MS Willem Ruys
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Part Three ~ Brochures
I am delighted to present one of the most delightful brochures produced by Royal Rotterdam Lloyd (RRL) in 1948, which reveals much of the Willem Ruys’ including her interiors and decks covering her three classes as originally built! This brochure is part of my personal collection and is just one of well over a thousand brochures in my collection.
Then
directly below it you will see a very special production from 1960, being a
unique and a delightful “concertina” style brochure produced by
RRL, which contains manys photographs of real
passengers (not models) enjoying their voyage between Rotterdam, Southampton
and Australia and New Zealand, and return to the Southampton and Rotterdam as
well the ships many facilities. It also has detailed maps of the
I trust
that you will enjoy this very special page!
Above: The 1948 brochure front cover,
Below: I will
continue with the inside front cover right through to the back cover!
Above & below: here we see the famed 1960’s
“concertina” brochure, the front & back covers and an
interior view
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MS Willem Ruys / MS Achille Lauro - INDEX:
MS Willem Ruys: Part One.
Photo Page One: First Class.
Page Four: Deck Plans. (Online Soon).
Page Three: Brochures.
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This is a 9 page feature, inc. SS
Groote Beer & Waterman - Royal
“Blue Water Liners sailing to the distant
shores.
I watched them come, I watched them go and I watched them
die.”
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