1973: Cruise Ship Bomb Threat
On 11 July 1973, Pacific Far East Lines cruise ship Mariposa (1952), while docked in…
Monthly Archives: July, 2020
Raffaello: End of the Line
Italian Line’s Raffaello departed on her maiden voyage on 10 July 1965. Raffaello, along with…
California Steaming
Anchor Line’s California (1907) was launched in Glasgow on 9 July 1906 at the D&W…
Baltic’s Big Day
Baltic (1903) arrived in New York for the first time on 8 July 1904. Here’s…
A New Flag Arrangement
Passengers arriving in Southampton on 7 July 1934 beheld a sight that would have been…
Caronia’s Famous Funnel
Other than her mint green color, the most interesting feature of Caronia (1949) was her…
50th Anniversary—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…
Glorious Galileo Galilei
Lloyd Triestino Line’s Galileo Galilei was launched on 2 July 1961. The liner, designed to…
A Movie to Remember
On 1 July 1958 the most accurate feature film ever made about the Titanic disaster,…