A primer for fans of the RMS Queen Mary wanting a short, color introduction to the story of the ship, the most famous ocean liner after the Titanic. The Queen Mary is the only surviving 1930s superliner, now preserved at Long Beach, California since 1967, after a career of thirty-one years at sea.
In 1871, a bright new star appeared on the Liverpool shipping scene. Like a phoenix, the White Star Line grew out of the ashes of a bankrupt sailing ship line to become the fastest-growing and most famous of all shipping companies.
In 1839, Samuel Cunard sailed from Canada for Britain to set up his own steamship company. By 1841, the first Cunard ocean liners were in service and the rest is history. The company he founded went on to become the most famous transatlantic shipping company.
A unique pictorial souvenir of the Royal Wedding. perfectly timed to appear in time for the Royal day. including many rare images of the Royal Family from the fifteenth century to the present day.
In 1837, two ships vied for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic. From 9kt of Sirius to the 40kt of the SS United States, 35 ships have won the Blue Riband.
In 1907, Cunard introduced Lusitania and Mauretania, for a while the world's largest and fastest ships. Mauretania would go onto hold the Blue Riband of the Atlantic until the late 1920s, before being scrapped in 1935.
The illustrated history of the most famous ocean liner afloat today. Queen Elizabeth 2: The Last Great Liner tells the story of the Cunard liner. It is a story of superlatives QE2 has traveled further than any other ocean liner ever built, she can travel backwards faster than any other cruise ship afloat can travel forwards. Designed for a combination of the North Atlantic run and cruising, she has made an annual world cruise since the early 1...
