New Queen Mary Film Debuts
All aboard Smithsonian Channel this August, as the network sets sail on an epic journey…
Yearly Archives: 2016
Dancing Returns to United States
It’s been a long time since anyone has danced inside United States’ once elegant ballroom,…
World’s Fastest Ocean Liner
On 15 July 1952 United States became the world’s fastest ocean liner. The United States…
The Day They Began Building QE2
The keel laying ceremony for the ocean liner that would become Queen Elizabeth 2 took…
Naronic—The Liner That Disappeared
Few noticed when White Star Line’s Naronic (1892) was launched on 26 May 1892 at…
Queen Mary Returns to Scotland
Queen Mary has returned to her birthplace on the Clyde. No, not the Queen Mary, which…
Titanic II Sinks Before Sailing
To the surprise of… well, virtually no one, Clive Palmer’s much publicized plan to create…
Secrets of the Titanic
In 1985, the late Nicolas Noxon joined Robert Ballard’s expedition in the North Atlantic to…
Queen Elizabeth 2’s Maiden Voyage
Amid rain and a bomb threat, Queen Elizabeth 2’s maiden voyage, Southampton to New York,…
QM2 Gets Royal Navy Escort
The Royal Navy’s HMS Defender provided escort for Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 through the…