RMS Caronia: Cunard's Green Goddess (Classic Liners)
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (721 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752457918 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Brian Hawley's interest in ocean liners began in 1985 with the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic. He owns luxurylinerrow, a company that specializes in selling ocean-liner memorabilia.. William H. He has lectured on more 50 different liners. Since then, he has researched the great transatlantic passenger ships with special emphasis on the financial and en
Army Corps of Engineers.. S. Many passengers lived on board for years, giving her the air of an ultra-wealthy country club. She represented Britain’s recovery and the rebirth of the world’s maritime industry after the devastation of World War II, designed almost exclusively for an untapped passenger market: luxury cruising. With such illustrious Cunard predecessors as the Queen Mary, the ill-fated Lusitania, and the record-breaker Mauretania, Caronia was an instant favorite with the world’s rich and famous.
A Look Back in Time, With Personal Stories and Photos Galore! Verlin Henderson Miller and Hawley have given us a long-overdue in-depth look at Cunard's first postwar liner, a ship that became known as the "millionaire's yacht" and essentially created the market for world cruises. Her story is rich in contradiction - postwar Cunard was so flush that it could pay cash for her construction, but the advent of the jet age meant the end of the ocean liner as a major form of transportation. This book is rich with p. "An Interesting Liner" according to Transatlantique. On first seeing a model of this ship whilst sailing on QE2, I thought what? How odd that she was painted green for most of her career. I decided to take a closer look, so I ordered this book.Its nice that this book has two great authors contributing to the history of her, because of the many more photos (a few colour), and the impressive text. I won't go into the details, but if one is interested in the history of ocean liners, th. Caronia review I enjoyed this book about the Caronia very much. For as famous as the ship was in her "day" she is one ship where it has not been easy to find photos of her in any capacity. I am sure they exist but seem to be out of the ordinary places and books you sometimes see about ships from that time. There are loads of photos, books and stories about the great Cunard "Queens" (Mary and Elizabeth from the 1930's to 60's) but you never reall
About the AuthorWilliam H. Since then, he has researched the great transatlantic passenger ships with special emphasis on the financial and engineering side as well as collected artifacts from them. He owns luxurylinerrow, a company that specializes in selling ocean-liner memorabilia.. Brian Hawley's interest in ocean liners began in 1985 with the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic. He has lectured on more 50 different liners. Miller is a world expert on passenger ships, with more than 70 books, including Doomed Ships: Great Ocean Liner Disasters and Picture History of the Andrea Doria, and 1,000 related articles to his credit