Call Her a Medic
There were great, luxurious ocean liners on the seas in the last century. Then there…
Browsing: Liner Stories
Rex: Italy’s Ocean King
Italy’s first superliner, Rex, was launched on 1 August 1931. Italy had never been a…
Murder Duo Captured on Liner
As Canadian Pacific Line’s Montrose (1897) arrived at Pointe-au-Père (Father Point), Quebec, on 31 July…
1959: Queen Elizabeth Collision
Just three years after the Andrea Doria disaster, Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth (1940), like the…
Answering the Need for Speed
Cunard Line’s Scotia took the Blue Riband from fleetmate Persia on 27 July 1863, completing…
French Line: The Beginning of the End
On 25 July 1956, a letter commissioning the construction of France’s first post-war superliner was signed by Jean Marie, chairman of Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line). But there’s more to the story.
The First Franconia
Franconia (1911) was launched on 23 July 1910 at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson…
Savannah, the Nuclear Liner
The first�and so far only�nuclear-powered ocean liner, NS Savannah (1959), was launched on 21 July…
Carpathia’s Final Voyage
Carpathia, the noble little Cunard liner that bravely raced to assist Titanic on the morning…
Nazi Spies on Liner America
On 16 July 1941, while anchored at Quarantine in New York harbor, USS West Point…