T.S. Eliot Cheats Death on Queen Mary
Queen Mary carried scores of celebrities during her long and storied career at sea. Most…
Monthly Archives: June, 2020
The Stateroom Switcheroo
A tale that sounds a little too good to be true, from the Brooklyn Daily…
Slavonia Sends an SOS
The SOS distress call was used for the first time on 10 June 1909 when…
White Star’s Atlantic: Second, First and Worst
Atlantic (1871) was White Star Line’s second ocean liner. It was also the first White…
Lusitania Leads the Way
Created to counter growing German competition on the North Atlantic—led by liners such as Kaiser…
The “New” Nantucket Lightship
After Olympic (1911) accidentally ran over and sank the Nantucket Lightship (Lightship 117) in 1934,…
St. Louis Sets Sail
American Line’s St. Louis (1895) began her maiden voyage, New York-Southampton, on 5 June 1895.…
Norah Wellings and Her Dolls
Norah Wellings was a British designer of cloth dolls. You’ve probably seen her handiwork before.…
Independence’s Turbulent Career
American Export Lines’ Independence (1951) was launched on 3 June 1950, beginning a long and…
USS West Point Goes to War
The US Navy acquired United States Line’s America on 1 June 1941 for conversion into…