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The author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but
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then, in order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past
passengers and crews.
Maritime
Links
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, Video’s, Postcards
& Photos
Part 3 …
Maritime Art – Discover some of the
greatest maritime artists on earth, right here on ssMaritime!
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, thus 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 has become inoperative, will you please send me an email
naming the link.
Dr.
Reuben Goossens
Maritime
Historian
and lecturer
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Part 1 … Maritime & Cruise Sites
Click the
Logo above to enter the Queensland Maritime Museum Website
The Queensland
Maritime
Museum
is without a doubt one of the maritime museums finest in Australia
for it covers all facets of our wonderful maritime history, especially our
vital links with the great days of the passengers ships and those many migrant
ships that brought out countless thousand of new settles to Australia
from all over Europe and Great
Britain!
The Museum
is located on the Brisbane River at the southern end of fames South Bank
Parklands and it is open to visitors every day of the year, except from December24 to 26 as well as Good Friday and there is
reduced trading hours on Anzac Day.
The Queensland
Maritime
Museum
has so much to offer, both inside and outdoors, there are superb ship models to
be viewed and there are actual ships to be explored and even cruises can be had
at certain times. But there is so much more and you will discover all that when
you visit this amazing Museum.
When you
arrive you will find that friendly volunteer members will welcome you and
provide you with guide brochures and they will endeavour to make your visit
both an educational and entertaining experience!
See you soon
at the Queensland
Maritime
Museum!
Reuben
Goossens.
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New - A Timeline to
the Worlds Largest Passenger Ships
Or
enter … https://www.hmy.com/timeline-worlds-largest-passenger-ships/
View
and compare the size of passenger ships from 1831 to today! This page includes
pictures of the real ships from then to today!
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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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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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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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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 excellent videos.
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When
in the USA
make sure you go and visit and stay
Overnight
Onboard that Great Liner in California,
the ex …
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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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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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, Video’s
& Doco’s, Postcards & Photos
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! I have used his services for countless years and a great deal of
my collection has come from Nautiques.
On the top
left of the Nautiques Homepage you can click on
the Catalogue in order to search shipping companies or relevant items on their
site. They have the shipping lines listed from all around the world. If you are
looking for a rare item you can also contact Mr.
Don Leavitt direct at dml@nautiques.net. Nautiques will ship worldwide - www.nautiques.net.
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Ocean
Liner Row
Mr.
Ian Robertson
has a vast collection of maritime memorabilia available, thus if you have not
found the item you are after as yet, contact Ocean
Liner Memorabilia.com!
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This site
covers a host of maritime vessels and ships. It covers Cruise Ships, Liners, Lost Ships and Shipwrecks, as
well as war ships and even yachts and so much more! This site was recommended
to me by a fine young man, Liam Stevens
from the United States. And having looked at it, I am assured that it will be
greatly enjoyed!
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View
thousands of ship postcards/photographs at…
Postcards
and photographs are available at a reasonable cost
Also
visit http://seapixonline.com/ for an excellent range of Photographs by Trevor
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Postcards
for Sale
Click
the image above to enter the site!
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Ocean Liner Memorabilia
from Travel's Golden Age
www.luxurylinerrow.com
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Part 3 … 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.
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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 two websites at www.wjmaritiem.nl, also www.oceanlinerart.com/
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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 the 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 view 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!
Enter
the website HERE – Email: wallace.t@paradise.net.nz
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Markant Gallery – Dutch
Artist - 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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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 US Artist - 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 of fine paintings covering 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
Presented by The Dutch
Cruise Site
(a
site by Harm Brink - in Dutch and English)
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“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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For interest: Sadly an email
service to ssMaritime is no longer available, due to the author being 80 years
old age and has been chronically ill, and he is also disabled, etc. In the past
ssmaritime received well over 120 emails per day, but Dr.
Reuben Goossens, PhD is unable to handle the workload these
days. He sincerely regrets this! By
his secretary who sadly knows nothing about ships, but I am his assistant in
many other matters he has been involved with.
Please Note: ssmaritime and
associated sites are 100% non-commercial and the author seeks no funding or favours of
any shape or form, never have and never will!
Photographs on ssmaritime and associate pages
are by; the author or from the
author’s private collection. In addition there are some images that have
been provided by Shipping Companies and private photographers or collectors.
Credit is given to all contributors. This
notice covers all pages; although, and 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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