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contains some of the best maritime/cruise sites on the net, all of which
specialise in maritime history, memorabilia, and those that offer the latest
news of what is happening in the world of shipping/cruising.
Part
1
… Maritime & Cruise Sites
Part
2
… Maritime Memorabilia, Video’s, Postcards
& Photos
Part 3 … Passenger Liner & Cruise Ship Books by various author’s
Part 4 … Maritime Art – Discover some of the greatest maritime
artists on earth, right here on ssMaritime!
If you have a link that would suit this page, then you are welcome to Email me via the link
at the bottom of the page. Upon receipt your site will be checked to see if it
fits our criteria. There is no offence meant if we are unable to place a
requested link. Please Note: We ONLY take maritime and cruise
based sites, sites that provide
information, news, photographs and maritime memorabilia, etc, material that is directly related to ships.
Maritime Historian
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Part 1 … Maritime
& Cruise Sites
ssMaritime's own
Cruise Site by the author …
Reuben Goossens
Although this site is aimed at Australian and
but it does places an emphasis on P&O Cruises
Australia, Princess Cruises and Cruise Companies and ships
that are based in the Australian,
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Harm Brink Presents
The Maritime
Society that covers the World
the benefits of membership - Enter
Here
A multitude of articles about
ships, ranging from 1838 to 1969
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I am sure you will enjoy this remarkable site that
including transatlantic liners, as well as ships that sailed to Africa, Asia,
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Visit the official
RMS Windsor Castle Site
The
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A Special
site by Stefano Fermi
The on-line cruise magazine with extensive information, updated every
Tuesday
With news, articles, list of ships retired and under construction
A Magnificent site to explore!
Follow
the career of the British Bibby Line troop ship
Oxfordshire, which was completely rebuilt to become the famed Sitmar liner
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English Pages: Enter Here
Dutch Pages: Enter Here
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When
in
RMS
Queen Mary
She is now a Magnificent Hotel and Entertainment
Centre
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Find cheap ferry tickets quickly - Channel Ferries a
fast way to search for a cross channel ferry ticket online.
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www.skip-siden is a great
Scandinavian site by Robert Larsen who provides specifications and history of a
vast range of ships that havwe visited nhis region as well as excellent photographs. A well-worth site to visit. Send Robert an email and say HI!
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The following is
genuinely a brilliant Dutch language shipping site, which is presented by
Willem van Arendnet. It contains a multitude of
ships. It also contains work by other will known contributors, making this a
highly recommended site for our Dutch readers around the world!
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Part 2 … Maritime Memorabilia, Video’s & Doco’s, Postcards & Photos
Get your copy of
…
“Once Upon A
Nuclear Ship”
I have watched only a small part of this documentary, and all I can say
that this is a simply remarkable achievement and a must have DVD! It contains
so much great footage of this amazing ship and it will provide you with so much
more than just an insight into the ship!
Thus do yourself a favour and for a pittance get yourself a copy of this
excellent DVD and enjoy it for yourself, as you will need to watch it again and
again!
Reuben Goossens.
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Postcards
and photographs are available at a reasonable cost
Also
visit http://www.simplonpc.co.uk
for an excellent range of postcards
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Maritime Memorabilia
Nautiques.net
was founded in 1984, and they have one of the finest collections of maritime
items available, be it from brochures, deck plans, labels, postcards, crockery
to furniture. Best still, prices are extremely affordable, and often they are
far better than what is available on Ebay, mind you,
I have found that they have items that just do not show up on Ebay! Nautiques.net is operated by Don Leavitt and he has
more than 3,000 items of ocean liner and steamship antiques and collectibles
spanning the last century available at any one time! You can browse through their site, which has hundreds of shipping lines
listed from around the world. If you are looking for a rare item then contact
Don Leavitt direct at dml@nautiques.net.
Nautiques will ship worldwide - www.nautiques.net.
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Postcards
for
The
image above is a link
Ocean Liner Memorabilia from
Travel's Golden Age
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Part 3 … Passenger Liner & Cruise Ship Books
Modern
Cruise Ships – 1931 - 2008
By Fatih Takmakli
Including the ex SS Independence
and many other fine ships. A great book for all ship lovers!
