Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914 Volume 2

 

Front Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2. Compiled and Edited, with a New Introduction by Mark D. Warren.

Front Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2. Compiled and Edited, with a New Introduction by Mark D. Warren. GGA Image ID # 1e8d17b354

 

Synopsis

In a format similar to the first book, Volume 2 has 314 pages featuring 53 famous ships of the period. Unquestionably the finest books ever produced on ocean liners, you will be enthralled as you are taken back in time for a journey you will never forget.

Read how the liners were constructed and launched, and see the advertisements from the RMS Olympic's and RMS Titanic's fittings makers. 314 pages. Three hundred thirteen photos, 70 additional illustrations, 29 diagrams, 64 plans, 11 cutaways, five pages of color plates, two tissue subscription forms, 116 outstanding advertisements, and 20 folding ship plans.

 

Back Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2.

Back Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2. GGA Image ID # 1e8d2b0139

 

Listing of Ships Included in this Volume

  1. Afrique
  2. Alcantara
  3. Alsatian
  4. Appam
  5. Aquitania
  6. Arlanza
  7. Asturias
  8. Bergensfjord
  9. Bismarck
  10. Britannic
  11. Calgarian
  12. Cap Polonio
  13. Cap Trafalgar
  14. City of Exeter
  15. City of Paris
  16. Columbus
  17. Congress
  18. Corsican
  19. Empress Ekaterina II
  20. Franconia
  21. Gablonz
  22. Gelria
  23. Grampian
  24. Heliopolis
  25. Hesperian
  26. Imperator
  27. Kaiser Franz Josef I
  28. Kristianiafjord
  29. Laconia
  30. Marienbad
  31. Martha Washington
  32. Medina
  33. Morea
  34. Niagara
  35. Oceania
  36. Orama
  37. Orsova
  38. Orvieto
  39. Osterley
  40. Otranto
  41. Otway
  42. Pastores
  43. President Grant
  44. Principessa Jolanda
  45. Statendam
  46. Tubantia
  47. Vandyck
  48. Vasari
  49. Vaterland
  50. Vauban
  51. Vestris
  52. Waratah
  53. William O'Swaldt

 

Summary

Lavishly illustrated, each volume carries many photographs, including ships, their interiors, machinery, fittings, construction and launching.

Volume 2 is 304 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements and one fold-out advertisement.

The following ships are detailed in Volume 2 of the The Shipbuilder 1907 - 1914:

  1. Cunard Twin Screw Steamer "Franconia" (Sister ship of the SS Laconia) - Deck Plan plates
  2. Twin Screw Passenger Liners and Cargo Steamers "Gablonz" and "Marienbad" Plan of Engine Room; Section through Engine Room; Plan of after Boiler Room; Deck Plans; Section through forward Boiler Room.
  3. Allen Liner Alsatian - Elevation of Engine and boiler rooms; Deck Plan Plates; 3 additional Engine Room Cross Sections
  4. Cunard Liner Aquitania - Deck Plan Plates; Engine Room Plates & Elevations
  5. Imperator - Deck plan plates; Engine Room Elevations
  6. Cap Trafalgar - Engine Room Elevations; Deck Plan Plates

 

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

  • Author: Mark D. Warren, Ed.
  • Main Title: Distinguished liners from The shipbuilder; compiled and edited with a new introduction by Mark D. Warren.
  • Published/Created: New York : Blue Riband Publications, 1995-<1997 >
  • Edition: Limited, deluxe, boxed edition.
  • Description: v. <1-2 > : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
  • ISBN: 0964815303 (v. 1 : alk. paper), 0964815311 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
  • LC classification (full): VM381 .D57 1995
  • LC classification (partial): VM381
  • Cover title: Shipbuilder
  • Related titles: Shipbuilder (London, England)
  • Related names: Warren, Mark D.
  • Incomplete contents: v. 1. 1906-1914 -- v. 2. 1907-1914
  • Subjects: Ocean liners--History--20th century.
  • LCCN: 95036645
  • Dewey class no.: 387.2/432/0904
  • Type of material: Book

 

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