Our original British Trade Index part two lists this set as :
D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd., London
- FAMOUS SHIPS. Lg. 80 x 65, cut from pairs. Four series. Unnd. ... THO-10
1. Inscribed "Adventure" (8)
1. Adventure (1698)
2. Cutty Sark (1869)
3. Europa (1930)
4. Great Eastern (1853)
5. Lusitania (1915)
6. Santa Maria (1492)
7. Terra Nova (1910)
8. H.M.S. Vindictive (1918)
2. Inscribed "Rover" (8)
1. Erebus (1845)
2. Gjoe (1905)
3. H.M.S. Hood (1920)
4. Mauretania (1906)
5. Mayflower (1620)
6. Ranger (1778)
7. Royal George (1782)
8. Victory (1805)
3. Inscribed "Skipper"
1. Birkenhead (1852)
2. Blackbird (1870)
3. Britannic (1930)
4. Endurance (1914)
5. Golden Hind (1587)
6. Leif Ericsson (1926)
7. H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1914)
8. Resolution (1750)
4. Inscribed "Wizard"
1. Fram (1895)
2. Marie Celeste (1872)
3. Revenge (1591)
4. Satisfaction (1670)
5. Sirius (1838)
6. Sydney (1914)
7. Titanic (1912)
8. The World`s Biggest Liner
That last card names no ship. Instead it reads "The picture on this card shows what the world`s biggest liner will look like when she is completed. This mammoth vessel will be more than a thousand feet long, and inside her hollow masts are ladders wide enough for two persons to climb side by side. Her funnels are so big that the four steamers which formed the first Cunard fleet could be hidden inside them, and each of the four gear wheels in the engine-room will be heavier than an express railway engine. The speed of this ocean greyhound will be nearly 34 miles an hour. "
I promised that the final unidentified ship would be revealed in the newsletter, and it was to be the Queen Mary - she was built at Clydebank, starting in December 1930, but delayed, after this card had been circulated, at the end of December 1931, at which point Cunard had to ask the British Government for a loan. She was finally finished, and launched, on the 26th of September 1934.
Now the listing for this set is rather truncated in our updated British Trade Index, published in the year 2000, where the entry reads ;
D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd., London
- FAMOUS SHIPS. (AD)(R)(S)(W). 1931. 80 x 65, issued in pairs. Unnd. (32), in 4 series of 8. See HT-29 ... THO-225.
However HT-29, which leads you to the modern British Trade Handbook, lists all the cards, as above