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Historic ships from the mid-20th century, showcasing their grandeur on the water, often in black and white, evoking nostalgia for sea travel.

Vintage photograph. Queen Mary cruise ship seen at night

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Britain's New Giant Liner Arrives At New York After Secret Voyage From Clyde - "Queen Elizabeth", painted an inconspicuous grey, sailing down the Clyde at the start of her secret maiden voyage. Britain's new £6,000,000 liner "Queen Elizabeth" (85,000 tons), the arrived safely at New York after a secret voyage across the Atlantic from John Brown's shipyard at Clydebank, where she was built. March 07, 1940.

Steamship North Land at Dock, Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA, Detroit Publishing Company, 1900

Vintage Photograph. Ship passing through Galliard Cut of Panama Canal

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the ship Volendam with the Prince Bernhard Chapel on board. Officers in a slop on the way to the ship. November 12, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

Vintage Photograph. Aerial view SS Liberte steams into New York City

Asbury Park, New Jersey: September 9, 1934 Spectators gather along the beach at Asbury Park to view the burned out passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle. 137 passengers and crew members died in the disaster.

Historic steam ship, stern wheeler, S. S. Klondike, Whitehorse, across the steaming Yukon River, Yukon Territory, Canada, North America

Italian ship the Leonardo da Vinci, September 2, 1938, Genoa port, Italy, 20th century.

Vintage Photograph. Queen Mary departs from New York Harbor, Frame 3

Steam yacht 'Liberty', 1914. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

T. s. s. Olympia, General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd of Greece, Greek line , Passenger ships. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: view of bow with tugs, 6 March 1914

A Land-Locked Ship -- The S.S. Bremem, in Gaillard cut while transiting the Panama Canal recently on a winter cruise around South America. Presents this unusual picture of a ship apparently tossed ashore and partly buried. The Bremen is the largest commercial vessel to transit the Panama Canal and the first commercial vessel of more than 50,000 tons gross to transit. February 20, 1939. (Photo by Wide World Photo).

Korean War: The United States Naval hospital ship 'Consolation, receives injured by helicopter 1952

High angle view of a cruise ship at a harbor, SS Queen Elizabeth II, Hudson River, New York City, New York State, USA

High sea passenger steamer "Cleveland" on the high seas

Northern Ireland, Belfast. Historical Picture Of The Titanic And Its Twin Olympic.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Departure from the ship Volendam to the Netherlands. Demobilassen to the Netherlands. 21 June 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies, Tandjong Priok

CRUCERO M CANTABRICO.

Vintage photograph. USA, New York State, New York City, High angle view of cruise ship in sea

Colour illustration of the turbo-electric vessel Hinemoa in New Zealand. Dated 1939

Illustration representing different modes of transport and people against cloudy sky

New York, New York: May 2, 1966 The MS Kungsholm gets help into her slip from a couple of tugboats after making her maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. It is the flagship of the Swedish American Line.

A view of a Soviet Ka-27 Helix anti-submarine warfare helicopter aboard the guided missile destroyer Udaloy. "Soviet Military Power," 1983, Page 58. Country: Unknown

Suez Canal, ship in the Red Sea, Egypt, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

Steamship City of Erie, Cleveland and Buffalo Line, USA, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print from 1898.

Departure of the IMPERATOR, June 25, 1913

Bordeaux, France , 1920-1921 - Charente, Gironde, Basse -Pyrénées, Hautes Pyrénées - Fernand Cuville (French - Bordeaux , France). River, boat, sea transport, fireplace, river transport , lake, Transport, France, Bordeaux, Messaging ship leaving

King Orry Class Passenger Steamer ferry ship 'Tynwald' built 1947 Camell Laird, operated by Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, registered at Douglas, Isle of Man, photographed 3th September 1969.

Massilia.

The 85,000 tonner, SS Queen Elizabeth, shown against the New York skyline, sailing up New York Harbour, on her maiden voyage, eight months ago. March 07, 1940. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Model of the Gustav V. V.

M/S Kalix in Öxelösund harbor.

