North Atlantic Passenger Liners Since 1900

Front Cover and Spine, North Atlantic Passenger Liners since 1900 by Nicholas T. Cairis, 1972. Front Cover Titling by GG Archives. No DJ. GGA Image ID # 20912bd278

Excerpt from the Preface

In the following pages, I have gathered all such material about the most prominent steamship companies on the Atlantic Ferry today and those that have been there for some time. Some Lines have diverse services to other oceans, seas, and continents.

My foremost interest was to include the better-known steamship company of each maritime nation in the Western Hemisphere. In total, thirteen of these Lines fly the national flags of their homeland, and the last of the Lines, the Panamanian ensign, owing to the once numerous interests in the company and also for keen tax purposes.

I included this previous Line as a type of international firm whose founders were of Greek, Swedish, Italian, and American origin. The lore for the sea and ships has prompted me to choose not only the ships of my choice and liking but to combine the greater number of all these liners in an unbiased, factual publication of, hopefully, everybody's favorite ships.

Each ship is illustrated with an original photograph to help the reader grasp the full beauty of these inspiring ladies, from the great leviathans and express greyhounds to the intermediate and cargo-type passenger ships.

Contents

Preface

1. Cunard Line
2. French Line
3. Greek Line
4. Holland-America Line
5. Home Lines
6. Italian Line
7. North German Lloyd
8. Norwegian-America Line
9. Polish Ocean Lines
10. Portuguese Line
11. Spanish Line
12. Swedish-American Line
13. United States Lines

General Notes

Index of Ships

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Personal name: Cairis, Nicholas T.
• Main title: North Atlantic passenger liners since 1900 [by] Nicholas T. Cairis.
• Published/Created: London, Allan, 1972.
• Description: 224 p. illus. 19 x 23 cm.
• ISBN: 0711002754
• LC Classification: HE566.O25 C35
• LC Subjects: Ocean liners--Registers.
• Notes: Rev. ed. published in 1979 under title: Passenger liners of the world since 1893.
• LCCN: 72193343
• Dewey class no.: 387.2/43
• National bib no.: B72-15218
• Type of material: Book