1910: Assassination Attempt on Liner
On 9 August 1910, New York Mayor William J. Gaynor boarded Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Kaiser Wilhelm…
Monthly Archives: August, 2020
The Big Bon Voyage
What happened to the jet age? A record 19,430 passengers left New York for Europe…
Germanic’s Trip Through Time
In terms of remarkable longevity, White Star Line’s Germanic stands apart from nearly every other…
White Star Doubled-Down on Gigantic
Here’s a classic example of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. On…
Queen Mary’s Paravanes
Few ocean liners were ever equipped with paravanes, yet Queen Mary had a complete set.…
Refloating Normandie
One and a half years after a devastating fire raced through USS Lafayette (ex-Normandie), it…
Call Her a Medic
There were great, luxurious ocean liners on the seas in the last century. Then there…
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…