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Collision Survivors Survive Second Collision
How many liner passengers can lay claim to the fact they were subjected to two…
Checking Into The Empress
Ocean liner hotels—lodging facilities owned or subsidized by a shipping line—were unique. Located in port…
Lost Ship Traditions
I’m old enough to remember many shipboard traditions that are no long observed on today’s…
The Last Titanic Survivor
Elizabeth Gladys ‘Millvina’ Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic disaster and the liner’s youngest…
Titanic Senior Wireless Operator Jack Phillips
John George “Jack” Phillips, senior Marconi wireless telegraph operator onboard Titanic, was born in Godalming,…
The Haunted Humboldt
Humboldt was a Pacific Coast steamer measuring only 213 feet long and 688 net tons,…
United States’ Youngest Stowaway
United States (1952) transported many stowaways during her years at sea, but Eugene Hart may…
The Broken Promise
As they sought to dominate the transatlantic travel market, the airlines promised this: But they…
Putting Smoke Back Into the Funnels
Aardvark FX, a British special effects firm, is working with the SS Great Britain Trust…
Quarantine: Flying the Yellow Flag
Olympic (1911) arrived in New York on 3 July 1920, two days late, after being…