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RMHHEDAG–Portrait of the French Transatlantic Steamship Company's 'Amerique' being towed into Plymouth after being abandoned in a storm. Dated 19th Century
RMHTT8XC–Immigrants to the United States on the deck of the German steamship SS Patricia operated by the Hamburg America Line, a German shipping company who’s transatlantic service was developed to carry German migrants to the United States. Photographed by Edwin Levick (1869-1929) in December 1906.
RM2D32MBP–APRIL 8th: A general view over the Maritime Heritage Centre, Great Western Dockyard, Bristol. On this day in 1838, the first regular Transatlantic steamship service for passengers began as the Great Western, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, set out on her maiden voyage from Bristol to New York. The journey took some fifteen days, which was half the time taken by the fastest sailing ship. View over the Maritime Heritage Centre, Great Western Dockyard, Bristol with the Matthew (left) and the ss Great Britain. * The Matthew is a replica of the ship built in the 15th century in which John C
RMHTJX4D–Immigrants to the United States on the deck of the German steamship SS Patricia operated by the Hamburg America Line, a German shipping company who’s transatlantic service was developed to carry German migrants to the United States. Photographed by Edwin Levick (1869-1929) in December 1906.
RM2E3C225–Portrait of Adolfo Chaquert captain of the transatlantic steamship mail Alfonso XII, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
RFKGX98G–French Transatlantic Co's steamship Amerique towed into Plymouth. Devon 1874. The Illustrated London News
RM2B01A3H–England/UK: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 - 15 September 1859), by the launching chains of the Great Eastern at Millwall. Photo by Robert Howlett (1831-1858), 1857. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS, was a leading British civil engineer, famed for his bridges and dockyards, and especially for the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.
RFKXDJBT–The New Transatlantic Steamship 'Baltic,' the Largest Vessel Afloat Length, 725 feet, 9 inches. Beam, 75 feet. Maximum Displace…
RM2B01A3M–England/UK: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 - 15 September 1859), by the launching chains of the Great Eastern at Millwall. Photo by Robert Howlett (1831-1858), 1857. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS, was a leading British civil engineer, famed for his bridges and dockyards, and especially for the construction of the first major British railway, the Great Western Railway; a series of famous steamships, including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship; and numerous important bridges and tunnels. His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering.
RF2PG43D8–THE SAVANNAH, PIONEER TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIP, I8I9 from the Article THE EARLIEST TRANSATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS. 1819-1855. By Samuel Ward Stanton from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume IX April to September, 1895 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
RM2K65YH6–An early 20th century view of passengers, friends and family by a Transatlantic steamship at the Landing Stage opened in 1847 opposite the George's Pier head on the Liverpool Waterfront, England.
RM2M3T39F–On the day of the launch the transatlantic steamship 'SS Great Britain,' was decorated with flags and banners, with crowds of spectators dressed in their fine attire to see Clarissa, wife of Philip John Miles, (one of the Great Western Steamship Company??s directors) christen the longest passenger ship in the World, at the time. Date: 19th July 1843
RMH3W29G–Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 – 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered 'one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history' and 'one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, who changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions. He built dockyards, the Great Western Railway, a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels
RMDG6P32–The Paddle Steamer SS Sirius leaves Cork harbour April 4, 1838, with ninety four passengers, arriving at New York on April 23, 1838.
