End Of An Era – The merchant fleets – passenger liners – diminished after the 1950s and 1960s.
Passenger ships, flying European and American flags, such as the United States, France, QE 2, Rotterdam, Lurline, would soon be under foreign flags and served by foreign nationals. Stewards were no longer young Brits or Italians or French – but from Indonesia or the Philippines.
Lines such as American Export, Union-Castle, Orient, Italian Line, Swedish America – would be gone.
The once great merchant marine of Britain, America, France, Germany and Italy was over.
These are photos of British seamen taken during the heyday when the British merchant marine sailed the world.
The 1950’s and 60’s arguably saw the heyday of the world’s merchant fleets. [Read more...]
