Moran and Other Tugboats
Exactly 160 years ago, on 10 November 1860, Irish immigrant Michael Moran purchased a half…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Churchill’s First Transatlantic Crossing
Beginning his long association with Cunard Line vessels, Winston Churchill, 20, arrived in New York…
Nieuw Amsterdam Ends an Era
Holland America Line’s flagship, Nieuw Amsterdam (1938), departed Rotterdam on her final transatlantic crossing to…
Great Eastern is Late for Launch
Great Eastern, Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s massive five funnel iron ocean liner, capable of carrying up…
Liner Torpedoed; U-boat Captain Apologizes
On 6 November 1942, Ellerman Lines’ City of Cairo, en route from Cape Town to…
Campania’s Explosive Demise
Campania was the world’s largest and fastest ocean liner when she joined the Cunard Line…
The Pacific Disaster
One of the worst maritime disasters in US Pacific coast history occurred on 4 November 1875.…
The Unlucky Laurentics
There were two White Star liners named Laurentic. Both met similar, tragic ends. On 3…
The Babe, The Spy and the Empress of Japan
Canadian Pacific Line’s Empress of Japan (1930) arrived in Yokohama harbor on 2 November 1934…
The Floating Media Circus
Anyone who believes that media circuses are a recent trend never sailed on a major…