In this section we are lighlighting some of the interesting websites created by WSS members for everyone's enjoyment. NOTE: The World Ship Society has no control over the content of linked sites - see note at bottom of page.
WSS member Bill Miller is considered an international authority on the subject of ocean liners & cruise ships. This includes those great ships of the past, those “floating palaces,” as well as the current generation of cruise ships, the “floating resorts”. Called “Mr. Ocean Liner,” he has written over 60 books on the subject: from early steamers, immigrant ships and liners at war to other titles on their fabulous interiors, in post card form and about the highly collectible artifacts from them. He has done specific histories of such celebrated passenger ships as the United States, Queen Mary, Rotterdam, France, Queen Elizabeth 2, Costa Victoria, Super Star Leo and Crystal Serenity. [04.2009]
AMBASSADEURS DU SAINT-LAURENT — C’est le nom que leur ont attribué les marins du monde entier. Au début des années 1960, Madame Monique et Monsieur Delphis Duhamel ont développé un intérêt particulier sur les visiteurs qui sillonnent les eaux du Saint-Laurent. [04.2009]
Ship pictures from the crossroads of Singapore by Byron Clayton. Here you will find quality ship photographs from around the world, specialising in photos from the Singapore Straits with a special focus on passenger, vehicle and container ships. [04.2009]
For more than 30 years this WSS member has been passionate about the sailing ships from the River Weser (Bremen, Bremerhaven, Vegesack, Elsfleth, Brake). Since 1993 he has published several books on this subject, among them the trilogy "Von der Weser in die Welt" ("Sailing from the Weser into the World"). In three volumes I describe the shipyards on the lower Weser between Bremen and Bremerhaven and the sailing ships built there, especially in the 19th century. With my website I would like to make you acquainted with my books, to introduce future projects and perhaps gather or exchange new information. For historians there all still lots of treasures hidden in attics and bookcases ... Dr. Peter-Michael Pawlik [03.2009]
Sie werden auf dieser site alle möglichen Typen und Größen von Schiffen vorfinden. Da mein Hauptinteresse allerdings mehr den kleineren Schiffen gilt, ist hier deutlich der Schwerpunkt gesetzt, insbesondere erkennbar an den vielen Mehrzweckfrachtern <5000 ts, die diese site anbietet. Selbstverständlich fotografiere ich aber auch bei passender Gelegenheit sehr große Schiffe. Allen Besuchern dieser website wünsche ich nun viel Spaß beim Stöbern in meiner Sammlung.
On this site, by WSS member Dieter Kannengießer you will find all kinds of ships of different sizes. But, based on my main interest for smaller ships, the focus of this website is set on this kind of vessels, mainly visible in the many general cargo ships <5000 ts offered herein. Otherwise be sure that I'll also photograph very large ships if the opportunity arises. I hope you enjoy this website and the included photos and data. [04.2009]
Specialist UK nostalgia DVDs featuring ships and trains in 1950's and '60s
Joe has produced several DVDs on nostalgic ships. His latest series is a 5-DVD set titled "Joe Clark's Personal A to Z of Ocean Liners and Cruise Ships from the 1920's to the present". All DVDs are available online through PayPal.
WSS member Leo Hallen's Maiden Voyage Booksellers specializes in used, new, rare and out-of-print maritime and nautical books on ocean liners, passenger ships, steamships, the Titanic, tugboats, towboats, merchant ships, tankers, freighters, work boats, cargo ships, ship modeling, shipbuilding, sailing, yachting, ferries, Great Lakes, lighthouses, lightships, shipwrecks, steamboats and the Coast Guard. We also buy books in these categories and have over 3,000 searchable postcards on these subjects.
