Queen Mary’s New Stablizers
While still under Cunard Line management, Queen Mary was both excellently maintained and received periodic…
Browsing: Ocean Liners
Intermediately Modern Carinthia
Cunard Line’s Carinthia (1925) was launched at Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness, England on 24 February 1925.…
Titanic Engineering Video
In this video, William S. Hammack, a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department of the…
Olympic Gets a Safety Refit
On 9 October 1912, White Star Line withdrew Olympic (1911) from service, returning the liner…
Mauretania Sets a Record Pace
On 30 September 1909 Cunard Line’s Mauretania (1907) took the Blue Riband from fellow Cunarder…
Launching Queen Mary
Queen Mary, arguably the greatest ocean liner ever built, was launched On 26 September 1934,…
Queen Mary’s Final Pre-War Crossing
On 30 August 1939, Queen Mary departed from Southampton on her last voyage before the…
Queen Mary Gets Her Color Back
With World War II finally over, on 29 August 1945 painters on board Queen Mary…
World’s Fastest Ocean Liner
On 15 July 1952 United States became the world’s fastest ocean liner. The United States…
Secrets of the Titanic
In 1985, the late Nicolas Noxon joined Robert Ballard’s expedition in the North Atlantic to…