And there, upstream, a ship appeared, a large liner with rows of portholes.
Close to the shore of Governor's Island a large liner was beached.
At the time, she was the oldest large liner still operating anywhere in the world.
Neither of these lines had up until now shown any interest in operating large liners.
Some would carry as few as 300 while the large liners often squeezed 15,000 aboard.
For two weeks the three largest liners in the world floated side by side.
Doran followed like a diminutive tug pushing a very large liner.
Some large liners were armed in the same way.
Even today, she is the largest liner ever built on the Tyne.
Majestic was then the world's largest liner and became the company's flagship.