Lanasta - Liners – serie

Ordered in 1938 to replace the aging ships on the Dutch East Indies route, her keel was laid in 1939 at De Schelde shipyard in Flushing, Netherlands, for Rotterdam - sche Lloyd Interrupted by World War II and two bombing raids, the liner finally departed for her maiden voyage on 2 December 1947, as ‘Willem Ruys’. This book presents an overview of the development and operational use of the ‘Willem-Ruys’ with many photos and illustrations.

The Italian cruise ship Willem Ruys was built between 1939 and 1947. When it was sold to the Italian Lauro Organization in 1966, it was renamed after the company owner Achille Lauro. After being hijacked by Palestinian warriors (PLO), in October 1985, the blue liner and cruiser made international headlines. Swept by a catastrophic fire Achille Lauro sank December 2, 1994, off the Somalian coast.

The S.S. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as S.S. 'America' and S.S. 'Australis'. In this number of Liners the story of this remarkable ship. This book presents an overview of the development and operational use of the ‘S.S. 'America’ ocean liner with many photos and illustrations from 1940 until 1964.

The ss ‘Australis’ was a well known ocean liner which entered service in 1940 as the ss ‘America’ for the United States Lines. The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and served until 1977 very successfully on the route Western-Europe-Australia-New Zealand. This volume of Liners spans the history of the great liner from when she was purchased in 1964 until her sad wrecking in January 1994.

Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary ‘Rotterdam’ (V), Holland America Line introduced the ‘Rotterdam’ (VI) in November 1997. With her gross tonnage of 59.652 she was and still is a remarkable ship among all cruiseliners. From 2012 the proud flagship of the HAL is sailing year-round from Rotterdam (The Netherlands). In this number of Liners Bert Lamers describes the history of the ‘MS Rotterdam’ (VI). He also gives a description on the interior and the large art and antique collection on board. This 2nd print has been updated and has more pages and with many photos and illustrations.