Lucania Stays Connected
When Cunard Line’s Lucania was fatally damaged by fire at Liverpool on 14 August 1909…
Browsing: Ocean Liners
Welcome to the Liner Transylvania
Transylvania (1926) was the second ship in Cunard Line’s Anchor Line subsidiary to bear the…
The (Speed) Queen Mary
Although Queen Mary didn’t look as fast as her sleeker, streamlined competitors, such as Normandie…
Germanic’s Trip Through Time
In terms of remarkable longevity, White Star Line’s Germanic stands apart from nearly every other…
Rex: Italy’s Ocean King
Italy’s first superliner, Rex, was launched on 1 August 1931. Italy had never been a…
Savannah, the Nuclear Liner
The first—and so far only—nuclear-powered ocean liner, NS Savannah (1959), was launched on 21 July…
Carpathia’s Final Voyage
Carpathia, the noble little Cunard liner that bravely raced to assist Titanic on the morning…
The First Caronia
The first Caronia was launched in Glasgow on 13 July 1904 at John Brown &…
Great Britain: A Preservation Success
On 5 July 1970 Great Britain (1845), the world’s oldest surviving ocean liner, was brought…
Cunard Launches the Ocean Liner Era
People had sailed across the North Atlantic for hundreds of years, but it took Samuel…
