Liners Collection (page 6)

Silk postcard, HMS Olympic, giving the liner's measurements

RMS Victorian - Allan Line - Route to Canada. Date: 1910

Pleasure routes across the Atlantic
Pleasure routes in the wake of Columbus - mapped in the manner of the old cartographers: ocean cruises to the Caribbean and the romantic islands of the West Indies, once the haunt of the buccaneers

Colonel de Basil & dancers arrives in England on Normandie
Colonel (Wassily) de Basil, Russian ballet impresario, pictured on board the ocean liner, Normandie, with dancers in his company including, from left, David Lichine, Irina Baronova, Colonel de Basil

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, swimming pool
The swimming pool for Cabin Class passengers on the Queen Mary Date: 1936

Queen Mary ocean liner: Steering-wheels; crows nest
The first example of complete steering-gear duplication; and the first crows nest provided with warmth (besides improved shelter) for the look-out men. Date: 1936

Blue Star Line advertisement
Advertisement for the Blue Star Line and its luxury passenger service to London and South America, the last word in ocean travel. Date: 1928

Cross-section of the Liner Mauretania by G. H. Davis
A cross-section of the Cunard Liner " Mauretania", after its refit. At the time, the liner held the Atlantic speed record, with an average speed of 26.25 knots

The RMS Lusitania, British ocean liner in port

Bruce Ismay giving evidence during the Titanic Inquiry
The Chairman of the White Star Line, Joseph Bruce Ismay, giving evidence before Lord Mersey at the inquiry into the Titanic disaster

Canada by the Cunard Line poster
Advertising poster for the Cunard Line shipping company encouraging people, particularly emigrants, to travel to Canada via their ships

The Shipbuilder, Souvenir Number
Front cover of a Souvenir Number of The Shipbuilder industry journal, focusing on the White Star Line triple-screw cruise liners, Olympic and Titanic

Cunard Line to New York
Poster advertising the Cunard Line service to New York and the Continent via Fishguard in Wales, featuring a passenger liner

Advertisement for the Arandora Star cruise ship
Advertisement for the Arandora Star from the Blue Star Line, the worlds finest cruising steamer. In 1940, the ship was requisitioned to transport interned enemy aliens from the UK to Canada

A Monster of the Ocean Speedway - ocean liner
An ocean liner being manoeuvred in port by tug boats. Accompanies an article about the rivalry to make the fastest Atlantic crossing by various ocean liners during the 1930s

Vancouver, Canada - The Harbour
Vancouver, British Columbia, Western Canada - The Harbour, with ocean liners moored. Date: circa 1920

Winter cruise fashions for 1937
Fashions for cruising from Bradleys department store of Chepstow Place, London. In the centre is a dress of slub linen. The skirt is cut on trouser lines

The Christmas Sunshine Cruise by Lewis Baumer
Vignettes by Lewis Baumer in The Tatler showing various types on board during a Christmas sunshine cruise, an increasingly popular pursuit during the 1930s. Date: 1937

Matita outfits for cruising, 1933
A marine blue cruising outfit made in Linita fabric with a clever arrangement at the back, the scheme being completed with a blue scarf and white coat. It really does represent the acme of smartness

RMS Kenilworth Castle, people playing deck games
RMS Kenilworth Castle, Union Castle Line -- people playing deck games on their way back from a trip to Madeira. Date: 1930s

Advertisement, Union Castle Line and Royal Mail Service, showing destinations including Madeira, Tenerife, St Helena and Africa, managed by Donald Currie & Co, Fenchurch Street, London

Shipbuilding at Belfast, Great Liners Approaching Completion - a view of two boats at the shipyard. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

French radio broadcaster on Queen Mary on her maiden voyage
A French radio announcer broadcasting from the promenade deck of the Queen Mary ocean liner on her maiden voyage in May 1936

Dining room of the Queen Mary on her maiden voyage
An animated scene in the dining-room of the Queen Mary at the start of her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in May 1936. Date: 1936

