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Black and white images of grand ocean liners, capturing their majestic silhouettes and historical significance in maritime travel.

Vintage photograph. ss united states with crew surrounding
Vintage photograph. ss united states with crew surrounding
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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner; holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship. She was launched by the Cunard Line in 1906; at a time of fierce competition for the North Atlantic trade. In 1915 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat; causing the deaths of 1;198 passengers and crew
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Cruise ship "Reliance
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Cruise Ship Vector Illustration
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Giant Liner Leaves Port -- An aerial view of the giant giant liner Normandie as she left St. Nazare on May 5. The French super liner, 79, 280 ton Normandie, went out to sea for the first on May 5, through a channel specially dredged for her through the River Loire. She left St Nazaire for Brest for final speed trials before the maiden voyage to New York on May 29. June 3, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo). During World War II, Normandie was seized by U.S. authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized onto her port side and came to rest on the mud of the Hudson River at Pier 88
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Vintage Photograph. SS Hanseatic in Hamburg Harbor Germany.
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Farewell Scenes - Mer. Ship. April 14, 1950.
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Valencia, 04/01/1939. The British ship Stanbrook, transporting republicans into exile.
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Silhouette on a white background of a transport ship.. Silhouette on a white background of a transport ship
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USA, New York City, Aerial View Showing SS Queen Mary Docking
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Ships Through the Ages: Ultra-Modern Liner - 'Queen Mary' , Ocean liners, Cunard White Star, ltd.
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American Export Lines , Ocean liners, American Export Lines, Inc., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Poster for the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the loss of more than 1,500 passengers and crew,
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Engineering Wonders, 1927: British Royal Navy Aircrat Carrier HMS 'Argus', 1918
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Sinking of the ocean liner Titanic with 1500 people remaining on board due to lack of lifeboats. Lifeboats, holding  mostly women passengers, row away from the still lighted ship, on April 15, 1912. Illustration is from the British Newspaper, THE SPHERE, with modern hand coloring.  (BSIC_2019_1_13)
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Lusitania torpedoed & sunk in fifteen minutes. October 07, 1939.
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Hospital ship, 'S.S. Hope' , 15,000-ton ship sailed from 1960-1974 with operating rooms, a pharmacy, isolation ward, radiology department, and training facilities. Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) continues health outreach in the 21st century.
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Publicidad. Cartel de la XII Feria Oficial e Internacional de Muestras de Barcelona. Junio de 1944.
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