Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994: 417 Photographs

by William H. Miller Jr.

Virtually every passenger ship over 15,000 tons built from 1860 to 1994: Great Eastern, Lusitania, Titanic, Normandie, Queen Elizabeth, Monarch of the Seas, many more. Captions give builder, history, tonnage, length, speed, etc.

142 pages, Paperback

First published August 9, 1995

About the author

William Henry Miller, Jr. (Bill Miller) (born May 3, 1948) is a maritime author and historian who has written numerous books dealing with the golden age of ocean liners.

William H. Miller was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on May 3, 1948. In addition to his teaching career and writing over 80 books and many articles on the great liners, he was chairman of the World Ship Society's Port of New York Branch from 1970 to 1976. He was deputy director of the New York Harbor Festival Foundation from 1979 to 1982. He was historian at the Museum of the American Merchant Marine in 1979 and creator of a course entitled "The Ocean Liner" at the New School of Social Research in Manhattan in 1981. He also created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum. He appeared in the documentary SS United States: Lady in Waiting. A documentary about his life and studies, Mr. Ocean Liner, premiered aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 on July 1, 2010.

Reviews

[Jaap · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book was published in 1995 , several ships featured in this book are still sailing. Rather shocking to read how many ships were lost during WW 2 (61) and the loss of life ( Wilhelm Gustloff, Cap Arcona , Lancastria ) appr. 16000 on these 3 ships alone.