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Belgic — White Star Line’s Only US-Built Ship
The ship that would become Belgic (1903), and hold the distinction of being the only…
Liners Transporting Masterpieces
Transatlantic ocean liners are often associated with glamourous celebrities, but in the 1960s—during the twilight…
J. Bruce Ismay: A Media Hit Job?
J. Bruce Ismay, the White Star Line managing director and Titanic survivor, was born on…
John Brown Was Never a Shipbuilder
John Brown & Co. built many of the world’s great ocean liners, as well as…
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
It was an evening of “great excitement” on White Star’s Laurentic (1908) in February 1911…
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
Less than a week after White Star Line’s Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to…
Welcome Aboard, Fidel!
Capt. Heinrich Lorenz, left, of Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Berlin (ex-Kungsholm of Swedish American Line), proposes a…
Cunard and His Line
Samuel Cunard, founder of Cunard Line. Born on 21 November 1787, Sir Samuel Cunard was descended…