Princess Sophia — A Slow-Motion Disaster
On 24 October 1918, at approximately 3 a.m., Canadian Pacific Line’s Princess Sophia, bound from…
Author John Edwards
John Edwards
John is the publisher and editor of Oceanliners Magazine.
William Turner — Lusitania Captain
Cunard Line Commodore William Thomas Turner, master of Lusitania when she was sunk by a…
Teutonic (Not Titanic) Encounters an Iceberg
Things could have turned out very differently for Teutonic on 22 October 1913. The former…
Plucky, Lucky Franconia
Franconia (1923) was launched on 21 October 1922 at the John Brown and Co. shipyard…
Olympic — A New Class of Liner
Launched on 20 October 1910, White Star Line’s Olympic (1911) was heralded as the world’s…
Georgic Sails Away
Georgic (1932), the last ship built for White Star Line, left on her final voyage…
Conte di Savoia Debuts With a Bang
Conte di Savoia was launched on 18 October 1931. Everything went according to plan—at least…
Coast Guard Shoots and Sinks Ex-Friedrich der Grosse
On 17 October 1922 City of Honolulu, formerly NDL’s Friedrich der Grosse, was sunk by…
Greta Garbo Sails to Fame
Legendary Swedish movie actress Greta Garbo and Finnish director Maurtiz Stiller smile for the press…
The Very First Rotterdam
Rotterdam (1872) began her maiden voyage, Rotterdam-New York, on 15 October 1872. The first vessel…