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Book RMS Aquitania

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  • Author : Mark Chirnside
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN : 9780752444444
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book RMS Aquitania written by Mark Chirnside and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She entered service two months before the start of World War I, was scrapped six years after World War II ended, and was the longest lasting of all four funnelled liners. For two wars, she spent much time transporting troops but for the rest of her career she traveled the North Atlantic as one of the most famous liners afloat. Holding many records, Aquitania was built for the Cunard Line, not for speed but for luxury, at which she excelled, being called the Ship Magnificent from her entry into service. Mark Chirnside writes with a passion about this most beautiful of ships, a ship that was the epitome of the four-funnelled liner.

Book The Ship Beautiful  Art and the Aquitania

Download or read book The Ship Beautiful Art and the Aquitania written by Alexander Meyrick Broadley and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Atlantic Liners  A Trio of Trios

Download or read book Atlantic Liners A Trio of Trios written by J. Kent Layton and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They formed three trios of wonder ships. From the Cunard Line came the Lusitania, Mauretania, and Aquitania. From the White Star Line came the Olympic, the infamous Titanic, and the Britannic. From the Hamburg-Amerika Line came the Imperator, Vaterland and Bismarck, which would later find service as Cunard's Berengaria, the U.S. Line's Leviathan, and White Star's Majestic. They were, in turn, the fastest, most powerful, largest and most luxurious ocean liners that had ever sailed that ocean. Some would find great success; others would suffer disaster. Their careers would be affected by natural elements, by mismanagement, and by the brutalities of war. Their fates were also inextricably intertwined. The all-new 2009 Version of "Atlantic Liners" boasts over 730 photos, as well as nearly a dozen general arrangement plans of the ships. An Introduction has been penned by Mark Chirnside.

Book RMS Aquitania

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book RMS Aquitania written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Black and white photograph of RMS Aquitania.

Book The Quadruple screw Turbine driven Cunard Liner  Aquitania  Constructed and Engined by Messrs  John Brown and Co   Ltd   Sheffield and Clydebank

Download or read book The Quadruple screw Turbine driven Cunard Liner Aquitania Constructed and Engined by Messrs John Brown and Co Ltd Sheffield and Clydebank written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book RMS Queen Mary

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  • Author : David Ellery
  • Publisher : Pen and Sword
  • Release : 2023-11-30
  • ISBN : 1399053086
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book RMS Queen Mary written by David Ellery and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probably the most famous, and certainly one of the best-loved ships in the world, the Cunard transatlantic liner RMS Queen Mary has now been preserved at Long Beach, California as a floating hotel and tourist attraction for more than fifty years, comfortably longer than her 31-year career as an ocean liner. Laid down in 1930, Queen Mary’s construction was severely delayed by the Great Depression. Eventually completed in 1936, the ship was an instant success, capturing the famous Blue Riband for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic later that year, and regaining it in 1938. During the Second World War she served as a troop ship, carrying a total of 810,730 troops and also setting the record for the most individuals carried in a single voyage – 16,683 – which stands to this day. By the time she ceased passenger service in 1967, superseded by the airliner as the preferred mode for international travel, Queen Mary had carried nearly three million people, from royalty, politicians and film stars to emigrants and cruise passengers. After her sale to the city of Long Beach she underwent a major conversion for her new life as a visitor attraction, a role she has continued ever since. During this time however, her story has been far from straightforward, with controversies over management, funding and even the structural integrity of the very ship itself. She now remains the only 1930s superliner left in the world. The original edition of RMS Queen Mary, the World’s Favourite Liner was published in 1994. This new and expanded edition has been completely revised and brought up to date to describe the ship’s last twenty-five years, and it incorporates a wealth of new photography. Lavishly produced and stunningly illustrated throughout with views of the ship under construction, at sea in her heyday and at rest in Long Beach, it will appeal to all ocean liner enthusiasts and those more general readers fascinated by the heyday of transatlantic travel.

Book Passenger Ships Owned by the United States Government

Download or read book Passenger Ships Owned by the United States Government written by United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Detective s Guide to Ocean Travel

Download or read book The Detective s Guide to Ocean Travel written by Nicki Greenberg and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first middle-grade novel from award-winning author Nicki Greenberg, this book is a classic whodunnit mystery set aboard a grand ocean liner in the 1920s. With first-class glitz and glamour and a deliciously plotted intrigue featuring an uppity stage star, a missing diamond, a leopard and a loveable cast of child sleuths, The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel is an exciting romp on the high seas perfect for fans of Murder Most Unladylike and The Good Thieves.

Book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front     The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois

Download or read book Victoria Crosses on the Western Front The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois written by Paul Oldfield and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He resolved to find out. In 1988, in the midst of his army career, research for this book commenced and over the years numerous sources have been consulted. Victoria Crosses on the Western Front - The Final Advance in Flanders and Artois is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives, warts and all, parents and siblings, education, civilian employment, military career, wife and children, death and burial/commemoration. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

Book Model Based Reasoning in Science and Technology

Download or read book Model Based Reasoning in Science and Technology written by Lorenzo Magnani and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains contributions presented during the international conference on Model-Based Reasoning (MBR ́012), held on June 21-23 in Sestri Levante, Italy. Interdisciplinary researchers discuss in this volume how scientific cognition and other kinds of cognition make use of models, abduction, and explanatory reasoning in order to produce important or creative changes in theories and concepts. Some of the contributions analyzed the problem of model-based reasoning in technology and stressed the issues of scientific and technological innovation. The book is divided in three main parts: models, mental models, representations; abduction, problem solving and practical reasoning; historical, epistemological and technological issues. The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the international

Book Shipbuilder

Download or read book Shipbuilder written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Press Releases

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  • Author : United States. Department of State
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1931
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 540 pages

Download or read book Press Releases written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Where the Wildgeese Roam  a Coyne Family History

Download or read book Where the Wildgeese Roam a Coyne Family History written by Steve Coyne and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish family history is not easy to pursue. This book took the author many years following the journey of his family from County Roscommon at the time of the Great Famine in the 1840s. They settled in Lancashire, became part of the Irish in Britain, while working as plasterers, house painters, and cotton weavers. We discover where they lived, how much they earnt, and how much rent they paid. As they assimilated into British society in the last century family members contributed in both world wars. In the Second World War we follow the fortunes of three cousins in each of the three services. The family name _ OÍCadhain in Irish _ translates as ïwildgooseÍ. Their roaming continued after 1945 with further migrations to Canada. As we discover from what happened to this one family of famine migrants there are plenty of surprises along the way.

Book Her Morning Shadow

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  • Author : Ron Semple
  • Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
  • Release : 2018-11-30
  • ISBN : 1846949904
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Her Morning Shadow written by Ron Semple and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War and chaos are no match for an American immigrant bent on keeping a promise... Sequel to the award-winning Black Tom: Terror on the Hudson, Her Morning Shadow tells of a young Jewish Ukrainian immigrant, caught up in the aftershock of World War One. Private 'Abie' Ashansky is trying to build a new life in his adopted home in Jersey City, while searching for his missing fiancée. Spanning continents and relationships, this extraordinary account of one man's journey reveals a community where family is defined not only by blood but by the values and roots on which it is built. 'Buckle down for a wild saga in history that starts in the Great War and charges through the three-way battle for the Crimea and the Ukraine to reach its beacon, the torch of Liberty. A superb alloy of genuine history and vivid imagination.' Leslie Wilbur, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California.

Book Press Releases

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Dept. of State
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1929
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1116 pages

Download or read book Press Releases written by United States. Dept. of State and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder

Download or read book Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: