Les Streater has considerably expanded his 1997 edition of this book to 156 pp plus two fold -out double-page plates. He details the design, building and long career as ocean liner, armed merchant cruiser, troopship and hospital ship from 1914 to 1950 of this most enduring and endearing of the great Atlantic 4-funnel express liners.
Ships Monthly BOOK OF THE MONTH December 2009 - ...."The author has done a good job describing the career of this majestic ocean matriarch and this book will be well received by classic ocean liner enthusiasts. IDW" |