RM2A5YX2P–RMS Carpathia; a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship, famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,512 lives on 15 April 1912. Carpathia herself was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during World War I
RM2ET5TPJ–Vintage US-Lines travel 1930's Bremen New York poster lithograph, transatlantic Ocean Liner 4 funnel Steamer Steamship Ocean Liner Transatlantic original poster printed by Hauschild Bremen 1934 Norddeutscher Lloyd Artist A. Ritscher
RMDF40XB–Wrecked hull of the steamship 'Great Eastern' at New Ferry, England, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut
RMHXAXHG–1920's Vintage Poster Cruise ship French Line steamship Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Le Havre-Plymouth- New-York by artist Albert Sébille
RM2C9GMEK–Portrait of Adolfo Chaquert captain of the transatlantic steamship mail Alfonso XII, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890
RM2ANW71G–Vintage CUNARD LINE 1907 ‘Monarchs of the Sea’ vintage travel poster produced for Cunard Line to promote transatlantic voyages with their two Steamships Lusitania and Mauretania. New York Boston Liverpool via Queenstown.. ‘Greatest wonders of the age’
RMF7NX2B–RMS Carpathia; a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship, famous for rescuing the survivors of RMS Titanic after it struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of 1,512 lives on 15 April 1912. Carpathia herself was sunk in the Atlantic on 17 July 1918 during World War I
RM2B6CPA5–Vintage 1920s CUNARD CRUISE SHIP LINER POSTER New Steamers 20,000 tons STEAMSHIP BOSTON TO EUROPE lithograph Poster in colour, printed by James Haworth & Bro. Ltd., London Walter Thomas (1894-1971)
RMHHEDD6–Portrait of the French Transatlantic Packet Company's paddle steamer 'Washington'. Built by Scott & Co. of Greenock, and was the first of a line of mail packets subsidised by the French Government. Dated 19th Century
RF2R8KFPB–Anchor Line Transatlantic Steamship ' City of Rome ' 1881 Length 542 feet tonnage 8141 from the Article The Great Modern Transatlantic Steamships By Samuel Ward Stanton from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume X October 1896 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
RMM61G9C–Vintage 1889 Cruise Liner Travel Poster Italian Steamship La Veloce Italiana a Vapore providing a fast navigation route from Genoa through Napoli, il Rio de la Plata, Brasile, Africa and destination New York
RM2M3T39J–SS Great Western was the first luxury transatlantic steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Using cutting edge machinery, on a large scale, costing the Great Western Steamship Company a huge amount of money to build and fit out the steamship. During a voyage a disaster happened in October 1846, at Dundrum Bay in County. SS Great Britain became aground, coursing the company to spend the rest of remaining funds on refloating the ship, coursing them into financial difficulties and forcing them out of business in 1846. In 1852 she was sold for salvage and repaired. Great Britain later carr
RF2BAEC4E–SS Europa, later SS Liberte, was a German ocean liner built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route. She and her sis
RMDG6MGY–SS Great Western, an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, the first to be purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic.
RM2K64HPE–SS Sirius - a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies & Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. in 1838, she entered transatlantic steam passenger service when chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation Company. By arriving in New York a day ahead of the Great Western, she is usually listed as the first holder of the Blue Riband (this image is a detail of a larger image 10049294, also showing the Great Western).
RM2M3T0T8–P&O Steamship Nepaul - The Nepaul shown aground on the Shagstone, although she went aground further east. Nepaul was built by Alexander Stephan and Sons, Glasgow, and originally laid down as Theodor Korner for the short-lived German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line. On 10 December 1890 the Nepaul was inbound from Calcutta when it was wrecked on Shagstone Rock off Plymouth at 19:20 having missed the pilot in thick fog. There were no casualties, and the passengers and specie were taken off the following morning, but most of the cargo was ruined.
RMMYPH3H–. English: Painting of the Cunard transatlantic steamship Asia, launched in 1850. Asia was one of Cunard's later wooden-hulled paddle steamers, somewhat larger than the Britannia. 1920 or earlier. (Painting probably around 1850.). Unknown 456 RMS Asia (1850)
RM2KAE1Y5–FRANCE - 1936 April: An 1,50 franc blue postage stamp depicting S. S. Normandie. Maiden voyage of the transatlantic steamship, the “Normandie” held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing
RMDF40KP–Public tour of the steamship 'Great Eastern' rigged to lay the Atlantic cable, England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut
RM2HGH3H8–A 19th Century illustration of the inaugural passage of a transatlantic paddle steam ship sailing from Liverpool to New York in October 1838. Published by H R Robinson of New York, USA.
RM2H13YHJ–RMS Campania in port in the early 1900s – the ship was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Steamship Line Shipping Co, built in Govan, Scotland. Launched in1892, she was the largest and fastest passenger liner when she entered service in 1893, winning the prestigious Blue Riband. Her last passenger voyage was in 1914. Campania had a reprieve from being scrapped. The UK Admiralty converted her to an armed merchant cruiser that could carry seaplanes. HMS Campania looked little like her original configuration. She served until 1918 when she sank in the Firth of Forth – a vintage 1900s photo
RFMYYFRX–S.S. Savannah: First Steamship to Cross the Atlantic Postage Stamp First steamship to cross the Atlantic. 1944 commemorative issue shows the Savannah.
