20th December 2010:
Devon Cruising
Co - new page started on Torquay-based excursion company in the 1950s
17th December 2010:
Salter Brothers'
-
new page started tracing the development of
Salter Brothers'
Thames services through the publicity they issued.
Timetables uploaded so far are 1911, 1948 and 1956, including downloadable
PDF files.
16th December 2010:
Golden Galleon
- attractive 1950s handbill for Great Yarmouth Fairmile B excursion
vessel.
7th December 2010:
Southwold Lighthouse - a new painting by Matthew Emeny based on one of
my images.
29th November 2010:
Portsmouth-Gosport Ferries
- updated page, with new images of Gosport
ferries and also ex-Gosport ferries on the Thames and elsewhere
27th November 2010:
PS Bonivard -
Lake Geneva - new page, with many new images, on the 1868 paddle steamer
Bonivard, which was a major unit in the Lake Geneva
CGN fleet until destroyed by fire in
1925
24th November 2010:
Anchor Line - new
postcard images of the Columbia of 1902
21st November 2010:
People Mover in Venice
- new page of images of the
People Mover in Venice
linking the old town at Piazzali Roma to a new car park at Tronchetto via
the cruise terminal at Marittima
7th July 2010:
Disney Magic - new page
started on Disney Cruise Line's
Disney Magic on her visits to Dover in June and July 2010.
7th July 2010:
Haven Rose - new page started on
excursion boat Haven Rose which
has run at Cowes, Poole, Hurst Castle and Falmouth.
2nd July 2010:
Hurst Castle Ferries -
extensively updated
page including newly added vessels Catherine Rose, Henrietta Rose
and Victoria Rose.
25th June 2010:
Norwegian Epic - new
page created on 2010 NCL delivery
Norwegian Epic at Rotterdam and Southampton prior to her maiden voyage
to Florida.
19th June 2010:
York Boat - updated page with new images from
June 2010.
24th April 2010:
Ocean Countess - new
images prior to the inaugural cruise of the
Ocean Countess with
Cruise & Maritime Voyages on 18th April 2010
The CMV logo is being applied to the funnel
23rd February 2010:
Nice - Chemin de
Fer de Provence - New images of this spectacular French metre gauge
railway running from Nice to Digne. Taken in the snow in February 2010
showing 1970s railcars in action. New trains will enter service later in the
year.
22nd February 2010:
Azura -
P&O Cruises - First image of
Azura
- approaching the dry dock at Trieste on 21st February 2010 prior to sea
trials.
13th February 2010:
PS Lausanne - CGN - Updated
page on the Lake Geneva paddle steamer
Lausanne of 1900, with many
new images. She was the second and smallest Sulzer-built vessel in the CGN
fleet - all subsequent paddle deliveries also came from Sulzer.
Lausanne was converted to
diesel-electric propulsion in 1948 but retained her elegant yacht-like
appearance. She appeared in the film Daisy Miller and was broken up in 1978.
15th January 2010:
Anzio I - Southend
Excursion Boat - Handbill for the Southend-Sheerness service (1960-63)
of Anzio I, originally the Lochinvar (1908) of David MacBrayne, and later
lost off the East Coast
13th January 2010:
White Star Liner RMS
Zeppelin - Information is sought on the use of RMS Zeppelin by White
Star Line. She was managed by White Star in 1919/20 after the Zeppelin was
taken as a war reparation from Norddeutsche Lloyd. This interesting card is
available for sale from
stan.m@virgin.net
11th January 2010:
What Ship is
This? - Information sought on a Penzance excursion boat - named either
Pioneer or Nora.
7th January 2010:
What Ship is
This? - Can anyone identify this cargo-passenger ship (maybe
Belgian/Dutch built from appearance)?.
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