article_snippet: Black and white photographs show the state-of-the-art gyms and exercise equipment installed on some of the world’s most famous early 20th century cruise liners including the Titanic.
article_snippet: From rowing machines and exercise bikes to punchbags and horse-riding simulators, the equipment available to first class passengers was of high quality for the era.
article_snippet: Pictures reveal how passengers had the option to keep fit while on board some of the world’s most prestigious passenger liners including the SS Bermuda Star, RMS Homeric (1922), RMS Franconia (1922), Victoria Motorship and the stricken RMS Titanic.
article_snippet: The gym, which was just one of a host of exceptional facilities available to first class passengers alongside squash courts and Turkish baths, was looked after by the cruise liner’s physical educator Thomas McCauley.
article_snippet: These black and white photographs from the early 1900s reveal how passengers had the option to keep fit while on board some of the world’s most prestigious passenger liners.
article_snippet: A woman uses an exercise bike (left) on the Titanic while another uses a rowing machine (right) the Titanic boasted a state-of-the-art gym for first class passengers, alongside a host of other luxury facilities including Turkish baths and squash courts.
article_snippet: The photographs also show the gym facilities on board other famous cruise liners of the 20th century including the Cunard liner, RMS Franconia.
article_snippet: The ship, which departed Liverpool in June 1923 for its maiden voyage, had a popular gym with a variety of equipment (pictured) Much of the equipment featured was of high quality in the era.
article_snippet: A woman enjoys exercising on an electric horse-riding simulator in a popular gym on board the cruise liner SS Bermuda in mid 1920s (left), while a worker stands guard at the gym on the Victoria Motorship in 1930 (right) Passengers on board the Cunard cruise liner RMS Franconia, many of whom are wearing suits, waistcoats and flatcaps, work out in the gym which featured (from left to right) a cycling machine, climbing frame, punchbag and pull-up bar.
article_snippet: Two women, dressed in long skirts, use the 20th century cycling machines in a popular gym on board RMS Homeric.
article_snippet: The Titanic's gymnasium featured a host of equipment including a mechanically-worked saddle (pictured).
article_snippet: a popular gym was looked after by the cruise liner’s physical educator Thomas McCauley who remained in post even as The ship sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912 .
article_snippet: RMS Franconia (pictured) was among the early 20th century cruise liners to feature a gymnasium.
highlights_snippet: Black and white photographs give fascinating insight into the facilities of some of world's most famous cruise liners .
  
highlights_snippet: Pictures reveal first class state-of-the-art gyms on SS Bermuda Star, RMS Homeric, RMS Franconia and RMS Titanic .
  
highlights_snippet: Equipment featured in these early 1900 photographs includes rowing machines, cycle bikes, weights and punchbag .