QUEEN OF BERMUDA: 1933 - Veneer splendorsFurness Bermuda Line: A fold out deck plan of the QUEEN OF BERMUDA from the 1960s after a major retrofit which reduced her funnel count from three to one. The QUEEN had two funnels while a troopship during the war making her the correct answer to the ship trivia question, "Which liner sailed with one, two, and three funnels?" The plan shows six decks in detail and includes cabin info and a ship portrait. That 1961 overhaul was intended to keep the

Looking at the bright

AMERICAN BANKER

seemed revolutionary with their container carrying capabilities and comfortable accommodations for 125 passengers

and three funnels

sailed just over a decade before destruction when Germany invaded Holland in May 1940

Commodore Cruise Line operated the cruises of this small Brazilian ship

The USL freighters covered all corners of the globe

The EMPRESS OF BRITAIN is fully lit including navigation lights

When fully opened the brochure shows itineraries and rates

Mark Goldberg in his book "The 'Hog Islanders" (available on Nautiques) recounts the story of a voyage on the AMERICAN BANKER when it was chartered by American graduates of the famed Ecole des Beaux Arts heading to Paris for a reunion

and a blackened hull

the other a long-serving migrant liner