Great Passenger Ships of the World 1924-1935

Front Cover and Spine, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 3: 1924-1935 by Arnold Kludas, 1976. Translated from the German "Die Gossen Passagiershiffe der Welt" by Charles Hodges. Pictured on the Cover is the Normandie Leaving New York, from a Painting by Marin-Marie of the Academie de Marine. GGA Image ID # 2043abcd53

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Volume 3 in the series covers the years 1924-1935 and includes the introduction of the well-known superliners Normandie and Queen Mary, both of which successfully competed for the prestigious Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing.

In the lull between the two World Wars many large and famous vessels were introduced, and the period covered by this volume saw the emergence of the Bremen, Europa, Ile de France and L'Atlantique, to name but a few.

As with the previous volumes a brief history highlighting the career of each vessel is given, together with detailed specifications and supporting photographs.

About The Great Passenger Ships of the World Volumes

The five volumes in this outstanding series aim to present, for the first time in international maritime literature, a work covering all passenger ships to date of over 10,000 gross registered tons, with relevant technical and historical data, including photographs of the vessels.

Already published

• Volume 1 1858-1912
• Volume 2 1913-1923 In preparation
• Volume 4 1936-1950
• Volume 5 1950 to the present

Contents

• Newly-built Ships for Messageries Maritimes
• The Five 20,000 tonners of the Orient Line
• Motorship Aorangi
• The Monte-Class of Hamburg-South America Line
• The Statendam
• New P & O Ships
• Gripsholm and Kungsholm
• Nederland Motorships
• Transylvania and Caledonia
• The Berlin
• Lloyd Sabaudo and Cosulich Liners
• Union-Castle Liners
• Asturias and Alcantara
• The Ile de France
• Bibby Liners
• The Malolo
• The Blue Star Line A-Class
• NGI Liners
• Three French Conversions
• The Cap Arcona
• Albertville and Leopoldville
• The Last White Star Liners
• Furness Liner Bermuda
• Panama-Pacific Liners
• The Canadian Pacific Duchess-Class
• KPM Liners
• The Ausonia
• The Nelson Line Highland-Class
• Hamburg-America Line Motorships
• Europa and Bremen
• New Zealand Liners
• Newly-built Ships for Nippon Yusen KK
• Furness Prince Liners
• Lafayette and Champlain
• SGTM Liner Campana
• Delftdijk and Damsterdijk
• Dutch Indonesia Liners
• Motorships of the East Asiatic Company
• Newly-built Motorships for Messageries Maritimes
• Empress of Japan and Empress of Britain
• Spanish Motorships
• Morro Castle and Oriente
• L'Atlantique
• KNSM Liner Colombia
• The Reina del Pacifico
• The Victoria of Lloyd Triestino
• Dollar Liners
• Furness Bermuda Liners
• The Mariposa-Class Matson Liners
• CGT Liner Colombie
• Rex and Conte di Savoia
• P&O Liners of 1931/32
• Manhattan and Washington
• Oceania and Neptunia
• Caribia and Cordillera
• The Normandie
• VNSM Liners
• The Queen Mary
• The Four Manooras
• Orion and Orcades
• North German Lloyd Far East Express Steamers
• Polish North Atlantic Liners
• CGT Mediterranean Express Steamers
• Bibby Liner Derbyshire
• British Troop Transports
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Index of Ships' Names

Back Cover, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 3: 1924-1935 by Arnold Kludas, 1976. The Messageries Maritimes SS Champollion (top) and the ex-Bibby Liner SS Devonia are Pictured on the Back Cover. GGA Image ID # 204423e215

From the Back Cover

This invaluable and carefully researched book - the third in a series of five - is an important statistical, historical, and pictorial reference source for shipping enthusiasts, historians, and marine engineers.

▓▓▓ "A" ▓▓▓

1. Abosso
2. Achilles
3. Admiral Hipper
4. Admiral Nachimow
5. Affan Oceana
6. Albertville
7. Alcantara
8. Aleda E. Lutz
9. Almeda
10. Almeda Star
11. Ambulombo
12. Amerika
13. Andalucía
14. Andalucía Star
15. Andrea Doria
16. Andrea F. Luckenbach
17. Anna C.
18. Aorangi
19. Aquila
20. Aramis
21. Arandora
22. Arandora Star
23. Archimede
24. Argentina
25. Arkadia
26. Arosa Sun
27. Artemis
28. Asama Maru
29. Asturias
30. Athos II
31. Atlantic 1926 and 1931
32. Atlántica
33. Atlantis
34. Atule
35. Augustus
36. Ausonia
37. Avelona
38. Avelona Star
39. Avila
40. Avila Star

