RMS Aquitania: The Ship Beautiful
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752444441 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
GREAT Chirnside book!! Peter R. Hodges This extraordinary volume by Mark Chirnside, is a complete and invaluable work on this greatest of four-funneled liners Never has there been a complete collection of un-retouched color photos of this mighty ship, a cruise deckplan in color depicting the accomodation as one class, the famous full color cutaway drawing of the entire ship, plus a collection. rms aquitania Was a good book, Im not realy sure why they did not save this ship from being scrapt.She was the last four stacker lots of charm and beauty.Wish there were more pics of the ship but done very nice. "If only it were bigger" according to J. Campbell. This is my second Mark Chirnside book and I have the same complaint. The books are too small for their subject and the author. Here, as with RMS Majestic: The Magic-Stick, there is a superabundance of rather duplicative views of the ship in various ports in various years. This is irritating because page space is so limited and because the many tantalizin
Holding many records, Aquitania was built for the Cunard Line, not for speed but for luxury, at which she excelled, being called the Ship Magnificent from her entry into service. She entered service two months before the start of World War I, was scrapped six years after World War II ended, and was the longest lasting of all four funnelled liners. Mark Chirnside writes with a passion about this most beautiful of ships, a ship that was the epitome of the four-funnelled liner.. For two wars, she spent much time transporting troops but for the rest of her career she traveled the North Atlantic as one of the most famous liners afloat
About the Author Mark Chirnside lives in Leamington. Two of his previous Tempus titles have been Ships Monthly Books of the Month.
Two of his previous Tempus titles have been Ships Monthly Books of the Month. . Mark Chirnside lives in Leamington