Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914 Volume 1

Front Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914, Volume 1. Compiled and Edited, with a New Introduction by Mark D. Warren. GGA Image ID # 1e8c4080c0

Synopsis

An authentic replication to the smallest detail of the best of "The Shipbuilder" magazine, 1906-1914, including articles on the "Titanic," "Olympic," "Lusitania," and "Mauretania."

This comprehensive collection contains original text, photographs, advertisements, 22 fold-out blueprint plans, five color plates, a two-color "Titanic" cutaway folding ad, and even two facsimile subscription forms.

Inside the Front Cover

To maritime enthusiasts, collectors, engineers, architects, and historians, the name "The Shipbuilder" (known today as "Shipping World and Shipbuilder") is pure magic. Founded in 1906, it chronicled the building, launch, and outfitting of the latest ships in great detail, providing a vivid -- and sometimes the only existing record for future generations.

Blue Riband Publications, Inc. was founded to make the invaluable material found in The Shipbuilder available to the public by republishing it. Mark D. Warren, noted maritime author and historian, carefully reviewed and edited thousands of pages to create this composite volume in the "Distinguished Liner" series comprising "the best of The Shipbuilder."

Other features of Volume 1

• An introduction by Mark D. Warren outlining the subsequent history of these great ships, which is particularly important since 15 of the vessels did not survive the "Great War," Six were lost in World War II, and three were lost in significant peacetime disasters;
• 228 numbered pages, with an aggregate total of more than 176 pages of reprinted ship text and 145 beautifully reproduced, laser-scanned photographs;
• 22 additional folding blueprint plans;
• 41 diagrams, including transverse cutaways and engine room plans;
• Four additional color plates along with a fifth color plate and two-color folding Titanic advertisement;
• 63 rare original advertisements totaling more than 37 pages that, illustrated with 18 engravings of more than 40 photographs, include 24 of the Lusitania & Mauretania, and 24 of the Olympic & Titanic;
• Two facsimile perforated tissue subscription forms.

Back Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914, Volume 1. GGA Image ID # 1e8c6be3af

The Shipbuilder 1906 - 1914: Volume 1 Description

To maritime enthusiasts, collectors, engineers, architects, and historians, the name 'The Shipbuilder' is pure magic. Founded in 1906, it chronicled the building, launch, and outfitting of the latest ships in great detail, providing a vivid and sometimes the only existing record for future generations.

First appearing in 1906, "The Shipbuilder" quarterly was advertised as "the only periodical published in Great Britain exclusively devoted to Shipbuilding, Ship-repairing, and Marine Engineering."

It set new standards with the quality and accuracy of its foldout plans, drawings, photographs, color reproductions, and even the clay-coated paper it was printed on. Its reports on the building and launching of particular vessels remain, in many cases, the best, if not the only, record of these ships.

The articles are presented in these volumes in context with original illustrated advertisements for everything from Hugh McLean's Semi-Collapsible Life Boats to Brown, Lenox & Co., "experts in moorings," and for everything from Siemens telegraph equipment to the Vi-Spring mattresses selected for Olympic and Titanic.

In Volume 1, some of the most famous passenger ships of all time—including the Cunard liner Mauretania, the White Star sister ships Olympic and Titanic, and the fast French liner France—are among the ten vessels documented with foldout plans and construction photos in this volume.

For this volume, Warren selected 41 vessels, including such famous ships as the Rotterdam, France, Cameronia, Adriatic, Laurentic, Empress of Russia, and Empress of Ireland, as well as Lusitania and Titanic. It presents a rare glimpse of these remarkable liners' construction, size, and furnishing.

This volume also includes an

1. An introduction outlining the subsequent history of these great ships is critical since 15 vessels did not survive the 'Great War,' six were lost in World War II, and three were lost in significant peacetime disasters.
2. 22 additional folding blueprint plans.
3. 41 diagrams, including transverse cutaways and engine room plans.
4. Four additional color plates along with a fifth color plate and two-color folding 'Titanic' advertisements.
5. Sixty-three rare original advertisements totaling more than 37 pages, illustrated with 18 engravings and more than 40 photographs, include 24 of the 'Lusitania' and 'Mauretania' and 24 of the 'Olympic' and 'Titanic.'
6. Two facsimile perforated tissue subscription forms.

Compiled and Edited with a New Introduction: Mark D. Warren is a noted maritime author and historian.

List of Ships Featured in this Volume

1. Adriatic
2. Alaunia
3. Amazon
4. Araguaya
5. Ascania
6. Avon
7. Balmoral Castle
8. California
9. Cameronia
10. Carmania
11. Ceramic
12. Edinburgh Castle
13. Empress of Asia
14. Empress of Ireland
15. Empress of Russia
16. Falaba
17. France
18. Galway Castle
19. Garth Castle
20. George Washington
21. Lapland
22. Laurentic
23. Lusitania
24. Mauretania
25. Megantic
26. Metagama
27. Missanabie
28. Nomadic
29. Olympic
30. Oriana
31. Oronsa
32. Paul LeCat
33. President Lincoln
34. Reina Victoria-Eugenia
35. Rotterdam
36. Storstad
37. Titanic
38. Traffic
39. Volturno
40. Zeelandic

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• 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 >
• 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