 1934
Photograph of HRH Queen Mary at the christening and launch of her namesake; previously known as Cunard 534. The Queen can be seen in the centre

Emigrants boarding a ship for the USA, 1909
Illustration showing European emigrant families coming alongside and boarding a transatlantic liner, bound for the USA, 1909

Salvaged Luxury Liner Normandie, New York Harbour, Novembe
Photograph of the Normandie in New York Harbour, November 1943. The Normandie had just been refloated and was being towed to dry dock for repairs

The French Liner Normandie in dock at St. Nazaire
Photograph of the luxury liner Normandie in dock at St. Nazaire, shortly before she put to sea for the first time, in May 1935

The Smoking-Room of the Lusitania, the liner torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, with the loss of 1200 lives

Rooms of the Aquitania
Interior water-colours showing interior rooms of the Cunard liner, Aquitania dubbed Britains Largest Sea Palace

Emigrants leaving Britain for Canada, Liverpool, 1909
Photograph showing British emigrants boarding the Allan Liner Virginian at Liverpool Dock, bound for Canada, 1909

Strathnaver Illustration
The P&O liner Strathnaver. 202.4 m in length with a speed of 20 kn. Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1962

Whale Attacks Liner
Sixty whales attack a German liner Prinz Sigismund in the Atlantic, but it escapes them

Shuffleboard on a Liner
Playing shuffleboard on board a German transatlantic liner

Airliner of 1988
Predicted for 1988, powered by gasoline or hydrogen, this air liner will travel in the stratosphere; its amenities include a television theatre and a cocktail lounge

Refuelling a Steamship
A large group of Japanese workers unloading coal from traditional boats and carrying it at great effort up rope ladders onto a steam liner at Nagasaki Harbour, Japan

RMS Aquitania
The RMS Aquitania, White Star Line passenger liner. 901 feet long, 45, 647 tonnes. Scrapped in 1950

Mauretania
The Mauretania, built in 1906 at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. At the time, she was the largest liner in the world at 32, 000 gross tons

Berengaria
Cunard passenger liner Berengaria, formerly the Imperator steam ship. Largest passenger ship in her day

Overheard at the docks by H. M. Bateman
Black & white illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a man asking directions to the newly built cruise ship the Queen Mary

A Bath-room on the R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of a bathroom aboard Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

The Shop on board R. M. S. P. Avon, 1921
Illustration of the shop on board the liner Avon, during its passage to South America, 1921. Sketches of local salesmen visiting the ship at its ports of call can be seen at top left and bottom left

Deck of a Passenger Liner, 1883
Engraving of a scene on the deck of a passenger liner, entitled Off for a Holiday, with several passengers enjoying a calm voyage

The First-Class Dining Saloon on R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of a corner of the first-class dining saloon on board R.M.S.P. Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

The Childrens Playroom, R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of the Childrens Playroom aboard Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

Playing deck games on a passenger ship, 1883
Engraving showing two passengers playing Bull on the deck of a passenger liner. It would appear that the ship had an awning over the deck to provide shade for the passengers

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