Year: 2017 Language: english Author: Cranfield M. Genre: History Publisher: Kelsey Publishing Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages Pages count: 100 Description: Classic British Ships. Founded in 1840 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the name was changed in 1878 to the Cunard Steamship Company. The fi rst sailing was made by the steamship Britannia from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston. By the 1880s fast ships were plying between Liverpool to New York and routes to other countries were added. In 1934 Cunard was merged with White Star Line, forming Cunard-White Star Limited, reverting to Cunard Steamship in 1949 and Cunard Line in 1962. Containerisation was embraced in the mid-1960s with the creation of ACL, while the rise in popularity of air travel in that era caused the demise of transatlantic passenger ship travel. After 1970 Cunard concentrated on cruising while diversifying its cargo operations to include reefer ships, tankers and bulk carriers. The formation in 1987 of Cunard Ellerman Shipping Services heralded the conclusion of cargo operations
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Classic British Ships (World of Ships - Issue 3)
Year: 2017
Language: english
Author: Cranfield M.
Genre: History
Publisher: Kelsey Publishing
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages
Pages count: 100
Description: Classic British Ships.
Founded in 1840 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, the name was changed in 1878 to the Cunard Steamship Company. The fi rst sailing was made by the steamship Britannia from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston. By the 1880s fast ships were plying between Liverpool to New York
and routes to other countries were added. In 1934 Cunard was merged with White Star Line, forming Cunard-White Star Limited, reverting to Cunard Steamship in 1949 and Cunard Line in 1962. Containerisation was embraced in the mid-1960s with the creation of ACL, while the rise in popularity of air travel
in that era caused the demise of transatlantic passenger ship travel. After 1970 Cunard concentrated on cruising while diversifying its cargo operations to include reefer ships, tankers and bulk carriers. The formation in 1987 of Cunard Ellerman Shipping Services heralded the conclusion of cargo operations
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