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With Reuben Goossens

Maritime Historian

Maritime Links

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This page 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.

Links are arranged in the following order:

Part 1 … Maritime & Cruise Sites

Part 2 … Maritime Memorabilia, 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!

Part 5 … Maritime Specialty Sites.

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. We do NOT except hotel reservation & shore excursion operators etc. Thus, please DO NOT WASTE MY TIME as I have received hundreds of applications over the years which fall in the latter category!

Should you find that a link have become inoperative, will you please send me an email naming the link.

Reuben Goossens

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 New Zealand readers, it covers cruise companies from around the world,

but it does places an emphasis on P&O Cruises Australia, Princess Cruises and Cruise Companies and ships

that are based in the Australian, New Zealand, Pacific and Asian region.

Enter cruise-australia.net here

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Harm Brink Presents

Too many pages to mention, but the “Fleet List,” with photographs is our favourite!

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A German / English Site by Raoul Fiebig

This site that has one of the largest photo album on the Net

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The Maritime Society that covers the World

WSC is a worldwide Society; why not discover some of

the benefits of membership - Enter Here

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Great Ocean Liners

A multitude of articles about ships, ranging from 1838 to 1969

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Last Ocean Liners

I am sure you will enjoy this remarkable site that including transatlantic liners, as well as ships that sailed to Africa, Asia, New Zealand & Australia, as well as liners that sailed the world! Enjoy! www.lastoceanliners.com

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Visit the official RMS Windsor Castle Site

The Ocean Liner Virtual Museum provides a fine feature on this great British liner. Also visit www.thecunarders.co.uk

These sites are operated by Alex Naughton.

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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

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A Magnificent site to explore!

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www.maritimememories.nl

This site tells the tale of Fred’s life as a crewmember and a passenger on board many liners and cruise ships. He shares with us his "Maritime Memories," both in text, images, as well as videos.

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www.tssfairstar.com

Follow the career of the British Bibby Line troop ship Oxfordshire, which was completely rebuilt to become the famed Sitmar liner TSS Fairstar. She was later sold to P&O Cruises Australia and became the darling of Australian cruise lovers. She is now best known as “Fairstar the Funship.”

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English Pages: Enter Here

Dutch Pages: Enter Here

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When in Long Beach USA visit and stay overnight on the once great

RMS Queen Mary

She is now a Magnificent Hotel and Entertainment Centre

To enter “The Queen Mary” site - click the logo above or visit

www.queenmary.com

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For our German readers please visit …

Click LOGO to enter

Below is an image of the superbly maintained classic cargo ship that was built as the MS Dresden in 1957 and is currently the

“Traditionsschiff Typ Frieden,” or just the … “Tradi”. This type of ship was also known as the “Freundschaft” meaning “Friendship”

Thank your for support

Click on the photo or logo at the top and the website will open – on the left bar click “Tradi”

www.seeleute-rostock.de

You can write them via this page:

www.seeleute-rostock.de/content/index.htm

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Built on the Clyde in 1947 - to replace the original Waverley that sunk off Dunkirk in 1940, the Waverley was originally built to sail only between Craigendorran & Arrochar in West Scotland. Fully restored, she now sails right round Britain offering regular trips on the Clyde, the Thames, South Coast of England and the Bristol Channel with other calls at various ports & piers throughout the UK.

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Find cheap ferry tickets quickly - Channel Ferries a fast way to search for a cross channel ferry ticket online.

www.channelferries.co.uk

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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!

www.skip-siden.com

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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!

www.arendnet.com

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Part 2 … Maritime Memorabilia, Postcards & Photos

View thousands of ship postcards/photographs at…

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 Sale

The image above is a link

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Ocean Liner Memorabilia from Travel's Golden Age

www.luxurylinerrow.com

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Oceanic House – Liner Memorabilia

Memorabilia at affordable prices

www.oceanichouse-collectibles.com

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Part 3 … Passenger Liner & Cruise Ship Books

Modern Cruise Ships – 1931 - 2008

By Fatih Takmakli

This book has amazing photographs of some 130 cruise ships as well of those ships retired from all over the globe

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 United States. Just like any other passionate person, he wants to share his passion with other people. This book will be his first book, along with three other projected books, Ferries of the World - Modern Turkish Ships - Tall Ships & The Ladies of the Seas.

What makes this book so unique is that Fatih Takmakli is the only photographer from Turkey to establish a book about cruise ships in English.

Fatih’s Book is available online in two formats – from just $51.99 or $61.99 for the superb hard cover edition

Visit http://mycruiseshipbook.com for details

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Orient Line – A Fleet History

By Peter Newall

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 Britain and Australia carrying thousands of people in its sailing ships and steamers.

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”

email: sales@shipsinfocus.co.uk

The author has reviewed this fine book and highly recommends it as a must have book for all ship enthusiasts, especially those who love the fine ships of the Orient Line & its later offshoot, P&O.

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Great South Bay Maritime

A world of Maritime Memorabilia and more

www.greatsouthbay.com

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Part 4 … Maritime Art

Paintings by Maritime Artists

I am proud to support Maritime Artists from around the world, including four artists from The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Paintings have a unique texture and life of its own. Obviously, these fine canvases are painted by men who have a genuine love of Ocean-going liners, cargo ships or tramp steamers! In the near future, I hope to add further artists to this page thus I suggest that you return often and see what’s new on the ssMaritime Art Page!