RF2A689BD–The after deck of the Great Eastern iron sailing steamship launched in 1858 the largest ship ever built at that time
RMPH1FP4–CUNARD BRITANNIC Vintage 1930’s Cruise Ship Ocean Liner Cunard ‘Brittanic’ White Star Line USA-Europe
RMKF3N1T–Isla de Pany (Panay Island). Steamship iron propeller, launched on June 19, 1882 in a shipyard in the Scottish port of Greenock and registered in Barcelona by the General Tobacco Company of the Philippines. The steamship was in its fleet until it was acquired for the service of the Transatlantic Company. Maritime Museum. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
RF2T6H0A4–Interior of the American Line Steamship St. Louis 11,629 Tons ength 534 ft., beam 63, depth 42. 20,000 horsepower Built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Phila., Pa. from the Article PROGRESS AND PROMISE IN AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING. by Lewis Nixon from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume XII October 1896 to March 1897 The Engineering Magazine Co
RF2R8KFPG–Cunard Line Steamship Servia 1881 First great Transatlantic Steamship built of steel. Length 515 feet tonnage 7392 speed 17 knots from the Article The Great Modern Transatlantic Steamships By Samuel Ward Stanton from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume X October 1896 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
RF2E2GYD0–SS Europa, later SS Liberte, was a German ocean liner built for the Norddeutsche Lloyd line (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route. She and her sis
RM2K65XC1–An illustration of the 'President', a British passenger liner owned by British and American Steam Navigation Company that was the largest ship in the world when she was commissioned in 1840. On 11 March 1841, 'President' cleared New York bound for Liverpool with 136 passengers and crew along with an extensive cargo manifest. President encountered a gale and was seen on her second day out labouring in heavy seas in the dangerous area between Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank. She was not seen again, presumably lost with with 136 passengers and crew
RM2FNYAX5–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, paddle steamer 'Great Western', built 1836 - 1838, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE
RMRYW2P2–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, passenger ship 'United States' of the United States Lines, built by Newport News Shipbuilding, view, before of the English coast at Southampton, circa 1960, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMMWP5A0–. English: Painting of the Cunard transatlantic steamship Asia, launched in 1850. Asia was one of Cunard's later wooden-hulled paddle steamers, somewhat larger than the Britannia. 1920 or earlier. (Painting probably around 1850.). Unknown 523 RMS Asia (1850)
RM2KAE25A–FRANCE - 1936 April: An 1,50 franc dark blue postage stamp depicting S. S. Normandie. Maiden voyage of the transatlantic steamship, the “Normandie” held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing
RMDF40T4–Derrick placing paddle shaft on deck of the steamship 'Great Eastern,' England, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut
RMT07R7D–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, sail steamer, 'Great Britain' of the Great Western Steamship Company, designed by Isambart Kingdom Brunel, built at William Patterson Shipbuilders, Bristol, commissioned 1845, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RF2A689B1–19th century transatlantic cargo steamer across the Atlantic Ocean between Western Europe and North America
RM2JTYN7F–CUNARD BRITANNIC Vintage 1930’s Cruise Ship Ocean Liner Cunard ‘Brittanic’ White Star Line USA-Europe MV Brittanic Cunard Ocean Liner under White Star Flag USA-Europe
RM2X23FFA–Vintage RMS Titanic/Olympic Ocean Liners 1910 brochure cover and poster 'WHITE STAR LINE' Largest Steamers in The World
RF2R8KFP8–Red Star Steamship, Belgenland 1878 Length 402 feet tonnage 3692 from the Article The Transatlantic Steamers of 1856 to 1880 By Samuel Ward Stanton from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume X October 1896 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
RF2T6H0A9–Interior of the American Line Steamship St. Louis 11,629 Tons ength 534 ft., beam 63, depth 42. 20,000 horsepower Built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Phila., Pa. from the Article PROGRESS AND PROMISE IN AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING. by Lewis Nixon from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume XII October 1896 to March 1897 The Engineering Magazine Co
RMRYJ8R0–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, 'Borussia', built by Caird and Company, Greenock, Scotland, in commission of the HAPAG 1856 - 1876, on sea, after wood engraving, circa 1860, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMG3BT62–SS Normandie, French transatlantic cruise liner with Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT), Blue Riband holder. Date: circa 1930s
RFCCEN0K–Dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Transatlantic Speed Record-Breaking Voyage of the Steamship 'Bremen'
RMG36PNM–Brunel's steamship, the SS Great Western, at sea. Her maiden voyage, from Bristol to New York, took place in 1838. Date: circa 1840
RMG3BT65–SS Normandie, French transatlantic cruise liner with Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT), view inside the chapel. Date: circa 1930s
RMMTW4ET–. English: Painting of the Cunard transatlantic steamship Asia, launched in 1850. Asia was one of Cunard's later wooden-hulled paddle steamers, somewhat larger than the Britannia. 1920 or earlier. (Painting probably around 1850.). Unknown 523 RMS Asia (1850)
RM2BWTK50–IRISH EMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA boarding the passenger steamships Nimrod and Athlone in Cork about 1850 on their way to Liverpool for the transatlantic connection.
