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non-commercial and privately owned sites. Be assured that I am NOT associated
with any shipping or cruise companies or agencies or any other organisations!
The author has been in the passenger shipping industry since May 1960, but
although retired and unwell, I occasionally attempt to write an article now and
then, in order to bring enjoyment and pleasure to ship enthusiasts past passengers
and crew.
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!
Part 4 … Maritime Specialty Sites.
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.
Reuben
Goossens
Maritime
Historian
and lecturer
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Part 1 … Maritime & Cruise Sites
The Author's own Cruise Site …
Although this
site is aimed at Australian and New Zealand
readers, it does cover all cruise companies, as well as luxury cruise companies
from around the world,
Enter cruise-australia here
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Click the
Logo above to enter the Queensland Maritime Museum Website
or: http://www.maritimemuseum.com.au/index
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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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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Part 4 … Maritime Specialty Sites
SS
Zuiderkruis
On www.ssmaritime.com/DutchVictoryTrio-3.htm
you will discover the story of Theo
Kroon
who sailed from The Netherlands to New Zealand
on the SS
Zuiderkruis
in 1956. His page will take you on a photographic journey of that voyage,
however it also details how Theo
worked hard having settled down in his country of choice!
In due course Theo
created a successful and an award winning business, “Crown
Embroidery,” a Worldwide Custom Digitizing Service for Embroiderers and
one of Theo’s
most famed pieces was produced at the request of the Dutch Ambassador in Wellington
being the Royal Coat of Arms of “The House of Oranje Nassau.” This
piece was entered into the “International Embroidery Competition”
in America
it won both the 1st price in its category and the Grand overall prize. Having
won these prizes the Ambassador requested for extra copies to be made and they
were presented to Her Majesty Queen Beatrix and Crown
Prince Willem
Alexander.
Today, copies hang in Dutch Clubs and Dutch
Retirement
Villages.
Below is a photo of this embroidery piece, however I have a High Res copy of the photograph and the detail is just superb!
The framed dimensions are 500 x 470 mm
(unframed 310 x 280 mm)
Photo by & © 2009 Theo Kroon
The good news is
that there may still be a very limited number of this very special award
winning embroidery available. Email Theo
for details: crownembroidery@ihug.co.nz. Also visit his website at: www.crownembroidery.co.nz. Theo
posts worldwide.
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Water Liners sailing to the distant shores.
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author’s old age and chronic illness as well as being disabled, etc. In the
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Goossens can no longer handle the
same. He sincerely regrets this!
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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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