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Ocean liners and passenger carrying
ships shown in maritime art prints by leading maritime artists. Ocean
liners include RMS Titanic, Queen Elizabeth, QE2, Queen Mary and other
liners of the P&O, Cunard and White Star Line companies. Prints by
Ivan Berryman, Robert Barbour, Robert Taylor, Gordon Bauwens and Adrian
Rigby.
[ Titanic ] [ Queen Elizabeth ] [ Queen Mary ] [ QE2 ]
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RMS Britannia (1840) off the Angelsey Coast by E. D. Walker.
Limited edition of 850 prints, countersigned by Commodore Ridley. Paper size 17 inches x 13.5 inches (43cm x 34cm). Price £36.00
ITEM CODE DHM2573
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Mauretania by E. D. Walker.
Signed prints. Image size 16 inches x 24 inches (41cm x 61cm). Price £40.00
ITEM CODE WE0001
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RMS Mauretania (1907) off Point Lynas by E. D. Walker.
Limited edition of 850 prints. Paper size 17 inches x 13.5 inches (43cm x 34cm). Price £36.00
ITEM CODE DHM2574
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The Queen Mary 2 by Rodney Charman.
A ship of superlatives!. The worlds widest, longest, tallest, heaviest and most expensive ship ever built. At 150,000 tons she is three times heavier than the Titanic. As long as 41 double decker buses, her power plant room could light the whole of Southampton. During the course of her expected 40 year lifetime she will travel the equivalent of 12 times to the moon and back.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints. . Price £80.00
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. . Price £
ITEM CODE DHM2239
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The Lusitania by Robert Barbour.
Cunard liner RMS Lusitania leaves New York outward bound for Liverpool just before the First World War. Sadly on 7th May 1915 she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 and sank within 20 minutes with the loss of 1,198 lives.
Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £41.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 13 inches (43cm x 33cm). Price £90.00
Original watercolour painting by Robert Barbour. Size 22.5 inches x 16 inches (57cm x 41cm). Price £800.00
ITEM CODE DHM1045
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River Portraits, the Liner Sylvania by Gordon Bauwens.
Cunard added four new liners to their passenger fleet during the 1950s. All were built by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, for the St Lawrence route to Quebec City and Montreal, Canada. Fourth in this quartet of sisterships, which included Saxonia, Ivernia and Carinthia, Sylvania was also the last ever Cunarder designed exclusively for North Atlantic trade. Launched in November 1956, she entered service the following summer with Liverpool and Greenock her UK ports. Sylvania maintained a reliable and regular service on her Canadian route until 1961 before transferring to the New York run as replacement for the ex-White Star motorship, Britannic. In 1965 she began a new role in Mediterranean cruising, initially sailing from Liverpool then Gibraltar. Two years later she emerged from a refit with white hull and her own hovercraft. As with her sisters, Sylvanias primary transatlantic career had been all too quickly overtaken by jet air travel, inevitably leading to her sale by Cunard in 1968. However, her useful life was far from over. As the Albatros, she was still operating in the Bahamas at the time of writing.
Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 21 inches x 15 inches (53cm x 38cm). Price £70.00
ITEM CODE GBQ0008
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Memories of an Empress by Gordon Bauwens.
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain preparing for transatlantic departure from Greenock, 1960. Empress of Britain was built in 1956 for Canadian Pacific by Fairfields shipyard, Glasgow. Slightly larger than Sylvania, she too, with her sisters, was designed primarily to operate between the UK and Canada. Sylvania is shown on the Clyde with the paddle steamer Waverley in Caledonian Steam Packet colours.
Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 21 inches x 15 inches (53cm x 38cm). Price £70.00
ITEM CODE GBQ0011
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SS Sir Walter Scott by Gordon Bauwens.
The handsome steamship, Sir Walter Scott, which sails Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, is named after the author who highlighted the area in his poem of 1810, The Lady of the Lake. Since then, this tranquil wooded loch mirroring the majestic mountain Ben Venue at its easterly end, has been popular with visitors from all over the world. Cruising on SS Sir Walter Scott provides the perfect opportunity for visitors to share the authors passion for this scenic jewel in the heart of Scotland. When she entered service in 1900, this elegant little steamer - measuring 110 feet by 19 feet beam and weighing 110 tons - was not particularly unusual, with many inland lochs offering similar pleasure sailings. Sir Walter Scott began life at William Denny & Brothers in Dumbarton, but was not launched from the shipyard. She was taken instead in knocked-down form by barge up Loch Lomond, then overland by horse-drawn carts to Loch Katrine for re-assembly. Now, she is unique as the only surviving screw-steamer in regular passenger service in Scotland, her sleek hull still powered by the original triple-expansion steam engine. As Loch Katrine is also Glasgow Citys water supply, every effort was taken in her design to minimise pollution. Indeed, it is for this reason she still operates as a solid-fuel burning steamer while most comparable vessels have converted to diesel propulsion. To sail on board the Sir Walter Scott with the dramatic visual backdrop slowly unfolding, the gentle rhythms of the almost-silent steam engine and soft lapping water, makes for an enchanting experience few ever forget.
