Description
| Product ID: | 9781445658834 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Holland America Liners 1950-2015 |
| Authors: | Author: William H. Miller |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Maritime history, Transport industries, Ships and boats: general interest, Maritime history, Shipping industries, Ships & boats: general interest, Europe, USA, 20th century, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An illustrated history of the Holland America Line and its postwar fleet. Founded in 1873, the Holland America Line provided services carrying passengers and freight between the Netherlands and North America. When the Second World War ended, only nine of Holland America Line’s twenty-five ships had survived and the company set about rebuilding. The pride of HAL’s post-war fleet was SS Rotterdam, completed in 1959, which was one of the first ships on the North Atlantic equipped to offer two-class transatlantic crossings and single-class luxury cruising. However, competition from the airlines meant that in the early 1970s Holland America ended their transatlantic passenger services; in 1973 the company sold its cargo-shipping division.Now owned by the American cruise line Carnival, Holland America offers round-the-world voyages and cruises in the Mediterranean, the Caribbean and Asia. In this book, renowned ocean liner historian and author William H. Miller takes a look at the Holland America Line and its post-war fleet up to 2015. |
| Imprint Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Amberley Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-11-15 |
