Post-War on the Liners: 1945-1977

Post-War on the Liners: 1945-1977

From the end of the Second World War through three decades, to the 1970s, traditional port-to-port, class-divided passenger ship business carried on. This meant all kinds of ships â€“ from big liners to small, often rebuilt, ex-coastal steamers. Accommodations varied from luxurious suites with bedrooms, sitting rooms & marble baths in upper-deck accommodations to Spartan dormitories with as many as 50 berths and communal facilities. But the purpose was all but the same: to go from A to B. It was about the destination, whether with 100 pieces of baggage like the Duke & Duchess of Windsor on 5-night Atlantic crossings to little more than an overnight bag for a immigrant on a 6-week voyage from Europe out to Australia. This book examines, through anecdotes & collected experiences, the many passenger ship services of now a bygone era. It is about the diversity and the contrast. There are of course the Atlantic crossings, but also three & four class ships to South America, combination passenger-cargo types carrying only 100 or so travelers, fast mail ships to South Africa, colonial passenger vessels to Mombasa, crowded migrant sailings to Sydney and Auckland, and trans-suez and trans-Pacific passages. All sorts of ships appear: big Cunarders like the Queen Mary, Italyâ€™s Augustus and Britainâ€™s Kenya & Uganda, the Oronsay and Southern Cross and even more remote ships such as the Cap Salinas, Tjinegara, Changsha and Hikawa Maru. It concludes with the closing down, in 1977, of the Union Castle Lineâ€™s run between Southampton and the South African Cape, the last regular big liner service in the world.
Country USA
Brand Fonthill Media
Manufacturer Fonthill Media
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 150 colour and black and white photograp
ReleaseDate 2015-08-19
UnitCount 1
Format Abridged
EANs 9781781553596

Country	USA
Brand	Fonthill Media
Manufacturer	Fonthill Media
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	150 colour and black and white photograp
ReleaseDate	2015-08-19
UnitCount	1
Format	Abridged
EANs	9781781553596

Post-War on the Liners: 1945-1977

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