SS Araguaya Archival Collection

 

Card and Smoking Room, SS Araguaya of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) circa 1907.

Card and Smoking Room, SS Araguaya of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP) circa 1907. GGA Image ID # 1a13e12968

 

Araguaya (1906) Royal Mail Line (British)

Built by Workman, Clark & Co., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 10,196. Dimensions: 515' x 61'. Propulsion: Twin-screw, 16 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Renamed: Kraljica Marija (1930). Fate: War loss in 1942.

 

Front Cover of a Cruise Passenger List from the SS Araguaya of the RMSP, Departing 28 February 1925 from New York to Bermuda

1925-02-28 SS Araguaya Passenger List

  • Steamship Line: Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (RMSP)
  • Class of Passengers: Cruise
  • Date of Departure: 28 February 1925
  • Route: New York to Bermuda
  • Commander: Captain E. Clarke, R.D., R.N.R.

 

Front Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914, Volume 1.

Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914 Volume 1

An authentic replication to the smallest detail of the best of The Shipbuilder magazine, 1906-1914, including articles on the Titanic, Olympic, Lusitania, Mauretania, and more. This encyclopedic collection contains original text, photographs, and advertisements, as well as 22 fold-out blueprint plans, five color plates, a two-color Titanic cutaway folding advertisement and even two facsimile subscription forms.

 

Front Cover, Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 1: 1858-1912 by Arnold Kludas, Translated from the German by Charles Hodges, 1975.

Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1912

This initial volume deals with Ships from 1858-1912, from the first passenger ship of over 10,000 GRT to be placed in service (the Great Eastern) to those unforgettable sister ships, the Olympic and Titanic — the first of more than 40,000 GRT.

 

Front Cover, Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970 by John Adams, 1993.

Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970

A history of the steam-powered passenger ship that details its story from the SS Savannah of 1819 to the SS Hamburg of 1969. It contains historical details of all civilian vessels built in the intervening years, with numerous illustrations and previously unpublished material.

 

Front Cover and Spine, Passenger Ships of the World, Past and Present by Eugene W. Smith, 1963.

Passenger Ships of the World - 1963

Passenger Ships of the World, 1963, represents an incredible resource covering passenger ships that are Trans-Atlantic, Trans-Pacific, Trans-Pacific via Panama Canal, Latin American, Africa and the Eastern Oceans, and California-Hawaii.

 

Front Cover and Spine, Steamships and Their Story by E. Keble Chatterton with 153 Illustrations, 1910.

Steamships and Their Story

This book provides, in a narrative free from technical terms, a complete history of the development of steamships, showing the evolution of the modern ocean greyhound from the earliest experiments in marine engineering. The illustrations form a unique feature of this handsome volume.

 

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