The golden age of sea travel? Fascinating photos show what life was like onboard luxury Scottish-built transatlantic liners in the 1930s - from the first-class buffet to the third-class swimming pool

The golden age of sea travel? Fascinating photos show what life was like onboard luxury Scottish-built transatlantic liners in the 1930s - from the first-class buffet to the third-class swimming pool The SS Conte Verde transported passengers across the ocean from Europe to North and South America It was used for many memorable journeys - including to transport football teams to the first-ever World Cup READ MORE: Fascinating historic photos show the seaside town of Torquay in its golden era By Esther Marshall Published: 04:14 EDT, 8 September 2024 | Updated: 04:14 EDT, 8 September 2024 e-mail View comments Advertisement Are we in the golden age of sea travel? Or have we left it behind? These fascinating vintage photographs will no doubt suggest to some that today's 'floating city' cruise ships don't have the romance or glamour of the passenger ships of yesteryear. The archive photographs show life on board the Conte Rosso and Conte Verde, Italian transatlantic liners built in Scotland in the early 1920s and designed to transport passengers from Europe to North and South America. The Conte Verde was 180m/590ft long, less than half the length of the world's biggest cruise ship in 2024, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas (364m/1194ft), yet it still had room for more than 2,400 passengers across 10 decks and was considered the height of luxury.

Those in first class luxuriated amid interiors built by craftsmen and artists brought over to shipyards in Scotland from Florence. And ev.