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![Belgic — White Star Line’s Only US-Built Ship](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Belgic-1902-Featured-351x185.jpg)
Belgic — White Star Line’s Only US-Built Ship
The ship that would become Belgic (1903), and hold the distinction of being the only…
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Liners Transporting Masterpieces
Transatlantic ocean liners are often associated with glamourous celebrities, but in the 1960s—during the twilight…
![Five Ocean Liners With Unfortunate Names](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/oddities-351x185.jpg)
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](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Laurentic-1908-Featured-351x185.jpg)
1911: Gunfire Rocks Laurentic
It was an evening of “great excitement” on White Star’s Laurentic (1908) in February 1911…
![White Star’s Tender, Attractive Magnetic White Star's Magnetic](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Magnetic-351x185.jpg)
White Star’s Tender, Attractive Magnetic
The attraction of White Star Line’s Magnetic lingers to this day. Magnetic, a tender built…
![The Forgotten Titanic Baseball Game](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Titanic-Baseball-Featured-351x185.jpg)
The Forgotten Titanic Baseball Game
Less than a week after White Star Line’s Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to…
![Olympic Feels Strange Vibrations](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Olympic-Ripple-351x185.jpg)
Olympic Feels Strange Vibrations
A strange, violent vibration lasting over two minutes created worry and alarm onboard Olympic (1911)…
![Celtic Captain: “Torpedoed by a Taxi”](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Oddities-Featured-351x185.jpg)
Celtic Captain: “Torpedoed by a Taxi”
White Star Celtic Captain A.E.S Hambleton survived World War I without a scratch. But, then,…
![Queen Mary High School](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Queen-Mary-Postcard-351x185.jpg)
Queen Mary High School
Can you imagine Queen Mary serving as a New York City high school? It appears…
![Piano Panic on Dunnottar Castle](https://oceanlinersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Dunnottar_Castle_1890-351x185.jpg)
Piano Panic on Dunnottar Castle
Back in January 1908, passengers on the storm-tossed Dunnottar Castle (1890) played a dangerous game…