East and West

Norddeutscher Lloyd Far East Express and Transatlantic Service, 1930s

Across the ocean in 4½ days!

World's fastest service

Bad Moon Falling

Frank R. Paul

Wonder Stories cover

February 1933

Sea Cruises

Xanti Schawinsky

A poster for Cosulich Società Triestina di Navigazione,

a part of Flotte Riunite (Italia Line)

1934

via Oldimages @ Flickr

A few pictures of Cosulich liners

Munich Transport Exhibition

1925

Via alanp_photo @ Flickr

Deco Liner

FTC building artwork

Aluminum entrance grilles, Constitution Avenue elevation,

Federal Trade Commission building, Washington DC.

Designed by William McVey, 1938

Photo by m2msm @ Flickr

No Better Advice Than To Travel

Montague Mirel Black

1930s

Scanned and retouched by Paul Malon, on Flickr

A Drop of Summer

Marcello Dudovich. Conte Verde Cruises

1930s

The Empire Port

A pamphlet issued for the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Glasgow to extol the values of the Docks at Southampton - the Southern Railway were mighty proud of these important port installations and made the claim that they were the Empire port. The image show the 'new' Western Docks, the massive quays that substantially extended the port's facilities and that opened in 1934.

via mickeyashworth @ Flickr

Anniversary Liner

Powered by Fiat diesel engines, the MN Neptunia was built by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico for Cosulich Line in 1932, just in time to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Fascist takeover.

The handsome motor vessel was torpedoed and sunk in September 1941, together with her sister ship Oceania.

Massilia Poster

Launched in 1914, the S.S. Massilia (15,147 grt, 600 ft. long) started her service only in 1920. In 1940, she was requisitioned by the government for use as a troop transport. In June '40, she took 27 French politicians to North Africa where they intended to established a new government (the plan failed). In 1944, the Massilia was sunk as a blockship.

See interiors here

Scanned and retouched by Paul Malon @ Flickr

Ice Islands

1934

Two Beauties

Supermarine Swan flying boat and an ocean liner (most probably RMS Mauretania)

Gateway to Africa

Roger Broders for PLM railway

1931

via transpressnz

Africa Line

1939

More Dutch posters on Dieselpunks.org

No Blue Riband Today

SS Albert Ballin was a 20,815grt ocean liner of the Hamburg-America Line (HAPAG) launched in 1923 and named after Albert Ballin, visionary director of the line who had committed suicide several years earlier.

Albert Ballin was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, and served on the Hamburg-New York City route. In 1928 a tourist class was added.

Originally built as a 16 knot ship, the engines were replaced in 1929 resulting in a speed of 19 knots. In 1934 she was lengthened by 50 feet, and speed increased again, this time to 21.5 knots.

In 1935, Nazi government ordered the ship renamed to Hansa (Ballin having been Jewish). Hansa's last Atlantic crossing was in 1939. In 1945, she was employed to evacuate Gdynia, but on 6 March hit a mine off Warnemünde and sank.

The wreck was raised and rebuilt by the Soviet Union around 1949, and renamed Sovetsky Soyuz, becoming the largest passenger ship operating under the Soviet flag. From 1955 she operated between Vladivostok and points in the Far East. She served until 1981.

Photos: ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (1), Oldimages @ Flickr (2, 3)

Funnel Spotting

A booklet, shaped like a liner, and with each page showing different colour designs of the funnels denoting the various shipping lines that used the Southern's Docks at Southampton.

 

Via mickeyashworth @ Flickr

Shipping and the City

Filippo Romoli, 1938

Matson Is Back In Business

December 1945

via paul.malon @ Flickr

First We Take Manhattan

Fritz Kueck for Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen. 1937

Admiral Riverboat

Modern riverboat, St. Louis, Missouri. May 1940
Photographer: John Vachon (1914-1975)

Library of Congress (LC-USF33- 001879-M1) via kocojim @ Flickr