Passenger Ship Collection (#6)

For Practice Only, c1930. Creator: Unknown
For Practice Only, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

A New Jersey Ferry-Boat Bringing Morning Business Crowds Into New York City From Their Homes Thirty Miles Away, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding

The Minnewaska (Atlantic Transport Line), (21, 998 tons), c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Minnewaska (Atlantic Transport Line), (21, 998 tons), c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Swimming Pool, Berengaria, . Creator: Unknown
Swimming Pool, " Berengaria", . From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Lavishly Decorated Main Dining Saloon of the Leviathan. c1930
The Lavishly Decorated Main Dining Saloon of the " Leviathan". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Palm Court and Lounge in the Majestic, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Palm Court and Lounge in the Majestic, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Boat Drill Aboard the Aquitania. c1930. Creator: Unknown
Boat Drill Aboard the " Aquitania". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Cunard Aurania (14, 000 Tons) on the Stocks at Newcastle-On-Tyne, c1930
The Cunard " Aurania" (14, 000 Tons) on the Stocks at Newcastle-On-Tyne, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

The White Star Liner Doric Under Construction, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The White Star Liner " Doric" Under Construction, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The White Star Liner Doric (16, 484 Tons), . Creator: Unknown
The White Star Liner " Doric" (16, 484 Tons), . From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Olympic (46, 439 Tons) Shown in Section, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Olympic (46, 439 Tons) Shown in Section, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Cleaning the Hull of the Majestic in Dry Dock, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Cleaning the Hull of the " Majestic" in Dry Dock, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Boat Deck of the Leviathan. c1930. Creator: Unknown
Boat Deck of the " Leviathan". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Mauretania (Cunard Line), 30, 696 Tons, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Mauretania" (Cunard Line), 30, 696 Tons, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Aquitana (Cunard Line), 45, 647 Tons, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Aquitana" (Cunard Line), 45, 647 Tons, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Mauretania at Cherbourg, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Mauretania" at Cherbourg, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

The Cunard Liner Lusitania. c1910. Creator: Unknown
The Cunard Liner " Lusitania". c1910. Ocean liner RMS Lusitania, launched in 1906, was built for the Cunard Steamship Line by John Brown & Co on the Clyde

Rock Formations At The Coast, Tory Island, County Donegal, Republic Of Ireland

Victorian London - Victoria Tower, Houses of Parliament
Vintage engraving of the Victoria Tower, Houses of Parliament, London, England. 1893. The Victoria Tower is the square tower at the south-west end of the Palace of Westminster in London

The Tower of London
Vintage engraving from 1874 showing The Tower of London, engraving after painting by J M W Turner

Christening Group possibly for the Yugoslavian Bakar, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1931
Christening Group possibly for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Jan 1931

The motor vessel Medina under way, 1932. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The motor vessel Medina under way, 1932

Promenade deck on SS Insulinde, 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Promenade deck on SS Insulinde, 1914. The Dutch steam ship SS Insulinde was built in 1914 for the Rotterdam Lloyd company and served as a passenger freight ship between Rotterdam and Jakarta

Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1931
Christening Group for the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Jan 1931

Possibly the launch of the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1931
Possibly the launch of the Yugoslavian Bakar, J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 10 Jan 1931

Dutch Navigators Encountering Flying Fish Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Dutch Navigators Encountering Flying Fish. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Southampton Docks, c1896. Artist: FGO Stuart
Southampton Docks, c1896. From Pictorial England and Wales. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, c1896]

Maurtania: Great Britains Fastest Greyhound of the Atlantic, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume I, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

One of the Worlds Great Ships. The French liner Normandie, 1937
One of the Worlds Great Ships. The French liner Normandie is a vessel of 86, 496 tons gross, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester

One of the Most Popular Transatlantic Liners, the Mauretania at Southampton, 1937
One of the Most Popular Transatlantic Liners was the Mauretania, shown above being painted at Southampton in preparation for one of the cruises on which she was sometimes employed, 1937

