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Lustitania Slayer Meets His Fate
Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger was killed in action on 5 September 1917 when his U-boat, U-88,…
Commodore James Bisset
Sir James Gordon Partridge Bisset, commodore of Cunard-White Star Line from 1944 to 1947, was…
Cunard and His Line
Born on 21 November 1787, Sir Samuel Cunard was descended from Dutch Quakers who came to…
W.J. Hoendervanger: Maritime Artist
W.J. Hoendervanger is one of today’s finest maritime artists. Living and working in Vlissingen, the…
William Marshall: White Star Commodore
William Marshall, captain of Majestic (1914), was appointed commodore of the White Star fleet on…
Cunard Line’s First Female Captain
Danish-born Inger Klein Olsen assumed command of Cunard Line’s Queen Victoria on 1 December 2010, becoming…
Churchill’s First Transatlantic Crossing
Beginning his long association with Cunard Line vessels, Winston Churchill, 20, arrived in New York…
