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W.J. Hoendervanger: Maritime Artist
W.J. Hoendervanger is one of today’s finest maritime artists. Living and working in Vlissingen, the…
Ocean Liner Talk Spurs Telegraph Invention
The importance of the Morse code and the telegraph (and, later, radio telegraphy) to maritime…
New Lusitania Book
New Lusitania Book Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania It’s a story that…
Another Pier 57 Candidate
As speculation continues on whether United States or Queen Elizabeth 2 will soon head to…
A Sailor on the Last White Star Liner
In an Oceanliners Magazine exclusive, Mike Walsh, a former crewman on Britannic (1929), shares with…
Six Ocean Giants In One Port
The newsreel title card says it all: “Aquitania, Berengaria, Mauretania, Homeric, Majestic and Empress of Britain,…
Android Ahoy!
Oceanliners Magazine contributor Mike Walsh, a former crewman on White Star Line’s Britannic (1929), compares…
1899: Pilot Boat Leads Steamship Into New York Harbor
Courtesy of Thomas Edison and the US Library of Congress, here’s a brief (and remarkable)…
United States Cartoons
With United States’ future now appearing considerably brighter, this is a good time to look…
Ten Milestone Cruise Ships
Although shipping lines, most notably P&O, started offering cruise voyages in the mid-19th century, it…