Blue Funnel Line: A Photographic History

by Ian Collard

The Blue Funnel Line was formed by the visionary Alfred Holt, who saw the steamship as a better and more economical way of shipping cargo and passengers to the Far East, China and later Australia. Alfred Holt commenced ship-owning with Thomas Ainsworth in 1852, and they built their first new ship in 1854, which they immediately chartered to the French Government for use in the Crimean War. In 1864, they began sailing to China and the Far East, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144563385X
• ISBN13: 9781445633855
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.6"