INTRODUCTION TO THE OCEAN LINER SOCIETY
A society for those interested in passenger and cruise ships of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Interest in Passenger Ships often develops from a fascination with the glamour of the days when cruise ships with tall raked smoke stacks were the only way to cross to the Americas.
One often finds that museums and magazines have only a small proportion of the whole devoted to this fascinating and absorbing aspect of shipping. How often does the student or browser enthralled by the passenger ship have to deal with naval vessels and coastal craft, barges and navigation instruments? This Society is for those who want to go straight to the heart of the Passenger Ship story.
People develop romantic interests such as the mail services to far flung colonies, the regular services linking countries together or cargo liners that also carried passengers or simply an increasing cruising addition, going on cruise after cruise and becoming cruise -oholics.
The Society is for those interested in the passenger carrying vessels of the past from the age of sail right through to the present and what lies ahead. Many members developed their interest in ships after working at sea or taking holidays on cruise liners, indeed cruising and how it is changing is a key interest to hundreds of our members.