Straits Steamship Company

[Story]

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/straits2.html

Found this while looking for something else, figured the peanut gallery would find the period photos of interest.

 

[dhermann1]

Very cool. I would love to find the link to part 1, however. I love this stuff.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Mojito]

Excellent site, Story - I've bookmarked it to have a better look at later. The Straits Steamship Company is near my old stomping grounds, but there are a lot of other great links on the History section of the main site. I notice they even have a write up on Sir James Bisset in the Cunard section - the three volumes of his autobiography are among most interesting personal narratives of life in the British merchant service in the first half of the 20th Century. He served on the "Carpathia" under Captain Rostron during the "Titanic" rescue efforts, and also provides a vivid portrait of a good friend who was lost with the "Lusitania".

Flicking through I saw some nice images from other lines, including one of my favourites, Blue Funnel.

Here's the first part of the story, Dhermann1:

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com/straits.html

And the main site:

http://www.merchantnavyofficers.com