Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships - 2002

 

Front Cover, Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships by William H. Miller, Jr., 2002.

Front Cover, Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships by William H. Miller, Jr., 2002. GGA Image ID # 201dad34a5

 

From the Publisher

Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships is a superbly illustrated volume that documents a long line of great ships--from "floating palaces" such as the Imperator (1913) and the Vaterland (1914) to such luxurious cruise ships as the Statendam (1957), Hamburg (1969), the remodeled Bremen (1990), and the new Deutschland (1998). One hundred seventy-eight rare illustrations offer views of ships at sea and in ports and glimpses of elegant lounges, cocktail bars, staterooms, and dining rooms. Extensive captions provide data on tonnage, size, speed, and other characteristics.

 

Back Cover, Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships by William H. Miller, Jr., 2002.

Back Cover, Picture History of German and Dutch Passenger Ships by William H. Miller, Jr., 2002. GGA Image ID # 201db7aaa5

 

From the Back Cover

Germany and the Netherlands were two of the most active and distinguished maritime countries of the twentieth century. The passenger shipping lines of these countries were especially hard hit by the wars, depression, and other upheavals of the first half of the century, and then, facing massive competition from airlines in the 1960s and '70s, underwent a metamorphosis. The cruising trade, in its infancy at mid-century, became the main business of the passenger liners by the century's end.

This superbly illustrated volume documents the long line of great German and Dutch ships—from "floating palaces" such as the Imperator (1913) and the Vaterland (1914) to such luxurious cruise ships as the Statendam (1957), Hamburg (1969), the remodeled Bremen (1990), and the new Deutschland (1998).

Here also are impressive photos of the German-built Bismarck, renamed the Majestic by the British after World War I; the Willem Ruys (1947), with first-class quarters among the finest on the Dutch-Indonesian route; and the Rotterdam (1959), which brought new standards of luxury and comfort to the Atlantic trade with its 12 passenger decks, air-conditioned accommodations, and shopping arcades.

One hundred seventy-eight rare black-and-white illustrations offer views of ships at sea and in port and glimpses of elegant lounges, cocktail bars, staterooms, and dining rooms. At the same time, extensive captions provide history and data on tonnage, size, speed, and other characteristics. A preface by Arnold Kludas, a leading German authority on maritime history, is also included. Maritime historians and ship lovers will find this comprehensive pictorial record immensely appealing, as will anyone captivated by ships and sea travel.

Original Dover (2002) publication. Introduction. Preface by Arnold Kludas. Captions. Bibliography. Index. 178 photographs. 128pp. 87/s x IP/4. Paperbound.

 

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword by Arnold Kludas
  • Photo Credits
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The 1920s: Revival and Renewal
  • Chapter 2: The 1930s: Economics, Politics and the Eve of War
  • Chapter 3: The 1940s: War, Destruction and Decline
  • Chapter 4: The 1950s: Rebirth and Rebuilding
  • Chapter 5: The 1960s: A Shift in Trades
  • Chapter 6: The Modern Age of Cruising
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ships

 

Index of Ships

 

Dates are given in parentheses to distinguish between ships with the same names. The date is when a vessel began sailing under that name (not the year the ship was first launched).

 

▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓

  1. Achille Lauro
  2. Admiral Nakhimov
  3. Admiral von Tirpitz
  4. Adolph Woermann
  5. Aida
  6. Albatros
  7. Albert Ballin
  8. Albiero
  9. Aldabi
  10. Alexander
  11. Alhena
  12. AInati
  13. America
  14. American Scout
  15. Amerika
  16. Amsterdam
  17. Andrea Doria
  18. Angelina Lauro
  19. Ardjoeno
  20. Arendsdijk
  21. Argentina
  22. Ariadne
  23. Ariane
  24. Arkona
  25. Arosa Sun
  26. Aster (1981)
  27. Aster (1987)
  28. Athenia
  29. Atlantic
  30. Atlas
  31. Avare

 

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

  1. Baloeran
  2. Banfora
  3. Banfora Maru
  4. Batoer
  5. Bayernstein
  6. Berengaria
  7. Bergensfjord
  8. Berlin (1925)
  9. Berlin (1955)
  10. Berlin (1980)
  11. Bermuda Star
  12. Bismarck
  13. Blijdendijk
  14. Blitar
  15. Boissevain
  16. Bon Vivant
  17. Bonaire Star
  18. Brahantia
  19. Brasil
  20. Bremen (1929)
  21. Bremen (1959)
  22. Bremen (1993)
  23. Britannic
  24. Britannic (fictional)

