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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…
Bert Pitman: Titanic’s Third Officer
Herbert John “Bert” Pitman, third officer on Titanic (1912), was born on 20 November 1877…
Olympic Feels Strange Vibrations
A strange, violent vibration lasting over two minutes created worry and alarm onboard Olympic (1911)…
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff: Shipbuilder
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff, born on 14 November 1834, was the “Wolff” in the famous Belfast-based…