Liner Collection (page 49)

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

SS Berengaria leaving Southampton for Jarrow, 1938
Photograph of the Cunard Liner Berengaria heading out of Southampton, with tugs, to head to Jarrow to be broken up, December 1938

On board a Passenger Liner leaving Britain, 1886
Engraving of passengers on the deck of a ship, entitled Departure of Colonial Visitors: The last Glimpse of Old England. On the left, the family of travellers

The Poop Deck of a P. &O. Liner, Red Sea, 1872
Engraving of the scene on the Poop deck of a P.&O. Steamer, as it crosses the Red Sea, on the voyage to China. Deck games

A Summers Day on a Trans-Atlantic Liner, 1884
Engraving of the scene on the deck of trans-atlantic liner, with passengers on sun loungers. Despite the sun awning and the original caption, A Summers day on a trans-atlantic liner

SS New York, 1898
Photograph of the passenger liner, SS New York, built 1888 and acquired by the United States Government in 1898

Passengers on the deck of a liner, 1887
Engraving entitled The young girl rose indignantly. This is really too shameful! Who dare talk like that?, showing Victorian passengers on the deck of a liner

Merchant Steamer and a Passenger Liner in the Brambles Chann
Illustration of a merchant steamer and passenger liner passing close by in the narrow Brambles Channel, off Southampton

SS Lusitania, 1907
Photograph of the bows of the Cunard Liner, SS Lusitania, in dry dock 1907. Lusitania was then the largest liner afloat, weighing 32, 500 tons and capable of twenty-six knots

Paris Deck View
Deck view of a French passenger liner, showing - for a change - not the fashionable passengers, but the funnels, windlasses and other equipment essential to a big steamship

Majestic Saloon
The saloon of this White Star Liner is luxuriously appointed with chairs for the passengers to sit in during the voyage; furthermore, they are taste- fully arranged in neat rows

Egypt Wreck - 7
Though some of the gold and silver sunk off Brest with this P&O liner has been recovered by divers, others continue to search believing there is more to be recovered

Is it a Bird ?
Is it a bird ? Is it an air liner ? Or both at once ?

Aquitania Photo P / C
Cunard White Star Liner. 901 feet long, 45, 647 tons. Scrapped in 1950

Steerage Passengers
Steerage passengers on board an Atlantic liner

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

Maltese Boys Dive C1880
Passengers on an India-bound P&O liner are treated to a display of diving (for coins) by Maltese boys

Interior Tea Room on the Titanic
Photograph of one of the interior tea rooms onboard the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship

Steamship Arcadian
passenger liner of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company

Swimming Bath Titanic
The swimming bath of the ill- fated passenger liner RMS Titanic depicting bathers enjoying the exercise

Titanic Dining Saloon
The dining saloon of the ill-fated passenger liner, RMS Titanic showing the various tables immaculately set ready for dinner

Steamships / Teutonic
White Star Liner

Oban Archway
An archway of beauty, in the Scottish Western Highlands, looking over the harbour at Oban, Argyllshire, from McCaigs Tower to the Isle of Kerrara and mountains of Mull

Taking Car Abroad 1931
Taking your car on a foreign holiday was a much more complicated matter in 1931 ! Loading an ocean-going liner

Manhattan, New York
The Cunard liner Queen Mary sails out of New York

Liner in Harbour
A liner in harbour, dockers handling goods

Ship / Q Mary (Shop Int. )
Cunard White Star liner Interior photograph of the shopping centre in the main cabin

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Morgan Robertson
MORGAN ROBERTSON Author of Futility, novel published in 1898, featuring the collision of the Atlantic liner Titan with an iceberg, prefiguring the Titanic

Lusitania - Photo
The Great Cunard liner Lusitania, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine

Waving at Steamer
A small girl waves to an ocean liner

Boarding at Croydon
Boarding an Imperial Airways air-liner at Croydon, destination Paris

Flying to Paris
On board an Imperial Airways air-liner from Croydon, destination Paris Date: 1926

Three ladies and a liner by Dryden
Three ladies and a change of clothes for each stand in front of a steam liner with smoking funnels

Sunday on Shipboard
Sunday morning service on an India-bound P&O liner as it passes through the Indian Ocean

Dressing with Difficulty
Dressing is done with difficulty in a confined cabin on board a P&O liner bound for India, in a rolling sea in the Bay of Biscay

Passengers in the Med
Passengers on the deck of an India-bound P&O liner as it passes through the Mediterranean

Dressing in a Cabin
Dressing and toilet are tricky in a small cabin on board a P&O liner bound for India, particularly in a rough sea

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