The Stateroom Switcheroo
A tale that sounds a little too good to be true, from the Brooklyn Daily…
Author John Edwards
John Edwards
John is the publisher and editor of Oceanliners Magazine.
Aleksandr Pushkin: A Soviet Survivor
Aleksandr Pushkin was a Soviet ocean liner. It actually had a First Class. Really. Aleksandr…
1959: The Giant Liners That Never Were
Back in August 1959, H.B. Cantor, a US hotel owner, claimed he was going to…
Hales: The Man and the Trophy
The Hales Trophy (officially the North Atlantic Blue Riband Challenge Trophy) is the award presented for…
The Green Goddess Visits Long Beach
Long Beach, California, is best known as the permanent home of the great Queen Mary.…
Amerika, America
HAPAG’s Amerika (1905), the first true luxury liner, was launched on 20 April 1905. A German…
Oregon — Fast and Fleeting
Cunard Line’s early success was largely due to the company’s reputation for putting safety ahead…
Paris Is Burning
In an eerie foreshadowing of Normandie’s fate just three years later, Paris (1921) caught fire…
Queen Mary 2 Guests First to Board the QE2 Hotel in Dubai
Dubai will welcome the most famous ocean liners in the world when the arrival of…
Israel’s Shalom
Shalom, the first and only ocean liner built for an Israeli shipping line, left on…
