Название: Building the Biggest: From Ironships to Cruise Liners
Автор: Geoff Lunn
Издательство: The History Press
Год: 2009
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 180
Размер: 121,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 1843 Brunel's ironship Great Britain was launched, becoming the forerunner of the great steel-hulled ships of today. Yet she was tiny compared with the transatlantic liners of the early 1900s as ship-owners vied for the top spot in terms of speed, elegance and size. Liners such as Mauritania and Titanic were later followed by two giant Queens and France's liner Normandie.