New Liner Reaches Southampton - Great Welcome -- About to enter her berth at the end of her epic crossing of the Atlantic is America's new liner United States, 53,300 tons, now holder of the Blue Riband. To the accompaniment of sirens from small craft of every description the new ship steamed slowly into Southampton - and to a great welcome. July 8, 1952. (Photo by Planet News Ltd.).

Vintage Photograph. Atlantic liners in Hudson River piers.

R.M.S. Parthia Cunard Line, ltd.. 1957. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Lusitania sailing on her fatal voyage, 1915

The Queen Completes Maiden Voyage As Luxury Liner -- Accompanied by water stream throwing fireboats, tugs and other craft as well as airplanes over head, the British luxury liner Queen Elizabeth, largest ship afloat, makes her way up New York harbour in the early morning haze today completing her first transatlantic voyage in passenger service. The Queen made many ocean voyages carrying troops during the war but this was her maiden trip since being refitted as the luxury liner she was originally intended to be. October 21, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

The Cunard liner Lusitania speeding past the Fastnet lighthouse, probably outward bound for New York on her maiden voyage - Norman Wilkinson, 1907

S.S. Southern Cross , Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Travel Photos Italy. Passenger ship "Conte di Savoia" in the harbor of Genoa

S. S. Queen Mary , Ocean liners, Cunard White Star, ltd., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

World War I. U.S. Transport Ship ""Covington"" Struck By Submarine, July 1918

R.M.S. "Queen Mary" Cunard Line, ltd.. 1955. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Vintage Photograph. Air view of the United States Liner - SS United States at the US Pier, Hudson River, New York City

Transparency - Passenger ship and tug at night, about 1915 T. H. McAllister-Keller Co., Inc. T. H. McAllister-Keller Co., Inc.

Die Königliche Yacht Dannebrog, das alte Schiff der dänischen Königin im Hafen, dient als offizielle und private Residenz für die Königin und andere Mitglieder der königlichen Familie. *** the Royal Yacht Dannebrog, the Old Ship the Danish Queen at Harbor, serves as official and Private Residence for the Queen and other Members the Royal Family 1097806267

Queen Mary Long Beach Harbor California jetty cruise ship

Museum ship Hikawa Maru at Yamashita-koen park Yokohama port Japan Asia

S.S. Constitution, American Export Lines , Ocean liners, American Export Lines, Inc., Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

S. S. 'Acadia' on Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc. , Ocean liners, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Large steamboat retro hand drawn engraving style. Vector illustration design.

'Modern liners for Far Eastern Services of the German Lloyd Line built in 1935', 1937. Artist: Unknown.

S. S. 'Boston,' on Eastern S. S. Lines, Inc. , Ocean liners, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Print of Grandest palace drawing room steamers in the world, Drew and St. John : of the people's New York and Albany evening line, passing on the Hudson. Published by Currier and Ives. Chromolithograph.

Grandest palace drawing room steamers in the world, Drew and St. John: of the people's New York & Albany evening line, passing on the Hudson River.

People's Line - Hudson River The Palace Steamers of the World Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907/American) Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

'R.M.S. Mauretania. (Cunard Line)', c1930s. Creator: Unknown.

Anefo photo collection. Crowds at IJmuiden sanded ship. November 28, 1965. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland

The loss of SS Titanic, 14 April 1912: Artists impression of the ship going down. Operated by the White Star Line, SS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland. Out of the 2228 people on board, only 705 survived.

The largest ship in the world in flames: the fire of the Imperator in the port of New York where it was anchored, 1913

Miss Liberty Waves Bon Voyage -- America's newest and largest liner-- the United States-- stems past the Statue of Liberty and heads toward open sea on her maiden voyage to Europe yesterday. The 53,000 - ton superliner carried 1660 passengers on what may be a record Atlantic Ocean crossing. The current eastward record was set in 1938 by the British liner Queen Mary which made the crossing in three days, twenty hours and forty-two minutes. July 4, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

This circa 1910 color print by Hans Bohrdt depicts a ship of the Hamburg-America Line, illustrating maritime design, ship architecture, and early 20th-century European printmaking techniques.

California, Long Beach, Queen Mary. Historic cruise liner now permanently moored in Long Beach. Queen Mary memorabilia.

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