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'Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970' is a glorious reference of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the Atlantic. There were the likes of the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth', 'SS United States', 'Caronia', 'Andrea Doria' but also smaller, less memorable ships such as theā¦
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I have found Bill Millerās book to be of massive value in tracking the changes in postwar ships. The primary reason is that many ships changed handsāand namesāover that period. Sometimes the names changed more than once! The cause was the sharp drop in Transatlantic and other passenger shipping as air travel exploded in popularity. Smaller, more agile operators purchased ships surplus to the requirements of the larger operators such as Canadian Pacific and revamped and renamed the ships.
Bill Miller has useful illustrations of the ships involved. For example, a picture of the Dutch liner Willem Ruys, which wasā¦
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