Great Passenger Ships that Never Were - David L. Williams

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Résumé :
GREAT PASSENGER SHIPS THAT NEVER WERE is a completely revised and updated version of Damned by Destiny (Teredo Books, 1982), a comprehensive account of the large passenger ships that, for one reason or another, never entered commercial service.Some never made it off the drawing board or out of the model shop, some met with disaster after launch and some were diverted to wartime service but didn't survive, never used for their original purpose. They were all the victims of circumstance, whether due to financial crises, timing or changing technology. Some of these liners and cruise vessels may have become the greatest passenger ships ever achieved. They would have surpassed the most famous, not only in speed and splendour but in size and appearance, besides setting trends that were subsequently adopted for ships that did enter service.With beautiful pictures and detailed diagrams this book is a true insight into what might have been....

Biographie:
DAVID L WILLIAM's background is in commercial & industrial photography and technical publications, working initially for the GPO engineering Department (now British Telecom). he went on to be responsible for the entire aircraft and hovercraft in-service support operation of Westland Aerospace, later GKN Aerospace. He has written over thirty books on shipping and related subjects/ He lives on the Isle of Wight and is an Associate of the British Institute of Professional Photographers (Photographic Science & Technology) and a long-standing member of the World Ship Society.RICHARD DE KERBRECH served his marine engineering apprenticeship with the Shaw Savill & Albion shipping company. Later he was an inspector with the Naval Overseeing Service at the Admiralty Marine Engineering Establishment at Haslar and studied Naval Architecture & Shipbuilding at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He later went on to become a lecturer in Mechanical and Production Engineering at Fareham College. He is the author/co-author of some seventeen books on maritime subjects and lives on the Isle of Wight. He is a life member of the World Ship Society and a member of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects....