Ξενόγλωσσα ναυτιλιακά βιβλία [Foreign maritime books]

[Nicholas Peppas]

PREFACE

I am starting here a new thread on reviews of books that discuss ocean liners and passenger ships. In this site, I will present reviews of books I have read and I plan to point out some of their desirable characteristics. I am doing this in order to help our readers who want to buy additional maritime books for their collection.

I intend to discuss only books that I have in my collection and have read (I will note them as N.1 etc) but I hope that other contributors will add their books. teh books will be presented in a random order

[Nicholas Peppas]

N. 1. Maurizio Eliseo and Paolo Piccione, "Transatlantici: The History of the Great Italian Liners on the Atlantic", Tormena editore, Genova, 2001

This is an exceptional book of 280 pages describing the Italian ocean liners that carried emigrants to the USA, Canada and South America. The details of the various ships are exceptional. Those who know only Rex, the Conte ships or Andrea Doria will be delighted to read about the early days of the Italian Liners

From the early days of the Lavarello Line, to the Navigazione Generale Italiana and from Cosulich to the legendary La Veloce (transl: "The fast one") I have found first rate photographs of ocean liners from the late 1800s and the early 1900s that I did not know they existed. One admired the very small tonnage of the late 1800s ships or the great interiors of the early 20th century ships. Italians really had (still have) great gusto.

You can find the book in English ($100) or Italian (55 euros)

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[Nicholas Peppas]

N. 2. Paolo Piccione, "Genova, Città dei Transatlantici", Tormena editore, Genova, 2003

This is another great book of Paolo Piccione with 190 pages. It has glorious photographs from famous ocean liners in the port of Genova. Some of the pre-1920 photographs are simply incredible. Greek ships include Olympia on pages 160 and 161.

Here you see the cover and the general layout (using Vulcania as an example)

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[Nicholas Peppas]

N.3. Claus Broder Hansen: "Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990", Schiffer Publishing Ltd, West Chester, PA, 1991.

This is one of my all-time favorite books on ocean and passenger liners. It is an English translation of the 1991 book Die Deutsche Passagierschiffe 1816-1990, originally published by Urbes Verlag, Munich, 1990. It includes small, easy to read articles on a wide range of ships from ocean liners to local passenger ships serving Northern Germany, to river boats in the Rhine and the Oder. Where else will you find a vivid picture of the wonderful 919-ton Prinzessin Heinrich that was doing the Hamburg to Helgoland route until 1923? Or the exceptional Silvana that was going to helgoland and Sylt before and after World War I? One will encounter even ships that became known later in Greece like the 1905 Hertha (see http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?p=181873), the Meteor (see http://www.nautilia.gr/forum/showthread.php?t=52271) and many others.

This is a sine qua non for any serious collector!

In the photos below, (from upper left), the 725-ton Gruessgott (1915-29; service Bremerhaven to Helgoland), the 1,916-tin Kaiser (1905-54; Hamburg-Helgoland-Sylt service), the 211-ton Föhr-Amrum (1908-58; service to the small island of Amrum), the 849-ton Bubenday (1913-86 (!); originally the Southampton tender of the Imperator (!), then in the Stettin service and from 1963-86 in Italy) and the 400-ton paddle steamer Delphin (1905-50; service between Bremerhaven and Wangerooge)

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[Nicholas Peppas]

N.4. Edwin Dreschel: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen: 1857-1970 History, Fleet, Ship Mails: Vol 1, Cordillera Publishing Company, Vancouver, BC, 1994

What an incredible book, what a work of love... The two-volume book discusses the history of Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen with an account of any ship, no matter how big or small, no matter how far away she sailed... Volume 1 has 472 pages of incredibly rare photos, postcards, mail stamps, etc. Each ship is presented (see below) with an entry, including all her technical data and as many photos as the author might have...

What can you find in the book? What about the small "feeder" ships that were doing the Rabaul-New Guinea (page 380) when the region was a German colony before World War I? If you want to see "yachts" doing passenger work, this is your book!!!

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[Nicholas Peppas]

N.5. Edwin Dreschel: Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen: 1857-1970 History, Fleet, Ship Mails: Vol 2, Cordillera Publishing Company, Vancouver, BC, 1994

And here is Volumer 2 of the history of Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. It has 678 pages! I purchased teh books in 2000 and the inner cover indicates $100 for both... By the way, Edwin Dreschel is an American whose father was a captain and then inspector for NDL in New York

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[Nicholas Peppas]

N.3. Claus Broder Hansen: "Passenger Liners from Germany, 1816-1990", Schiffer Publishing Ltd, West Chester, PA, 1991.

In the photos below, (from upper left), the 725-ton Gruessgott (1915-29; service Bremerhaven to Helgoland), the 1,916-tin Kaiser (1905-54; Hamburg-Helgoland-Sylt service), the 211-ton Föhr-Amrum (1908-58; service to the small island of Amrum), the 849-ton Bubenday (1913-86 (!); originally the Southampton tender of the Imperator (!), then in the Stettin service and from 1963-86 in Italy) and the 400-ton paddle steamer Delphin (1905-50; service between Bremerhaven and Wangerooge)

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[Ellinis]

Excellent thread Nikos, thanks a lot!!!