Signed open edition. Image size 13 inches x 9.5 inches (33cm x 24cm). Price £22.00
ITEM CODE GBQ0010
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Reflections by Gordon Bauwens.
At Waverleys launch on a misty October morning in 1946, few could have conceived that she was destined to proudly bear the title of the worlds last sea-going paddle steamer. Even in 1974, when sold to the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for the nominal fee of £1, most were grateful that Waverley was saved from the breakers, albeit as a static museum piece. Some enthusiasts with a greater vision, however, realised her true potential, and now, over two decades later, the steamers fine lines are familiar, not only her native Clyde waters, but right round the British coastline and beyond. When built, the vessel was just one of many powered by triple expansion steam engines. The powerful, thrusting pistons and immense driving cranks became compulsive viewing for succeeding generations of Clydesiders on their annual trips doon the watter. Today, Waverley is the only vessel of her class still offering this thrilling experience. PS Waverley continues to inspire feelings of pride and affection wherever she sails. Truly fulfilling that earlier vision, she has become living testament to those qualities which made Clyde-built ships renowned throughout the maritime world, and to the special skills which keep this graceful old paddle steaming towards the 21st century. The Waverley is pictured on the tranquil waters of the Clyde near Erskine.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 22 inches x 16 inches (56cm x 41cm). Price £70.00
ITEM CODE GBQ0003
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RMS Britannia (1840) off the Angelsey Coast by E. D.
Walker Samuel Cunard's first steamship was a wooden paddle-steamer, built in
1840 by R. Duncan & Co. of Greenock, and launched on February 5th.
She was built for the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet
Co. which was popularly known as Cunard's Line. On her maiden voyage
she left Liverpool on Saturday, 4th July, 1840, at 2 o'clock,
and arrived in Halifax 12 days 10 hours later. Charles Dickens made
his first journey to America in the Britannia in 1842, and later
chronicled how un-impressed he had been with the accommodation. This
was largely because she ran into a series of westerly gales which caused
Dickens to suffer from severe sea-sickness. When he was well enough to
venture on deck, he found the lifeboats reduced to matchwood. Part
of the starboard paddle-box had been carried away and the naked paddles
churned spray over the heaving decks. Britannia was sold to the North German Confederation Navy and
re-named Barbarossa in 1849. She was transferred to the
Prussian Navy in 1852, serving until 1880 when she was sunk while acting
as a target during experiments with early forms of torpedoes.
RMS Mauretania (1907) off Point Lynas by E. D. Walker
Through the years the Mauretania was the most
popular and well-loved ship, in the eyes of the general public, to sail on
the North Atlantic route. In November 1907, she won the Blue Riband
from her sister ship Lusitania by making the run from Ambrose
Lighthouse to Queenstown in 4 days, 22 hours and 29 minutes at a speed of
23.69 knots. After losing the title back to her sister, she regained
it for a period of two decades in July 1909 with a crossing eastbound of 4
days, 17 hours and 20 minutes at a speed of 25.89 knots.
She had a busy and varied life, being commissioned as a troop transport
in August 1914, and later as a hospital ship. After being
de-commissioned, she resumed service on June 27th 1919 but was damaged by
fire in 1921 at Southampton. She was subsequently repaired and
fitted out for fuel oil. After her hull was painted white in 1931,
she was sent cruising and during the following year she made only five
transatlantic voyages.
The "Grand Old Lady" increased her speed with age, with a record
of 27.65 knots in 1929. She held the Blue Riband for 22 years, a
feat which deserved a more fitting end than being sold to Metal Industries
in April, 1935 for scrap.
The Queen Mary 2 by Rodney Charman A ship of superlatives!. The worlds widest, longest, tallest,
heaviest and most expensive ship ever built. At 150,000 tons she is
three times heavier than the Titanic. As long as 41 double decker
buses, her power plant room could light the whole of Southampton.
During the course of her expected 40 year lifetime she will travel the
equivalent of 12 times to the moon and back.
