Twilight of the Golden Age
On 2 August 1937, at the height of the golden age of superliners, French Line’s…
Rex: Italy’s Ocean King
Italy’s first superliner, Rex, was launched on 1 August 1931. Italy had never been a…
Murder Duo Captured on Liner
As Canadian Pacific Line’s Montrose (1897) arrived at Pointe-au-Père (Father Point), Quebec, on 31 July…
Majestic Spears a Schooner
On 30 July 1894, before sunrise and in dense fog off the Grand Banks, White…
1959: Queen Elizabeth Collision
Just three years after the Andrea Doria disaster, Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth (1940), like the…
Olympic and the Stars
As Olympic (1911) entered New York harbor on 28 July 1920, a huge crowd gathered…
Answering the Need for Speed
Cunard Line’s Scotia took the Blue Riband from fleetmate Persia on 27 July 1863, completing…
The Andrea Doria Disaster
On 26 July 1956, Italian Line’s Andrea Doria sank after colliding with Stockholm of Swedish-American…
French Line: The Beginning of the End
On 25 July 1956, a letter commissioning the construction of France’s first post-war superliner was signed by Jean Marie, chairman of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line). But there’s more to the story.
The Ceramic Tragedy
On 24 July 1913 Ceramic departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage. For most of the…