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Raffaello: End of the Line
Italian Line’s Raffaello departed on her maiden voyage on 10 July 1965. Raffaello, along with…
Caronia’s Famous Funnel
Other than her mint green color, the most interesting feature of Caronia (1949) was her…
A Movie to Remember
On 1 July 1958 the most accurate feature film ever made about the Titanic disaster,…
120th Anniversay: The Great Hoboken Pier Fire
On 30 June 1900 one of the worst disasters in New York Harbor history occurred…
United States’ Last Captain
Leroy John Alexanderson, a United States Lines captain and commodore, was born in Brooklyn, New…
Media and the Seasick Horses
Back in the 1950s and 60s, Cunard Line’s Media had the unusual responsibility of supplying…
Normandie Crash Landing
On 22 June 1936, during a torpedo-dropping drill, an RAF plane flown by Lt. Guy…
Aquitania Abandon Ship Drill
Journey back to the days of weak industrial health and safety rules for an Aquitania…
Robert Napier, The Man and the Funnel
Robert Napier, the engineer often called “The Father of Clyde Shipbuilding,” was born in Dumbarton,…
1959: The Giant Liners That Never Were
Back in August 1959, H.B. Cantor, a US hotel owner, claimed he was going to…