Oceanliner history and Cruise Ship News. A very extensive site comprising cruise ships, ovean liners, cruise ship news, shipping news, live blogs from onboard cruise ships and thousands of photographs ... operated by Martin Cox, with input from Peter Knego, Jonathan Boonzaier and others. [01.2009]
Feast through amazing pictures of 130 cruise ship pictures from all over the globe. Let their majestic views leave you at awe. Site by WSS member Fatih Takmakli. [04.2009]
“Ships make a place beautiful…” — Fatih Takmakli Let this book by WSS member Fatih Takmakli show you why… From breathtaking photos and incomparable essays that best describe them, travel the world of ships… [04.2009]
The Otago Maritime Society was formed by a group of keen maritime enthusiasts in 1963. The major object of the society is to promote and to foster an interest in ships and the sea among members. [04.2009]
Since 1989 Phili Orient has offered international customers a competitive and complete sea, ocean, air and road shipping service. Phili Orient is the prime LCL and FCL carrier for the Far East including Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan and Vietnam. Site presented by Managinf Director and WSS member Paul Duncan. [04.2009]
What is 'Photrek'? It is the website for Tim Hudson, a former public librarian [and WSS member] who now provides specialised information and advisory services in a number of fields. These reflect his own interests and hobbies, and especially many years of photographic travel in Nepal and India. [04.2009]
This site by WSS member Dennis Shaddick, will cover visits made by Coasters to the River Neath, not only here in South Wales, but will from time to time contain photogarphs from Swansea and Port Talbot. [04.2009]
A Daily Journal of Shipping Photography, by WSS member George Robinson. Includes sections: The Dock of the Bay; Home Waters; New Ships—New Names; Still Sailing; Tugs and Offshore; "Ladies and Tramps"; and Memories. [03.2009]
Das ist der Name meiner Datensammlung (fast) aller seit 1983 weltweit in Fahrt gebrachten seegängigen Handelsschiffe über 1.000 BRZ, sowie dem Großteil aller noch in Fahrt befindlichen Passagier- oder Fährschiffe und Supertanker.
It is the name of my data bank including (almost) all seagoing merchant ships of more than 1.000 RT (registered tonnage) launched since 1983 as well as the majority of the passenger liners, ferries and VLCC’s (very large crude carriers) still going. By WSS member Reinhard Hannemann. [04.2009]
WSS member John Clarkson's Ships in Focus publish high-quality, illustrated books of shipping history. Coverage includes well-known ship owning companies, famous individual ships such as Mauretania, ship types such as the SD14, and shipbuilders. Ships in Focus produce ‘Record’, an acclaimed, illustrated journal with histories of ships, shipping companies, shipbuilders and ports. ‘Record’ concentrates on the period up to 1970, when ships still looked like ships! Ships in Focus distribute and sell high quality maritime books from other publishers. [04.2009]
Tall Ships: The Ladies of the Seas is the fourth book of the World Ship Collection. This book contains more than 179 exclusive photographs from Tall Ship Challenges in 2001, 2003, and 2006; Chicago in 2004; Philadelphia in 2005 and 2008; Tacoma; and Norfolk in 2007. The tall ship challenges draw crowds and enthusiasts from all corners of the world to witness their splendor. The book takes readers on a pictorial tour to Antalya, Athens, Baltimore, Chicago, Galveston, Key West, Kusadasi, Los Angeles, New York, Norfolk, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, and Tacoma. The tall ships such as Bounty, Cauhtemoc, Cisne Branco, Concordia, Eagle, Eugene Euginides Europa, Gorch Fock, Iskra, Pallada, Picton Castle, Prince William, Star of India and Unicorn beautify the coasts of these cities like nothing else.
Tall Ships: The Ladies of the Seas is a phenomenal item for the tall ship enthusiasts and a helpful guide for those wanting to exploremore about these magnificent vessels.
This website could be described as a "maritime anthology", or a "pot-pourri" or simply "a darned good maritime website !", but [WSS member] Ron Mapplebeck has created an absorbing stroll through his years of passion with ships. Great photos, stories, facts and information that will be enjoyed by anyone who is at all interested in ships. Regularly updated with more material, this is a site worth visiting often as you can quickly see what new things have been added (including his Maritime Award !) [04.2009]
The Thames Ship handling Tugs 1833-2008. The site contains details of many of the River Thames ship handling tugs operating between 1833 and 2008, and details the fleets of William Watkins Ltd, Gamecock, Elliott, Sun Tugs, Ship Towage Ltd., London Tugs Ltd., Alexandra Towing Co. (London) Ltd. Howard Smith [UK] Ltd, Adsteam [UK] Ltd, Svitzer [UK] Ltd, Tilbury Dredging and the Port of London Authority.
The World Ship Society posts these links as items of interest only, and has no control over the content of the linked sites. If you feel that one of our linked sites is inappropriate or contains undesirable content or images, please inform the webmaster@worldshipsociety.org immediately (with the offending URL) and the site will be reviewed.
If you know of any sites created by or published by WSS members, please send the details to webmaster@worldshipsociety.org
We will not even consider posting links to sites that are blatantly commercial, have nothing to do with maritime themes, contain pop-up pages or sites that re-direct the reader to other advertising sites. The decision of whether or not a site will be considered for posting is entirely up to the webmaster. Selected sites should be created by or operated by current WSS members, and should have some maritime content.