 

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

  1. Canada Star
  2. Canberra
  3. Cap Arcona
  4. Cap Polonio
  5. Caribia
  6. Caronia
  7. Charlesville
  8. Christiaan Huygens
  9. Cincinnati
  10. Claude Bernard
  11. Cleveland
  12. Colombia
  13. Columbus (1914)
  14. Columbus (1924)
  15. Columbus (1997)
  16. Columbus "C"
  17. Commodore Hotel
  18. Constitution
  19. Cordillera
  20. Coste Rica Victory
  21. Cranston Victory
  22. Crown Princess

 

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

  1. Delftdyk
  2. Dempo
  3. Der Deutsche
  4. Deutschland (1900)
  5. Deutschland (1998)
  6. Diemerdyk
  7. Diemerdyk (proposed)
  8. Dinteldyk
  9. Dinteldyk (proposed)
  10. Dongedyk
  11. Doric
  12. Dresden

 

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

  1. Edam
  2. Empire Doon
  3. Empire Fowey
  4. Empire Jewel
  5. Empire Orwell
  6. Empire Tarne
  7. Empire Waveney
  8. Empire Welland
  9. Empress Katerina
  10. Empress of Australia
  11. Empress of Britain
  12. Empress of Japan
  13. Empress of Scotland
  14. Enchanted Isle
  15. Enchanted Seas
  16. Europa (1930)
  17. Europa (1965)
  18. Europa (1981)
  19. Europa (1999)

 

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

  1. Felix Roussel
  2. Feodor Dostoevsky
  3. Filipinas Saudi I
  4. Frankfurt
  5. Freeport II
  6. Fridtjof Nansen
  7. Fritz Heckert

 

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

  1. Garnet
  2. General G. M. Randall
  3. General von Steuben
  4. Georg Büchner
  5. George Washington
  6. Gneisenau
  7. Gripsholm (1925)
  8. Gripsholm (1957)
  9. Groote Beer
  10. Grussgott
  11. Gunung Djati

 

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

  1. Hamburg (1926)
  2. Hamburg (1954)
  3. Hamburg (1969)
  4. Hammonia
  5. Hannover
  6. Hansa (1920)
  7. Hansa (1935)
  8. Hanseatic (1958)
  9. Hanseatic (1966)
  10. Hanseatic (1991)
  11. Hessenstein
  12. Hindenburg
  13. HMS Hyperion
  14. Homeland
  15. Homeric (1922)
  16. Homeric (1955)
  17. Homeric (1986)

 

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

  1. Iberia
  2. Imperator
  3. Independence
  4. Insulinde
  5. Island Sun
  6. Italia
  7. Italia Prima

 

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

  1. J. G. Eichte
  2. Jerusalem
  3. Johan van Oldenharnevelt
  4. Johann Heinrich Burchard
  5. Josif Stalin
  6. Justicia

 

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

  1. Karlsruhe
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. King Alexander
  4. Kota Makmur
  5. Kungsholm

 

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

  1. La Grande Victory
  2. Lakonia
  3. Lancastria
  4. Langkoeas
  5. Leerdam (1921)
  6. Leviathan
  7. Liberté (1950)
  8. Liberté (1986)
  9. Lili Mañeen
  10. Limburgia
  11. Lombardia

 

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

  1. Maasdam (1921)
  2. Maasdam (1952)
  3. Maasdam (1983)
  4. Maasdam (1993)
  5. Magdalena
  6. Majestic
  7. Maksim Gorky
  8. Marnix van St Aldegonde
  9. Mataram
  10. Mauretania
  11. Michelangelo
  12. Milwaukee
  13. Monarch Star
  14. Monarch Sun
  15. Monte Cervantes
  16. Monte Olivia
  17. Monte Pascoal
  18. Monte Rosa
  19. Monte Sarmiento
  20. Mormacmail
  21. d

 

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

  1. Nelly
  2. Neptunia
  3. New York
  4. Nieuw Amsterdam (1906)
  5. Nieuw Amsterdam (1938)
  6. Nieuw Amsterdam (1983)
  7. Nieuw Holland
  8. Nieuw Zeeland
  9. Noordam (1938)
  10. Noordam (1984)
  11. Normandie

 

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

  1. Ocean Monarch
  2. Oceana
  3. Oceanic
  4. Océanien
  5. Oranje
  6. Oranje Nassau
  7. Ormuz
  8. Oslofjord
  9. Our Happy Country

