Each liner is illustrated and described and also includes many colour illustrations of external and interior views. Details of the design, building and service history of each vessel are provided with vital statistics of the ships and their facilities.

Among the many ships included are Cunard’s Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2, the big new Princess Line liners (Ruby, Grand Sea and Celebrity Eclipse), the largest cruise ship built to date (Oasis of the Seas) and the largest of the P&O liners (Ventura, Oceania, Arcadia, Aurora and Artemis).