This book
comes highly recommended by the author of ssMaritime - Reuben Goossens
The author:
Fatih’s passion in cruise ships has affected in
his life in different ways. His interest in cruise ships became a hobby, then a
passion. His passion in cruise ships sets an example for many people in his
life. He has taken thousands of photographs since he was twelve years old. He
has been to many countries in the world; he also visited 48 states in the
What makes this book so unique is that Fatih Takmakli
Fatih’s Book is available online in two formats –
from just $51.99
Visit http://mycruiseshipbook.com for details
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For over 100
years Orient Line was one of the most progressive and innovative British
shipping companies. It was also the premier passenger line
between
With a foreword by Lord
Marshall, Chairman of British Airways and a former Orient Line purser, Orient
Line a Fleet History traces for the first time the complete history of the
company and its ships from the formation of Anderson, Thomson and Company in
1863 until the absorption of Orient Line into P&O in 1966 and the brief
revival of its name between 1977 and 1987.
“Orient Line – A Fleet History”
Is
available for £23.50 plus p&p from “Ships in Focus”
A world of Maritime
Memorabilia and more
Part 4
… Maritime Art
Paintings
Reuben Goossens
Holland America Line’s last major Trans
Atlantic passenger liner built for them - the SS Statendam
Willem has also painted many passenger liners
As a young artist, Willem Johan Hoendervanger
The
SS Nieuw Amsterdam seen in her home
Is there a ship you really love? Why not commission Willem to paint it
for you. Email him at: hoendervanger.willemjohan@gmail.com.
NEW Artist
New Zealand Maritime Artist - Wallace
Trickett
P&O’s magnificent liner - SS Himalaya
painted by Wallace Trickett
Wallace Trickett has this
superb talent and loves to paint all kinds of vintage transport, but he excels
in painting ships be it the great liners or the lesser known ones as well as a
variety freighters. I highly recommend that you check out his work as they are
simply superb. At rhe bottom of the page use the
links to view the various paintings. Although most have been sold, you can
commission your most loved ship and these are at reasonable rates and can be
shipped worldwide.
Reuben Goossens
Enter
the website HERE – Email: wallace.t@paradise.net.nz
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Markant Gallery – Dutch
Aritst - Frans Daniel Romeijnsen
A painting of the Holland Amerika
Lijn SS Rotterdam & SS Nieuw Amsterdam
Frans Daniel Romeijnsen was
born in Terneuzen, The Netherlands in 1944, and his
father was also an artist. As a child he started to become interested in
drawing. Then, his father decided that Frans was
obviously more than interested in art, thus he took him under his wing and
began teaching him various techniques, pastel, pencil and aquarelle. Later in
life, after military service Frans dedicated himself
to painting with oils.
Please Note: As the site is
in Dutch and could be difficult to navigate for some, I have placed an Index of
pages below with ships from a variety of companies for you to visit and view.
Enjoy the great work of a great artist!
ships - 2 - Holland West Africa Line (HWA)
ships - 3 - Holland America Line (
ships - 4 - Royal Interocean Lines (KJCPM)
ships - 5 - Royal Interocean Lines (KPM)
ships - 6 - Royal Netherlands Steamship Co (KNSM)
ships - 7 - Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (KRL)
ships - 8 - Nederland Line (
ships - 9 - (NIGOCO)
Markant Gallery Frans Romeijnsen
Kruiseind 16D. 5421 ND Gemert The
Phone: 06-54611307 - Email: frha@xladsl.nl
Netherland Line
Painted by Dutch Artist Hans Breeman
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Dutch
Ships by Mr. C.E.A. van Boeckel
Australia's
top Maritime Artist - Don Braben
A fine
painting of the Bulolo arriving in
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Paintings by the Famed US Aritist
- Chris Butler
The Queen Mary “Into the Sea” by Chris
Butler
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The late Mr. Veldhuis -
Maritime Collection
ssMaritime
in association with Mr Harm Brink of the Netherlands, is honoured to present
one of the most magnificent collections of Maritime Art ever presented!
ENTER the Veldhuis Collection HERE
Presented by The
Dutch Cruise Site
(a site by Harm Brink - in Dutch and English)
Part 5 … Maritime Specialty Sites
SS Zuiderkruis
On www.ssmaritime.com/DutchVictoryTrio-3.htm
you will discover the story of Theo Kroon
The framed dimensions
are 500 x 470 mm (unframed 310 x 280 mm)
Photo by & © 2009 Theo Kroon
The good news is that there may still be a
very limited number of this very special award winning embroidery available.
Email Theo for details: crownembroidery@ihug.co.nz. Also visit his website at: www.crownembroidery.co.nz. Theo
posts worldwide.
If you feel you
might have something of interest to add, be it a story photographs, I would
appreciate hearing from you. Email me at -info@ssmaritime.com
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