RMAE5Y32–American paddlewheeler Savannah first steamship to cross the Atlantic 1819. Hand-colored woodcut
RMF0JD54–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, 'Aqutiania', leaving Southampton, to the USA, 1950, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMM6BFDN–Antique c1900 photograph, SS Pennsylvania (1896). SS Pennsylvania was a cargo liner built by Harland & Wolff, Belfast and launched in 1896 for the German Hamburg America Line for the transatlantic trade, particularly German emigration to the United States.
RMF0F1A6–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, 'Bremen', North German Lloyd, 1929 - 1946, build by Dischmag Weser AG, Bremen, on high sea, picture postcard, early 1930s, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RF2A689FP–The transatlantic steam-ship Fulda of the fleet of the North German Lloyd Company, cargo and passenger speedboat with many decorated saloons and cabin, 19th century
RMDB3HJF–transport / transportation, navigation, steamship, 'Bremen', Northern German Lloyd, 1929 - 1946, build by Dischmag Weser AG, Bremen, running out to the maiden voyage, North Sea near Bremerhaven, 16.7.1929, Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available
RMJ0GDP1–British postcard of the Cunard ship R.M.S. Caronia, illustrated by Odin Rosenvinge. Launched in 1904, the Caronia was used by Cunard for transatlantic voyages until 1932. She was scrapped in 1933. The first of three ships Cunard owned called Caronia.
RMR064YE–Maritime transport. New Mail Steamboat 'Alfonso XII' (5.500 tonnes and a force of 200 horsepower), belonging to the transatlantic company of Mr A. Lopez & Co. It was built by Wm. Denny, Brothers. It consisted of three sticks and figurehead with allegory to the monarch from whom took the name. With a capacity for 244 passengers. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, February 22, 1876.
RF2R8KFNT–Anchor Line Steamship, Anchoria, 1874 Length 408 feet tonnage 4168 from the Article The Transatlantic Steamers of 1856 to 1880 By Samuel Ward Stanton from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume X October 1896 NEW YORK The Engineering Magazine Co
RF2T6H09T–The American Line Steamship St. Louis 11,629 Tons ength 534 ft., beam 63, depth 42. 20,000 horsepower Built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Phila., Pa. from the Article PROGRESS AND PROMISE IN AMERICAN SHIP-BUILDING. by Lewis Nixon from The Engineering Magazine DEVOTED TO INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS Volume XII October 1896 to March 1897 The Engineering Magazine Co
RMC8GT60–British Queen passenger liner steamship Queen Victoria British American Steam Navigation Company transatlantic
RM2K65XHG–Am illustration of passengers in lifeboats after the the Inman Line steamship 'City of Montreal' caught fire during her voyage from New York to London, August 10th, 1887. They were rescued by the steamship York City of Baltimore en route for London.
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RMG3BT64–SS Normandie, French transatlantic cruise liner with Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (CGT), view inside the dining room. Date: circa 1930s
RMMW1EYK–. English: Original caption: 'The 'Britannia' steam-ship leaving Boston, U.S.'. The text of the associated article stated, 'Our Illustration represents the Britannia just saved from a position which excited much attention. In January, 1844, the noble vessel became perfectly ice-bound in the harbour of Boston; when, by extraordinary labour, a channel was cut for her through the 'thick-ribbed ice;' and on February 1, she steamed out of the harbour, amidst the shouts of the people at so great a triumph of perseverance.' Britannia was Cunard's first transatlantic steamship. 23 October 1847. Unknow
RM2PJWT83–Preparing an attempt to recover a lost cable from the Great Eastern during the 1865 Atlantic Telegraph Expedition. The iron sail-powered, paddle wheel and screw-propelled steamship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was the largest ship ever built in 1858.
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