Funnel Phun
Have you ever noticed that really old ocean liners built, say, before 1930 or so,…
Monthly Archives: January, 2021
Normandie’s Fabulous Doors
French artist Raymond Subes (13 April 1891 to 31 January 1970) designed the fabulous 20-foot-tall…
Wilhelm Gustloff: Death Through Torpedo
History’s greatest passenger ship disaster occurred on 30 January 1945. The Wilhelm Gustloff disaster likely…
Celtic the Collider
On 29 January 1927, in thick fog about 25 miles off Fire Island, New York,…
Film: World Cruise on President Wilson
President Wilson is a relatively obscure ocean liner, familiar only to the people who sailed…
Titanic Coincidences
There are simple serendipities, and then there are what can only be called Titanic coincidences.…
Persia Spears an Iceberg
Cunard Line’s Persia (1856) began her maiden voyage on 26 January 1856. It was a…
Laurentic’s Lost Gold
The former White Star liner Laurentic (1908) struck two mines off Lough Swilly, Ireland, on…
Cassandre — The Man and the Poster
Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron), the Ukrainian-French artist who created the iconic and widely reproduced poster…
The Santa Maria Hijacking
On 23 January 1961, the world learned that the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria of…