German Luxury Ocean Liners

From Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse to Aidastella

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Transportation, Ships & Shipbuilding, History
Cover of the book German Luxury Ocean Liners by Nils Schwerdtner, Amberley Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Nils Schwerdtner ISBN: 9781445614717
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Publication: July 15, 2013
Imprint: Amberley Publishing Language: English
Author: Nils Schwerdtner
ISBN: 9781445614717
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication: July 15, 2013
Imprint: Amberley Publishing
Language: English

From the 1890s, the German shipping lines had begun to build the fastest and most luxurious liners. It had started when Kaiser Wilhelm had visited Spithead and been transported on White Star Line's Teutonic and had mentioned that Germany must have ships like this. The first four stacker, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, had been named in his honour and the ships that followed were faster and more magnificent than the last. Introducing the Ritz Carlton restaurants aboard ship as well as other luxuries, the German ships were soon winning the Blue Riband from the British shipping lines. Each year a new German triumph would emerge from the shipyards in Bremerhaven or Hamburg and it took almost a decade for White Star and Cunard to catch up. Even as Titanic was sinking, Germany was building a huge ship a full 12,000 tons larger. It was to launch the following week. World War One stifled the German merchant marine and post war many ships were taken by the Allies as war reparation. The 1930s saw the triumph of the Bremen and Europa and the post war years the decline of the world's passenger liner fleet. Germany was not exempt but a new breed of cruise ships, many built by Meyer Werft, soon saw the German cruise industry established. Nils Schwerdtner looks at the growth of the German passenger fleet, the important Hamburg Amerika and North German Lloyd lines, as well as the growth of modern day cruising in this definitive book.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From the 1890s, the German shipping lines had begun to build the fastest and most luxurious liners. It had started when Kaiser Wilhelm had visited Spithead and been transported on White Star Line's Teutonic and had mentioned that Germany must have ships like this. The first four stacker, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, had been named in his honour and the ships that followed were faster and more magnificent than the last. Introducing the Ritz Carlton restaurants aboard ship as well as other luxuries, the German ships were soon winning the Blue Riband from the British shipping lines. Each year a new German triumph would emerge from the shipyards in Bremerhaven or Hamburg and it took almost a decade for White Star and Cunard to catch up. Even as Titanic was sinking, Germany was building a huge ship a full 12,000 tons larger. It was to launch the following week. World War One stifled the German merchant marine and post war many ships were taken by the Allies as war reparation. The 1930s saw the triumph of the Bremen and Europa and the post war years the decline of the world's passenger liner fleet. Germany was not exempt but a new breed of cruise ships, many built by Meyer Werft, soon saw the German cruise industry established. Nils Schwerdtner looks at the growth of the German passenger fleet, the important Hamburg Amerika and North German Lloyd lines, as well as the growth of modern day cruising in this definitive book.

More books from Amberley Publishing

Cover of the book In Fingal's Wake by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Victorian London Through Time by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Alderney From Old Photographs by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Wiltshire Through Time by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book The Cockleshell Canoes by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Gerry Anderson Collectables by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Secret Newcastle-Under-Lyme by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book RMS Queen Elizabeth by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Preston in the 1960s by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Blackpool Through Time by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book St Andrews The Postcard Collection by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book The Mersey Road Tunnels by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book An Introduction to Open Boat Cruising by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book The Jacobites and the Supernatural by Nils Schwerdtner
Cover of the book Carlisle Through Time by Nils Schwerdtner
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy