Hail Giulio Cesare!
Italian Line launched Giulio Cesare (1951) on 18 May 1950 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico…
Yearly Archives: 2018
The QE2 Bomb Hoax
On 17 May 1972, while traveling from New York to Southampton, Queen Elizabeth 2 was…
Olympic Sinks a Lightship
On 15 May 1934, on a fog-shrouded morning off the New England coast, a New…
The Green Goddess Visits Long Beach
Long Beach, California, is best known as the permanent home of the great Queen Mary.…
Amerika, America
HAPAG’s Amerika (1905), the first true luxury liner, was launched on 20 April 1905. A German…
Queen Mary 2 Guests First to Board the QE2 Hotel in Dubai
Dubai will welcome the most famous ocean liners in the world when the arrival of…
QE2 Hotel Opens
The Queen Elizabeth 2 Hotel is now open for business in Dubai, putting to rest—at…
The Day Olympic Sailed Into History
Olympic (1911) arrived at Southampton at end of her final regular service voyage on 12…
The Man Who Invented the Ocean Liner
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born on 9 April 1806. Among his many other accomplishments, Brunel…
The Day Queen Mary’s Captain Wept
A newspaper clipping from 22 September 1967: Queen Mary has that effect on people. To…