The Lusitania by Robert Barbour Cunard liner RMS Lusitania leaves New York outward bound for
Liverpool just before the First World War. Sadly on 7th May 1915 she was
torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 and sank within 20 minutes with
the loss of 1,198 lives.
River Portraits, the Liner Sylvania by Gordon Bauwens
Cunard added four new liners to their passenger fleet during the
1950'5. All were built by John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, for the St
Lawrence route to Quebec City and Montreal, Canada. Fourth in this
quartet of sisterships, which included Saxonia, Ivernia and Carinthia,
Sylvania was also the last ever Cunarder designed exclusively for North
Atlantic trade. Launched in November 1956, she entered service the
following summer with Liverpool and Greenock her UK ports. Sylvania
maintained a reliable and regular service on her Canadian route until
1961 before transferring to the New York run as replacement for the
ex-White Star motorship, Britannic. In 1965 she began a new role in
Mediterranean cruising, initially sailing from Liverpool then Gibraltar.
Two years later she emerged from a refit with white hull and her own
hovercraft. As with her sisters, Sylvania's primary transatlantic career
had been all too quickly overtaken by jet air travel, inevitably leading
to her sale by Cunard in 1968. However, her useful life was far from
over. As the Albatros, she was still operating in the Bahamas at the
time of writing.
Memories of an Empress by
Gordon Bauwens The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain preparing for
transatlantic departure from Greenock, 1960.
Empress of Britain was built in 1956 for Canadian Pacific by
Fairfields' shipyard, Glasgow. Slightly larger than Sylvania, she too,
with her sisters, was designed primarily to operate between the UK and
Canada. Sylvania is shown on the Clyde with the paddle steamer Waverley
in Caledonian Steam Packet colours.
SS Sir Walter Scott by Gordon Bauwens
The handsome steamship, 'Sir Walter Scott', which sails Loch
Katrine in the Trossachs, is named after the author who highlighted the
area in his poem of 1810, 'The Lady of the Lake'. Since then, this
tranquil wooded loch mirroring the majestic mountain Ben Venue at its
easterly end, has been popular with visitors from all over the world.
Cruising on SS Sir Walter Scott provides the perfect opportunity for
visitors to share the author's passion for this scenic jewel in the
heart of Scotland.
When she entered service in 1900, this elegant little steamer -
measuring 110 feet by 19 feet beam and weighing 110 tons - was not
particularly unusual, with many inland lochs offering similar pleasure
sailings. 'Sir Walter Scott' began life at William Denny & Brothers
in Dumbarton, but was not launched from the shipyard. She was taken
instead in 'knocked-down' form by barge up Loch Lomond, then overland by
horse-drawn carts to Loch Katrine for re-assembly. Now, she is unique as
the only surviving screw-steamer in regular passenger service in
Scotland, her sleek hull still powered by the original triple-expansion
steam engine. As Loch Katrine is also Glasgow City's water supply, every
effort was taken in her design to minimise pollution. Indeed, it is for
this reason she still operates as a solid-fuel burning steamer while
most comparable vessels have converted to diesel propulsion. To sail on
board the 'Sir Walter Scott' with the dramatic visual backdrop slowly
unfolding, the gentle rhythms of the almost-silent steam engine and soft
lapping water, makes for an enchanting experience few ever forget.
Reflections by Gordon Bauwens
At Waverley's launch on a misty October morning in 1946, few could
have conceived that she was destined to proudly bear the title of the
world's last sea-going paddle steamer. Even in 1974, when sold to the
Paddle Steamer Preservation Society for the nominal fee of £1, most
were grateful that Waverley was saved from the breakers, albeit as a
static museum piece. Some enthusiasts with a greater vision, however,
realised her true potential, and now, over two decades later, the
steamer's fine lines are familiar, not only her native Clyde waters, but
right round the British coastline and beyond. When built, the vessel was just one of many powered by triple
expansion steam engines. The powerful, thrusting pistons and immense
driving cranks became compulsive viewing for succeeding generations of
Clydesiders on their annual trips 'doon the watter'. Today, Waverly is
the only vessel of her class still offering this thrilling experience.
PS Waverley continues to inspire feelings of pride and affection
wherever she sails. Truly fulfilling that earlier vision, she has become
living testament to those qualities which made Clyde-built ships
renowned throughout the maritime world, and to the special skills which
keep this graceful old paddle steaming towards the 21st century.The Waverley is pictured on the tranquil waters of the Clyde
near Erskine.
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