The unseen Aquitania : the ship in rare illustrations / J. Kent Layton & Tad Fitch.
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TextPublisher: Stroud, Gloucestershire : The History Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 181 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780750967358; 0750967358Subject(s): Aquitania (Steamship) -- Pictorial works | Ocean liners -- History -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 387.24320222 Summary: SHIPS & BOATS: GENERAL INTEREST. RMS Aquitania was in service for decades, and was very much beloved. The third in Cunard Line's 'grand trio' of express liners, running mate of the lost Lusitania and the legendary Mauretania (1907), Aquitania was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner. Aquitania was pressed into service during both world wars and was one of the longest serving passenger liners of the twentieth century. She was also one of the most elegant, nicknamed the 'ship beautiful'. Maritime authors J. Kent Layton and Tad Fitch have collaborated to put together the most evocative and exciting collection of rare and unusual imagery relating to this historic vessel ever shown.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 387.2432 LAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111069277794 |
Includes bibliographical references and webliography.
SHIPS & BOATS: GENERAL INTEREST. RMS Aquitania was in service for decades, and was very much beloved. The third in Cunard Line's 'grand trio' of express liners, running mate of the lost Lusitania and the legendary Mauretania (1907), Aquitania was the last surviving four-funnelled ocean liner. Aquitania was pressed into service during both world wars and was one of the longest serving passenger liners of the twentieth century. She was also one of the most elegant, nicknamed the 'ship beautiful'. Maritime authors J. Kent Layton and Tad Fitch have collaborated to put together the most evocative and exciting collection of rare and unusual imagery relating to this historic vessel ever shown.
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