Remember, if you have a favourite ship you can contact one of these fine artists (except for the last entry) and commission them to paint the ship of choice!

Please note: Images in some cases do not denote the actual quality or beauty of the painting as they have been greatly reduced in size and thus lose clarity.

Reuben Goossens

Maritime Art by Dutch Artist Willem Johan Hoendervanger

November 2009: This is Willem Johan’s very latest painting:

Holland America Line’s last major Trans Atlantic passenger liner built for them - the SS Statendam

Willem has also painted many passenger liners - you can view these on Willem’s site

As a young artist, Willem Johan Hoendervanger graduated from the Academy of Art at Breda in the Netherlands in 2005. He said that “These years at college were very instructive and educational.” After his graduation he decided to fully commit himself to the field of maritime art. Apart from other work interests, he paints regularly for (former) seamen, maritime companies or anyone who has a love of ships and the sea. There is no doubt that Willem Johan has that very special quality and nautical touch, thus I decided to add him to the ssMaritime Art pages and his painting would be a great investment to any collection and a valuable addition to any maritime museum! Contact details are located below.

This is the ship that for long has been regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful liners ever built

The SS Nieuw Amsterdam seen in her home port of Rotterdam – This painting in full size is superb!

Is there a ship you really love? Why not commission Willem to paint it for you. Email him at: hoendervanger.willemjohan@gmail.com. Or visit his website at www.wjmaritiem.nl.

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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. As you ciew the website you will note that he has a special love for Blue Funnel ships and he has painted dozens of them. Enjoy his work!

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. Ever since, he has been painting portraits, landscapes, still life, but mostly sea and harbour scenes. Frans is a member of the association of the Holland America Line and his paintings of the great Dutch liners can be found on the websites of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Museum and the Royal Dutch Steamship Association. In addition to painting Frans teaches up to 40 students in his Gallery.

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 - 1 – Various

ships - 2 - Holland West Africa Line (HWA)

ships - 3 - Holland America Line (HAL)

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 (NSM)

ships - 9 - (NIGOCO)

Sail Boats

Markant Gallery Frans Romeijnsen

Kruiseind 16D. 5421 ND Gemert The Netherlands

Phone: 06-54611307 - Email: frha@xladsl.nl

www.galeriemarkant.nl

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Works by Dutch Artist Hans Breeman

Netherland Line Oranje, which became the Angelina Lauro

Painted by Dutch Artist Hans Breeman

ENTER his website

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Dutch Ships by Mr. C.E.A. van Boeckel

Click the above image and enter into a world of Dutch Ships of yesteryear

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Australia's top Maritime Artist - Don Braben

A fine painting of the Bulolo arriving in Brisbane, by Don Braben

Don Braben is a long established artist and has painted many ships either for the love of it or on commission. He is highly regarded by Art Galleries here and has regular showings with great success! Don also paints by commission: Email him at: dbraben@ozemail.com.au.

ENTER his website

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Paintings by the Famed US Aritist - Chris Butler

The Queen Mary “Into the Sea” by Chris Butler

ENTER

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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! The Veldhuis Collection features a multitude fine paintings of great Passenger Liners, and other fine ships of the past. Enter the collection and enjoy!

SS Gelria by the late Mr. Sjouke Jan Veldhuis 1918/1997

ENTER the Veldhuis Collection HERE

Presented by The Dutch Cruise Site

(a site by Harm Brink - in Dutch and English)

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Part 5 … Maritime Specialty Sites

SS Zuiderkruis

On www.ssmaritime.com/DutchVictoryTrio-3.htm you will discover the story of Theo Kroon who sailed from The Netherlands to New Zealandon the SS Zuiderkruis in 1956. His page will take you on a photographic journey of that voyage, however it also details how Theo worked hard having settled down in his country of choice!

In due course Theo created a successful and an award winning business, “Crown Embroidery,” a Worldwide Custom Digitizing Service for Embroiderers and one of Theo’s most famed pieces was produced at the request of the Dutch Ambassador in Wellington being the Royal Coat of Arms of “The House of Oranje Nassau.” This piece was entered into the “International Embroidery Competition” in America it won both the 1st price in its category and the Grand overall prize. Having won these prizes the Ambassador requested for extra copies to be made and they were presented to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and Crown Prince Willem Alexander. Today, copies hang in Dutch Clubs and Dutch Retirement Villages. Below is a photo of this embroidery piece, however I have a High Res copy of the photograph and the detail is just superb!

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.

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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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Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages are: 1. By the author. 2. From the author’s private collection. 3. As provided by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors. Credit is given to all contributors. However, there are photographs provided to me without details provided regarding the photographer concerned. I hereby invite if owners of these images would be so kind to make them-selves known to me, that due credit may be given. I know what it is like, I have seen a multitude of my own photographs on other sites, yet they either refuse to give me credit and even refuse to remove them, knowing full well that there is no legal comeback when it comes to the net. However, let us show the charlatans up and do the right thing at all times and give credit where credit is due! Note: I do not credit those who send me photos as they are not the owners of the photographs concerned, unless the image is part of their private collection.

This notice covers all pages, although, I have done my best to ensure that all photographs are duly credited and that this notice is displaced on each page, that is, when a page is updated!

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