The Day They Stopped Building Queen Mary
All work on building Queen Mary—then simply known as Hull Number 534—was halted on 11…
Monthly Archives: December, 2020
Celtic on the Rocks
White Star Line’s Celtic (1901) ended a 27-year career on 10 December 1928 by unceremoniously…
Queen Mary Arrives in Her New “Home Port”
Queen Mary arrived in Long Beach, California, on 9 December 1967 following a 39-day voyage…
Suevic “Bows Out”
Suevic wasn’t fast or glamorous, but she was one of the many “working class” liners…
Atlantic Crossing—Life on an Ocean Liner
Here’s a 1967 educational film about ocean liner service as seen from a child’s point…
John Brown Was Never a Shipbuilder
John Brown & Co. built many of the world’s great ocean liners, as well as…
White Star Hits Hard Times
On 5 December 1930, facing abysmal bookings, White Star Line canceled a planned 31 January…
Five Ocean Liners With Unfortunate Names
Ocean liner history is rich with famous and evocative names, such as Queen Mary, Mauretania,…
1911: Gunfire Rocks Laurentic
It was an evening of “great excitement” on White Star’s Laurentic (1908) in February 1911…
Ship of Steel—Arabic (1881)
Arabic (1881) was the first White Star liner built with a steel hull. Launched on…