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Inside, the German language text goes to great lengths to describe the wonders of North German Lloyd's new flagship.  \"We are enabled by the great forces of steam and electricity to scorn the hostile elemental power of winds and waves\", translated Mr. Google, ... \"The mammoth steamer COLUMBUS with undoubtedly further increase the maritime fame of Germany.\"  It was not to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTipped-in half-tone illustrations of public rooms show grand expanses. Each picture page is covered by a sheet of onion skin printed with a handsome design. The opening illustration shows a massive liner getting ready to sail on a moonlight night. First Class interior views show the Grand Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Saloon, and Smoking Room. Tipped-in sketches from the shipyard show the double-bottom, the massive propeller shaft stay, the starboard propeller, the anchor, three views of the 17 December 1913 launch, and a daytime portrait of the huge vessel passing the Rotesand lighthouse. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the back are two fold-out sheets of plans showing seven decks encompassing both First and Second classes. Since work stopped on the COLUMBUS in August 1914, these might be the only deck plans ever issued for the ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon after the brochure was printed, work stopped due to the outbreak of war. Afterwards, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the unfinished liner should go to Great Britain as reparations where she became White Star Line's HOMERIC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe COLUMBUS was one of two sister ships ordered by North German Lloyd.  Work on the second ship, to be called HINDENBURG, got no further than her double-bottom hull before WW1 began. The two vessels sat untouched for five years  While the COLUMBUS went to the Brits, North German Lloyd was allowed to keep the hull of the second ship. 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Alas, war interfered and the ship never sailed for North German Lloyd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe covers on the thirty-six page brochure are rich textured-stock with gold printing. Inside, the German language text goes to great lengths to describe the wonders of North German Lloyd's new flagship.  \"We are enabled by the great forces of steam and electricity to scorn the hostile elemental power of winds and waves\", translated Mr. Google, ... \"The mammoth steamer COLUMBUS with undoubtedly further increase the maritime fame of Germany.\"  It was not to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTipped-in half-tone illustrations of public rooms show grand expanses. Each picture page is covered by a sheet of onion skin printed with a handsome design. The opening illustration shows a massive liner getting ready to sail on a moonlight night. First Class interior views show the Grand Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Saloon, and Smoking Room. Tipped-in sketches from the shipyard show the double-bottom, the massive propeller shaft stay, the starboard propeller, the anchor, three views of the 17 December 1913 launch, and a daytime portrait of the huge vessel passing the Rotesand lighthouse. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the back are two fold-out sheets of plans showing seven decks encompassing both First and Second classes. Since work stopped on the COLUMBUS in August 1914, these might be the only deck plans ever issued for the ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon after the brochure was printed, work stopped due to the outbreak of war. Afterwards, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated that the unfinished liner should go to Great Britain as reparations where she became White Star Line's HOMERIC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe COLUMBUS was one of two sister ships ordered by North German Lloyd.  Work on the second ship, to be called HINDENBURG, got no further than her double-bottom hull before WW1 began. The two vessels sat untouched for five years  While the COLUMBUS went to the Brits, North German Lloyd was allowed to keep the hull of the second ship. She was completed in 1924.  Her original name was dropped and ship entered service as the COLUMBUS.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition with light cover wear.\u003c\/p\u003e"}