Shopping on board a cruise liner
" Bond Street" aboard a liner: Shopping on the high seas. Womans chief diversion still available at sea: Customers at an R.M.S.P

Safe deposits for the valuables of passengers on Queen Mary
The unique provision of safe deposits for the valuables of passengers on board the Queen Mary ocean liner. The problem of protecting valuables at sea solved by providing a passengers strong room

Bathing pool on a cruise liner
Passengers on board a cruise liner cool off in a bathing pool on deck. Date: 1933

Cocktail bar on board an ocean liner
Passengers enjoy cocktails at the bar on board an ocean cruise liner in 1931. Date: 1932

Guests returning on board a cruise liner
Guests returning to their ship after attending a dance on shore at Las Palmas where the Spanish Nautical Club had opened its hospital doors to tourists. Date: 1932

Dancing on board an ocean cruise liner
Passengers on board an ocean cruise liner enjoy a spot of dancing, though they have to be mindful of the occasionally sloping deck. Date: 1932

Spar boxing contest on board the R. M. S. P. Atlantis
One of the combatants down in a spar boxing contest aboard the Blue Star Line cruiser Arandora Star. Date: 1931

Fun on the Ocean Wave - Deck and below-deck sports
Amusements on board a Union Castle ocean liner to South Africa, here illustrated with pictures of people in the gym, playing deck tennis, boxing, taking part in a tape cutting race

Golfers on board the Berengaria
Boyer, Boomer and Horton Smith enjoy practising their golf swings on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Presumably they ran out of balls at some point?! Date: 1931

Berengaria deck tennis
Passengers play a form of tennis, played by hand with a rubber ring on board the ocean liner the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Blindfold boxing match on board the Berengaria
A blindfold boxing match for the amusement of passengers on board the ocean liner, Berengaria in 1931. Life jackets are worn in case of fouls! Date: 1931

Boxing match on deck of the Berengaria
A boxing bout to amuse the passengers on board the ocean liner, the Berengaria. Date: 1931

Racing with petits chevaux on deck of Mauretania
Racing with miniature wooden horses (with pari-mutuel betting) on the deck of the ocean liner, Mauretania. Date: 1931

Empress of Britain advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for the ocean liner, Empress of Britain, emphasising the Canadian Pacific Lines ships speed and space to enjoy every type of amusement available on board. Date: 1931

Two Canadian Pacific cruise liners at terminus, Hong Kong
Two Canadian Pacific cruise liners at the terminus in Hong Kong. On the left is the Empress of Australia, and on the right the Empress of Canada. Date: 1929

Find the Fault card No. 3 -- cruise ship. circa 1930s

Fleet Laid Up / Gen Strike
Fishing trawlers and liners laid up at the Fleetwood docks, owing to shortage of coal due to the General Strike Date: 1926

The Queen Mary Cabin Lounge on the ship
The Queen Mary cabin lounge on the promenade deck. Date: 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, playroom for children
The playroom for children of Cabin Class passengers ot the Queen Mary which includes, of course, a model of the ship itself ! Date: 1935

Advert for Bremen & Europa German ocean liners 1937
German-built, SS Bremen and her slightly smaller sister ship SS Europa, later SS Libert鬠 were both high-speed steam cruises, traveling to New York, the continent and Far East. Date: 1937

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Burrard Inlet, showing the steamers Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia and Niagara. Date: 1929

Poster advertising Cunard cruises to USA and Canada
Poster advertising the Cunard service to the USA and Canada, offering sunshine cruises. Date: circa 1930s

Illustration in The Worlds Wonder Ships -- rudder of the Queen Elizabeth Cunard liner. It weighs 140 tons, equal to the tonnage of the Mayflower

Naval Shipyard, Invergordon, Ross-shire
Naval Shipyard, Invergordon, near Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland. Liners Mess - World War One Date: 1918

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