▓▓▓ "B" ▓▓▓

1. Baloeran
2. Batory
3. Berlin 1924 and 1925
4. Bermuda
5. Bernardin de St. Pierre
6. Black Hawk
7. Bloemfontein
8. Boadicea
9. Bonefish
10. Brazil
11. Brazza
12. Bremen
13. Brilliant
14. Britanis
15. Britannic
16. Brooke
17. Burza

▓▓▓ "C" ▓▓▓

1. Cabo San Agustín
2. Cabo San Antonio
3. Cabo Santo Tomé
4. Cagni 60 Caledonia
5. California
6. Calpean Star
7. Campana
8. Camranh
9. Canada
10. Canovas
11. Cap Arcona
12. Caribia 1926 and 1932
13. Carnarvon Castle
14. Carthage
15. Carthage Maru
16. Cassard
17. Cathay
18. Champlain
19. Champollion
20. Chefoo
21. Cheshire
22. Chichibu Maru
23. Chitral
24. Christiaan Huygens
25. City of Savannah
26. City of Sydney
27. Clan Campbell
28. Colombia
29. Colombie
30. Colombo
31. Commissaire Ramel
32. Comorin
33. Conte Azzuro
34. Conte Biancamano
35. Conte di Savoia
36. Conte Grande
37. Contractor
38. Cordillera
39. Corfu
40. Corfu Maru
41. Curacoa

▓▓▓ "D" ▓▓▓

1. D'Artagnan
2. Dalerdyk
3. Damsterdijk
4. Dato
5. Delftdijk
6. Dempo
7. Derbyshire
8. Devonia
9. Devonshire
10. Dilwara
11. Dnepr
12. Dongedyk
13. Douglas
14. Drum
15. Duchess of Atholl
16. Duchess of Bedford
17. Duchess of Cornwall
18. Duchess of Richmond
19. Duchess of York
20. Dunbar Castle
21. Dunera
22. Duntroon
23. Dux

▓▓▓ "E" ▓▓▓

1. Eastern Prince
2. Ellinis
3. Empire Fowey
4. Empire Jewel
5. Empire Medway
6. Empire Waveney
7. Empire Windrush
8. Empress of Britain
9. Empress of Canada
10. Empress of France
11. Empress of India
12. Empress of Japan
13. Empress of Scotland
14. Erato
15. Eridania
16. Ettrick
17. Europa 1928 and 1931
18. Explorateur Grandidier

▓▓▓ "F" ▓▓▓

1. Fairplay I
2. Falco
3. Felix Roussel
4. Ford Castle
5. Foucauld
6. Frances Y. Slanger
7. Fujisan Maru
8. Furanzu Maru

▓▓▓ "G" ▓▓▓

1. General Osorio
2. Georges Philippar
3. Géorgie
4. Gneisenau 1935 and 1936
5. Goorangai
6. Greenville
7. Gripsholm
8. Guanghua
9. Gudgeon
10. Guglielmo Marconi

▓▓▓ "H" ▓▓▓

1. Hanseatic
2. Haresfield
3. Heian Maru
4. Henrietta
5. Herkules
6. Hermitage
7. Hie Maru
8. Highland Brigade
9. Highland Chieftain
10. Highland Hope
11. Highland Monarch
12. Highland Patriot
13. Highland Princess
14. Hikawa Maru
15. Hiye Maru
16. Hoedic
17. Homeric

▓▓▓ "I" ▓▓▓

1. Ile de France
2. Ilitch
3. Imperial Bahama
4. Iroquois
5. Irpinia
6. Italia

▓▓▓ "J" ▓▓▓

1. Jacob Christensen
2. Jagcrsfontein
3. Jean Laborde
4. Johan van Oldenbarnevell
5. John Ericsson

▓▓▓ "K" ▓▓▓

1. Kaisho Maru
2. Kamakura Maru
3. Kanimbla
4. Kannon Maru
5. Komet
6. Krassin
7. Kuala Lumpur
8. Kungsholm

▓▓▓ "L" ▓▓▓

1. L'Atlantique
2. Lafayette 1929 and 1932
3. Lakonia
4. Laurentic
5. Leopoldville
6. Liberté
7. Lincoln
8. Llandaff Castle
9. Llandovery Castle
10. Llangibby Castle
11. Lurline 1931 and 1932
12. Lydia

▓▓▓ "M" ▓▓▓

1. Mahsud
2. Malolo
3. Manhattan
4. Manoora
5. Maréchal Joffre
6. Marianna 1928 and 1929
7. Mariette Pacha
8. Mariposa
9. Marnix van St. Aldegonde
10. Matsonia 1926 and 1931
11. Milwaukee
12. Monarch of Bermuda
13. Monowai
14. Monte Cervantes
15. Monte Olivia
16. Monte Pascoal
17. Monte Rosa
18. Monte Sarmiento
19. Monterey
20. Monticello
21. Morro Castle
22. Mount Olympos
23. Mount Vernon
24. Moyola
25. Mülhausen

