| Ocean Liners |
| My mum and dad crossed to New York on the "Queen Elizabeth" in May 1967. They passed the "Queen Mary" on her final commercial Atlantic crossing. |
| Three unused postcards of the "Queen Elizabeth" - from left to right, in Cherbourg, Southampton and New York City. |
| The "Franconia" . This ship was named after the first "Franconia", which was sunk during World War I. She was launched in 1922 and served both as a cruise ship and on the New York-Liverpool route. During World War II she served as a troop ship, and in 1945 acted as a floating hotel for Winston Churchill and his staff at the Yalta Conference. After the war she was restored and served on the Liverpool-Quebec route. She was finally broken up at Inverkeithing in 1957. |
| Visit Simplon Postcards The Passenger Ship Website to see images of Liners, Cruise Ships, Ferries etc - well worth a visit !! |
| The New, or second, Mauretania - maiden voyage 1939, scrapped 1965. My Auntie Annie and Uncle Reg sailed on her to New York in the late 1940s or early 50s. The first Mauretania (see our 2nd page) had four funnels. |
| I sailed from Southampton to New York on the "Queen Mary" in January 1963. |
| A modern postcard which reproduces a French Cunard poster from the 1930s. |
| Another modern postcard which reproduces the cover to a souvenir book about the Queen Mary. |
| The "United States", now slowly rusting away in dock in Philadelphia - you can see her clearly on "Google Earth", or see the aerial view on our second page of postcards of old ocean liners. |
| The "Ascania" - launched in 1923, broken up in 1957. |
| The White Star Line "Britannic". |
| The "France" in Le Havre." |
| Two more views of the "Aquitania". |
| Two postcards of the "Aquitania". |
| The "Sylvania". |
| The "Caronia". |
| The "Lusitania" in Liverpool about 1910. |
| RMS Lusitania. |
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