This first volume deals with the period 1858-1912, from the first passenger ship of over 10,000 GRT to be placed in service (the Great Eastern) to those unforgettable sister-ships the Olympie and Titanie - the first of more than 40,000 GRT. Details of all the 209 vessels covered in this volume are carefully and precisely given by an author who is respected throughout the world for his shipping knowledge. As Laurence Dunn, Vice-President of the World Ship Society, says in his foreword to this volume, ‘In this unbiased approach we see the touch of the true historian’. Arnold Kludas is a technical engineer in a major Hamburg shipyard. He contributes articles to many maritime journals all over the world, and has compiled complete fIeet lists for major shipping companies. With the originai German publication of Great Passenger Ships of the World he was acknowledged as one of the leading experts in his field.