▓▓▓ "N" ▓▓▓

1. Napier Star
2. Narvik
3. Neptunia
4. New Australia
5. Nieuw Holland
6. Nieuw Zeeland
7. Normandie
8. Northern Prince

▓▓▓ "O" ▓▓▓

1. Oceania
2. Oceanic
3. Olifer
4. Orama
5. Orazio
6. Orcades
7. Orford
8. Oriental Queen
9. Oriente
10. Orion 1930 and 1934
11. Oronsay
12. Orontes
13. Otranto

▓▓▓ "P" ▓▓▓

1. Paris
2. Pauline Möller
3. Pennsylvania
4. Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
5. Pilsudski
6. Poseidon
7. Potsdam
8. President Coolidge
9. Président Doumer
10. President Hoover
11. Président Paul Doumer
12. Presvia
13. Puffer

▓▓▓ "Q" ▓▓▓

1. Queen Frederica
2. Queen Mary
3. Queen of Bermuda

▓▓▓ "R" ▓▓▓

1. Rajputana
2. Ranchi
3. Rang
4. Rangitane
5. Rangitata
6. Rangitiki
7. Ranpura
8. Rasher
9. Rawalpindi
10. Razmak
11. Recorder
12. Reina del Pacifico
13. Rex
14. Rio Jachal
15. Rochambeau
16. Roma
17. Ruhr
18. Russ

▓▓▓ "S" ▓▓▓

1. Safina-E-Hujjaj
2. St. Laurent
3. St. Louis
4. Saintes
5. Salopian
6. Saturnia
7. Scharnhorst 1934 and 1936
8. Scotland
9. Scotstoun
10. Seaman
11. Shinyo
12. Shropshire
13. Slapy
14. Southern Prince
15. Sovetskaja Neft
16. Spadefish
17. Sparviero
18. Stafford Maru
19. Staffordshire
20. Statendam
21. Stockholm
22. Strassburg
23. Strathaird
24. Strathnaver

▓▓▓ "T" ▓▓▓

1. Taj Mahal
2. Tampa
3. Tarpon
4. Tatsuta Maru
5. Tatuta Maru
6. Teia Maru
7. Teibi Maru
8. Teiko Maru
9. Terukuni Maru
10. Thomas H. Barry
11. Thor
12. Tirpitz
13. Titibu Maru
14. Tong Hoo
15. Transylvania
16. Trigger
17. Tung Long

▓▓▓ "U" ▓▓▓

1. U 25
2. U 32
3. U 37
4. U 38
5. U 43
6. U 47
7. U 56
8. U 74
9. U 96
10. U 98
11. U 99
12. U 107
13. U 108
14. U 137
15. U 155
16. U 172
17. U 177
18. U 178
19. U 201
20. U 214
21. U 306
22. U 371
23. U 402
24. U 407
25. U 413
26. U 486
27. U 516
28. U 575
29. U 604
30. Upholder
31. Urania
32. Uruguay

▓▓▓ "V" ▓▓▓

1. Vassilissa Freideriki
2. Vestris
3. Viceroy of India
4. Victoria
5. Ville d'Alger
6. Ville d'Oran
7. Virgilio
8. Virginia
9. Vulcania

▓▓▓ "W" ▓▓▓

1. Wakefield
2. Warwick Castle
3. Washington
4. Western Prince
5. Western World
6. Winchester Castle
7. Worcestershire

▓▓▓ "Y" ▓▓▓

1. Yasukuni Maru

▓▓▓ "Z" ▓▓▓

1. Zwarte Zee

About the Author

Arnold Kludas, former technical engineer in a Hamburg shipyard and maritime adviser for a German publishing firm, is now working in the Deutsche Schiffahrtsmuseum, the equivalent of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.

His meticulous research in authenticating and continually updating the entries of all the ships has resulted in the published English language volumes being received with high acclaim and praise.

In the words of Sea Breezes, 'this is a series well worth the trouble of translation - an excellent service to ship lovers and maritime historians.

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Personal name: Kludas, Arnold.
• Uniform title: Grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt.
• English Main title: Great passenger ships of the world / [by] Arnold Kludas; translated [from the German] by Charles Hodges.
• Published/Created: Cambridge: Stephens, 1975-1977.
• Description: 5 v. ill.; 25 cm.
• ISBN: 0850591740 (v. 1) :
• LC Classification: VM381 .K5813
• Contents: v. 1. 1858-1912.--v. 2. 1913-1923.--v. 3. 1924-1935.--4. 1936-1950.--v. 5. 1951-1976.
• LC Subjects: Ocean liners. Passenger ships.
• Notes: Translation of Die grossen Passagierschiffe der Welt. Includes indexes.
• Bibliography: v. 1, p. 213.
• LCCN: 76355859
• Dewey class no.: 387.2/432
• Language code: engger
• National bib no.: GB75-31009 (v. 1)
• Type of material: Book