Great Passenger Ships that Never Were

Great Passenger Ships That Never Were is a completely revised and updated edition of the authors' classic work Damned by Destiny: a comprehensive account of all the world's projects for large passenger ships (over 20,000 gross tons) which, for one reason or another, never entered service.

Some were still-born on the drawing board or in the model shop, some met with disaster after they had been launched but were still incomplete, others were diverted to wartime service which they never survived. Potentially, some were the greatest liners ever conceived and would have surpassed the most famous, not only in speed and splendour, but in size and appearance. They were all the victims of circumstance – a fate narrowly missed by a few of the most celebrated passenger ships which did make it into commercial service.

250 illustrations, 32 colour plates

About the Authors

David L. Williams's background is in commercial & industrial photography and technical publications, working initially for the GPO engineering Department (now British Telecom). he went on to be responsible for the entire aircraft and hovercraft in-service support operation of Westland Aerospace, later GKN Aerospace. He has written over thirty books on shipping and related subjects.

He lives on the Isle of Wight and is an Associate of the British Institute of Professional Photographers (Photographic Science & Technology) and a long-standing member of the World Ship Society.

Richard P. de Kerbrech served his marine engineering apprenticeship with the Shaw Savill & Albion shipping company. Later he was an inspector with the Naval Overseeing Service at the Admiralty Marine Engineering Establishment at Haslar and studied Naval Architecture & Shipbuilding at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He later went on to become a lecturer in Mechanical and Production Engineering at Fareham College.

He is the author/co-author of some seventeen books on maritime subjects and lives on the Isle of Wight. He is a life member of the World Ship Society and a member of The Royal Institution of Naval Architects.