Ships are the largest moving objects made by man, and ocean liners are to many the most appealing or all ships. In this book , which is heavily illustrated both by hundreds or photographs and fifty specially drawn sketches , you will find portraits of fifty of the most famous liners or all time-as shown in the accompanying list. The authoritative text, useful data tables and index , have been prepared by two or the world 's foremost maritime historians for the delight of all who love ships and the sea. More than just a treasurehouse of knowledge, this is a book to treasure. Britannia 1840 - Washington 1847 - Great Eastern 1858 - Oregon 1883 - City of Paris 1889 - Oceanic 1899 - Virginian 1905 - Kronprinzessin Cecilie 1906 - Lusitania 1907 - Mauretania 1907 - George Washington 1908 - Olympic 1911 - Titanic 1912 - Imperator/Berengaria 1912 - France 1912 - Aquitania 1914 - Vaterland/Leviathan 1914 - Stavanger(jord 1918 - Bismarck/Majestic 1921 - Homeric 1922 - Mongolia 1923 - Albert Ballin/Hansa 1923 - Ile de France 1927 - Cap Arcona 1927 - Augustus 1927 - Kungsholm 1928 - Bremen 1929 - Asama Maru 1929 - Europa/Liberté 1930 - Empress of Britain 1931 - Monarch of Bermuda 1931 - Rex 1932 - Conte di Savoia 1932 - Normandie 1935 - Batory 1936 - Queen Mary 1936 - Nieuw Amsterdam 1938 - Oranje 1939 - Andes 1939 - America 1940 - Queen Elizabeth 1940 - Willem Ruys 1943 - United States 1952 - Santa Maria 1953 - Andrea Doria 1953 - Canberra 1961 - France 1961 - Oceanic 1965 - Michelangelo 1965 - Queen Elizabeth 2 1969.