The ss ‘Australis’ was a well known ocean liner which entered

service in 1940 as the ss ‘America’ for the United States Lines.

The ship was sold to the Greek Chandris Lines in 1964 and

served until 1977 very successfully on the route Western-

Europe-Australia-New Zealand. This volume of Liners spans

the history of the great liner from when she was purchased in

1964 until her sad wrecking in January 1994.

The s.s. 'America' was an ocean liner which entered service in 1940 for the United States Lines. She was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. In the 54 years between her introduction and her wrecking in 1994, she had eight different owners (of which one twice) and sailed under the names of 'America' (carrying this name three different times), 'West Point', 'Australis', 'Italis', 'Noga', 'Alferdoss' and 'American Star'. She served most in passenger service as s.s. 'Ame...

Bert Lamers is een echte cruiseliefhebber. Als jong broekie scheepte Bert Lamers in

mei 1969 in voor zijn eerste cruise. 54 jaar later heeft hij als maritiem journalist, reisleider

en privépersoon 92 zeereizen, waarvan 71 cruises, met meer dan 100 verschillende

schepen over de gehele wereld gemaakt. Van die 92 zeereizen heeft hij tussen 1988 en

2007 zesentwintig maritieme groepsreizen georganiseerd en begeleid. Tijdens al zijn

zeereizen heeft de auteur heel bijzondere avonturen en beleveniss...

Five weeks after the withdrawal of the legendary ‘Rotterdam’ (V),

Holland America Line introduced the ‘Rotterdam’ (VI) in November

1997. With her gross tonnage of 59.652 she was and still is a

remarkable ship among all cruiseliners. From 2012 the proud

flagship of the HAL is sailing year-round from Rotterdam

(The Netherlands). In this number of Liners Bert Lamers describes

the history of the ‘Rotterdam’ (VI). He also gives a description on

the interior and the large art and antiqu...