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This website has no connection with any shipping company, cruise line, boat operator or other commercial organisation. There are no postcards for sale on this website
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The Passenger Ship Website
I am building a reference archive of image galleries, showing postcards and photographs of ocean liners, cruise ships, ferries and excursion vessels. This is a huge task that will take many years. Currently, there are over 2000 separate pages showing over 60000 images on this website. However, there are still many shipping companies which have not yet been added.
To aid navigation, you can browse the site index in the grey frame to the left - if you cannot see this index frame, Click Here!!!
You can also browse thumbnails from the Gallery Header Pages
There is a list of recently updated web pages showing details of all website additions as they are made
Please see the Copyright Information for use of images - no images may be used without permission.
I cannot assist with family history enquiries and I have no access to any passenger lists - try:- www.findmypast.com
There are no postcards or images for sale from this website. Harold Jordan Postcards has an excellent website with postcards for sale, including most Simplon Postcards releases.
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Recent Shipping Publications
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Boat Trips in Devon & Cornwall by Ian Boyle
This book gives details of all the excursion boats and ferries of Devon and Cornwall which operate scheduled passenger services. The book is arranged by areas, each prefaced by a short historical summary. Each boat operator has table showing contact details, websites, services operated and fleet lists. Most current vessels are illustrated with high quality colour illustrations, as is a selection of historic vessels. The counties of Devon and Cornwall provide some of the most attractive coastal scenery anywhere within the British Isles and a plethora of small boat operators exist to enable visitors to witness and enjoy their wide variety of landscapes from the water. The vessels operated vary from those of the latest fibre-glass construction to pre-war clinker-built boats of noble heritage. In addition to the purely excursion boats which operate on a seasonal basis, Devon and Cornwall also boast an interesting selection of ferries which are a vital part of the region’s infrastructure across the series of deep flooded valleys that dissect its southern coast. If this fascinating array of ferries and excursion boats is not enough, beyond Land’s End we come to the Isles of Scilly which rely on their maritime connections as a vital lifeline with the rest of Britain. Here too, small ships are operated from St. Mary’s to the other islands and out into the Atlantic to the famous Bishop Rock lighthouse. Available from the publishers: www.ferrypubs.co.uk |
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Ireland's Lighthouses by John Eagle
Photographic Guide to Ireland's Lighthouses. With a foreword by Stuart Ruttle, Chief Executive of The Commissioners of Irish Lights, this new book covers every major lighthouse on the Irish coast plus most of the smaller ones, how to reach them and anecdotes. It contains dramatic colour photographs of each lighthouse described, many shot from helicopter flights and fast moving boats, using the best cameras available. Oxford-born John Eagle has lived on the Beara Peninsular since 1991, indulging his passions for photography and lighthouses. He has also produced a superb series of colour postcards of lighthouses. All are available from: johneaglephotograpy.com |
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Bridlington's Pleasure Boats by Frank Bull
Detailed history of excursion vessels in Bridlington. Available from local tourist office, booksellers, newsagents and also Amazon. It covers the early visits by Scarborough-based paddle steamers, Bridlington's own steamers Frenchman and Yorkshireman and the subsequent motor vessels including Yorkshire Belle, Boy's Own, Thornwick and Bridlington Queen etc. Additional chapters cover the pleasure cobles, speed boats and bizarre theme boats such as the Pirate Ship. Appendices then give the subsequent histories of vessels that moved on from Bridlington. A well-researched book that fills an important gap in excursion vessel history. |
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Cruise Ships (Fourth Edition) by William Mayes
The most valuable and extensive published reference sources on modern cruise ships are the four editions of Cruise Ships by William Mayes published by Overview Press (www.overviewpress.co.uk). The 4th Edition was published in September 2011. Each volume gives updates and disposals for ships in the previous volume providing a continuous history of world cruise ships fleets. It is therefore useful to have earlier volumes to gain a complete record. Contact the publishers Overview Press direct with any enquiries - info@overviewpress.co.uk. |
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Trip Out 2011/12 by Geoffrey Hamer The latest UK & Ireland Trip Out Guide is now available from the publisher. The Trip Out Guide is the only comprehensive guide listing all the ferry services and pleasure cruises and on the inland waterways of the British Isles. There are no illustrations, but over nine hundred vessels are listed, along with owners, contact details, services etc. All passenger vessels carrying over 12 passengers and known to be in service are included, excluding boats solely used on fishing trips and boats running on small lakes in parks. For more information see:- trip-out.co.uk or Email:- info@trip-out.co.uk |
Anyone with an interest in passenger ships should
be a member of the
Ocean Liner Society.
The
Ocean Liner Society
is a non-profit organisation whose members celebrate the passenger ship
in its many forms. Whether your interest is the liners of yesteryear,
the cruise ships of today or ferries, the society has something for all.
Members include employees of major shipping companies, authors and ship
buffs, inveterate travellers and armchair sailors.
More details on the Ocean Liner Society
Ocean Liner Society members receive the superb quarterly magazine Sea Lines - 48 colour pages of detailed articles by noted maritime authors on ocean liners and cruises ships, plus all the latest passenger ship news.
Ocean Liner Society members receive the superb quarterly magazine Sea Lines - 48 colour pages of detailed articles by noted maritime authors on ocean liners and cruises ships, plus all the latest passenger ship news.
Queen Mary 2 is featured in Sea Lines Issue 55
Empress of Australia, Mardi Gras and Disney Wonder are all featured in Sea Lines Issue 55