Modern liners for Far Eastern Services of the German Lloyd Line built in 1935, 1937
For the Far Eastern Services of the German Lloyd Line, three modern liners were built in 1935, the Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau and the Posdam, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Merchant Ship Types. No. 19 - A River Amazon Trade Cargo-Passenger Ship, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

The Thrust of the Modern Liners Mighty Engines, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

The Majesty of a Great Liner - The Orion at anchor, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Former Queen of the Ocean, R, M. S. Mauretania of the Cunard White Star Line, 1936
Former Queen of the Ocean, R, M.S. Mauretania of the Cunard White Star Line, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Triumphant for Twenty Years. The Mauretania, built in 1907, c1927, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Arrival at New York of the Normandie, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

An unusual angle of the Normandies deck, 1936
An unusual angle of the Normandies deck was obtained by the photographer of the illustration on the opposite page, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester

Universal admiration was accorded to the fine performance of the Bremen, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Victorian family being rowed across the Thames to Tower of London
Vintage engraving of Victorian family being rowed across the Thames to Tower of London, 1870s, 19th Century

Hauling one of the Lusitanias lifeboats onto the beach, Ireland, 8 May 1915. Lusitania was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsdale by a German u-boat on 7 May 1915

Isambard Kingdom Brunel beside the Great Eastern, c1857. Artist: Robert Howlett
Isambard Kingdom Brunel beside the Great Eastern, c1857. Brunel (1806-1859) proposed to the Eastern Steam Navigation Company the construction of a steamship five or six times the size of any then in

Venetian lighthouse and the ferry to Piraeus, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece. Much of the town of Rethymnon was built by the Venetians, who ruled Crete from 1204 until the mid 17th century

Launch of the Cunard ocean liner `Queen Mary`, 1934 (1935). The British giant liner, Cunarder No. 534, was launched on September 26th by Her Majesty, who christened the boat Queen Mary, 1909

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

Cabin-De-Luxe on the North German Lloyd SS. Kronprinzessin Cecilie, c1907. From The Studio Volume 42 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907-8]

The Queen Mary at Southampton, 1938. Churchmans cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938]

Tourists on an excursion from a cruise, possibly in Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, 1936. A photograph from a private album of a passenger who undertook a cruise on the S.S

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As the vibrant hues of the sunset painted the sky, a majestic passenger ship sailed gracefully on the tranquil waters. The silhouette of this Viking ship against the backdrop of nature's masterpiece created a mesmerizing sight that seemed straight out of a 3D graphics rendering. This captivating vessel carried with it stories and history, reminiscent of both triumphs and tragedies. From the haunting loss of HMS Birkenhead to the grandeur of QE2, each tale etched into its hull told a unique narrative. Stepping back in time, an Art Deco 1920s illustration showcased passengers enjoying their voyage aboard a luxurious cruise ship. Silkscreened onto paper, this vintage artwork captured an era when travel by sea was considered glamorous and elegant. Yet not all journeys were smooth sailing. A hole torn in the hull of RMS Olympic after colliding with HMS Hawke in 1911 served as a reminder that even these mighty vessels could face perilous encounters at sea. However, amidst such adversity, hope prevailed as rescue efforts using breeches buoy techniques saved lives. From picturesque landscapes to architectural marvels, this passenger ship took its occupants on unforgettable adventures around the world. Whether it be exploring Hallstatt's enchanting beauty in Austria or cruising along Portugal's Douro River under Rabelo boats and beneath Dom Luis I bridge - every destination offered new wonders to discover. Reflecting upon maritime history, we recall significant moments like Van Noort Landing in Manila Bay during 1600 or witnessing Great Eastern being built on Thames' Millwall docks back in 1857. These events shaped our understanding of seafaring achievements and technological advancements throughout centuries. Finally arriving at Halong Bay in Vietnam – where limestone karsts emerge from emerald waters – one couldn't help but feel awe-struck by nature's artistry mirrored within these ancient geological formations. Aboard this passenger ship lies more than just transportation.