At the turn of the century, countless steam ships and steam boats were to be seen around the coasts of Europe and working on the inland rivers and lakes. Though that is no longer the case, a surprising number of passenger vessels are still in steam, while many others, now converted to diesel, remain in operation. Here Deayton describes all the one hundred or so operating steam ships, some two hundred conversions, and a number of statically preserved vessels. He lists them ship by ship and country by country, and in doing so describes the vessels, their passenger profiles, routes and areas of operation...