Del.icio.us links for 2008-01-23

I found both of these websites via the list of maritime and naval history resources, on the Intute website.

Tyne and Wear Archives: Mauretania

This is a good introduction if you’re looking for something on the Mauretania and her history. The website was built as part of centenary celebrations in 2006, and includes history, images, education packs and games.
Here on the Museum’s own Collections Online you can also see a lovely photo of the Mauretania’s First Class Verandah Cafe, from the Bedford Lemere collection of historic photographs.

(tags: Mauretania Tyne Wear passenger liners Cunard 20th Bedford Lemere)
Aberdeen Built Ships Project

This is a nicely done and very useful site put together by the Aberdeen Maritime Museum. It has a database where you can search for information on nearly 3,000 ships built in Aberdeen since 1811. They’ve taken information from various sources: shipbuilders’ records, Lloyds’ Register, and the memories of local people.

(tags: Aberdeen shipbuilders merchant merchantnavy database 19th museums)