 

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

  1. Pasteur
  2. Patria
  3. Patricia
  4. Patriot
  5. Peer Cynt
  6. Pennland
  7. Positano
  8. Potsdam
  9. Pretoria
  10. Princess Mahsuri
  11. Prins der Nederlanden
  12. Prins Willem van Oranje
  13. Prinsendam
  14. Prinsendam (proposed)
  15. Prinzess Irene
  16. Prinzess Margriet

 

▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓

  1. Queen Elizabeth
  2. Queen Elizabeth
  3. Queen Mary
  4. Queen of Bermuda

 

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

  1. Randfontein
  2. Regent Star
  3. Regent Sun
  4. Regina Magna
  5. Regina Maris
  6. Reliance
  7. Rembrandt
  8. Resolute
  9. Rex
  10. Rhapsody
  11. Robert Ley
  12. Rossia
  13. Rotterdam (1908)
  14. Rotterdam (1959)
  15. Rotterdam (1997)
  16. Roydl Odyssey
  17. Ruys
  18. Ryndam (1951)
  19. Ryndam (1994)

 

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

  1. Safina-e-Hujjaj
  2. Santa Catarina
  3. Santa Elena
  4. Santa Ines
  5. Santa Isabel
  6. Santa Teresa
  7. Santa Ursula
  8. Santos Mam
  9. Sarah Bowater
  10. Saturnia
  11. Saudi Phil I
  12. Scharnhorst
  13. Schiedam
  14. Schwaben
  15. Schwabenstein
  16. Sea Cloud
  17. Sed Cloud II
  18. Seven Seas
  19. Shinyo
  20. Sibajak
  21. Sibir
  22. Sierra Salvada
  23. Slamat
  24. Society Adventurer
  25. Sovetsky Sojus
  26. Soyuz
  27. Spaamdam
  28. St. Louis
  29. Starship Atlantic
  30. Statendam (1914)
  31. Statendam (1929)
  32. Statendam (1957)
  33. Statendam (1992)
  34. Stavangerfjord
  35. Stefan Batory
  36. Stellendam
  37. Steuben
  38. Stockholm
  39. Strassburg
  40. Stuttgart
  41. Super Star Europe
  42. Surriento
  43. Svir
  44. Sylvania

 

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

  1. Tanjung Pandan
  2. Tegelberg
  3. Tirpitz
  4. Tjiluwah
  5. Tjiwangi

 

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

  1. United States
  2. Unverse Explorer
  3. Usaramo
  4. USS Europa
  5. USS John Ericsson
  6. USS Lejeune
  7. USS Leviathan
  8. USS Long Island
  9. USS Mobile
  10. USS Tuscaloosa

 

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

  1. Valtur Prima
  2. Vaterland (1914)
  3. Vaterland (1940)
  4. Veendam (1923)
  5. Veendam (1973)
  6. Veendam (1996)
  7. Victoria
  8. Victoria Luise
  9. Viktoria
  10. Viñeta
  11. Vistafjord
  12. Volendam (1922)
  13. Volendam (1973)
  14. Volendam (1999)
  15. Volker
  16. Völkerfreundschaft
  17. Voltaire

 

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

  1. Waterman
  2. Westerdam (1946)
  3. Westerdam (1986)
  4. Westernland
  5. Wilhelm Gustloff
  6. Willem Ruys
  7. William O'Swald
  8. Wind Song
  9. Wind Spirit
  10. Wind Star
  11. Windhuk
  12. Wnri

 

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

  1. Yuri Dolgoruki

 

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

  1. Zaandam (1939)
  2. Zaandam (2000)
  3. Zeppelin
  4. Zuiderdam
  5. Zuiderkruis

 

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

  • Title: Picture history of German and Dutch passenger ships
  • Personal name: Miller, William H., 1948-
  • Main title: Picture history of German and Dutch passenger ships / William H. Miller, Jr.
  • Published/Created: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2002.
  • Description: ix, 118 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
  • ISBN: 0486420639 (pbk.)
  • LC classification: VM381 .M449826 2002
  • LC Subjects: Ocean liners--Germany--History--20th century--Pictorial works. Ocean liners--Netherlands--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
  • Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 116) and index.
  • LCCN: 2002017413
  • Dewey class no.: 387.2/432/0943
  • Geographic area code: e-gx--- e-ne---
  • Type of material: Book

 

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