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The Day Queen Mary’s Captain Wept
A newspaper clipping from 22 September 1967: Queen Mary has that effect on people. To…

Titanic Survivor Madeleine Force Astor
Titanic survivor Madeleine Force Astor died at age 46 in Palm Beach, Florida, on 27…

Joseph Groves Boxhall, Titanic’s Fourth Officer
Joseph Groves Boxhall, Titanic’s fourth officer, was born on 23 March 1884 in Hull, England.…

Churchill’s Ships
Sir Winston Churchill sailed on many different ocean liners during his long and illustrious life,…

Film: Churchill’s Last Queen Mary Voyage
Sir Winston Churchill passed away on 24 January 1965. We remember the great man with…

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,…

Robert Arnott — QE2 Captain
Captain Robert Arnott, former master of Queen Elizabeth 2, died at 92 on 27 August…

Lustitania Slayer Meets His Fate
Kapitänleutnant Walther Schwieger was killed in action on 5 September 1917 when his U-boat, U-88,…

W.J. Hoendervanger: Maritime Artist
W.J. Hoendervanger is one of today’s finest maritime artists. Living and working in Vlissingen, the…