Carmania (1905) Mixed Muscle and Style
Carmania (1905), a liner that mixed style and muscle, was launched at Clydebank’s John Brown…
Browsing: Liner Stories
Cunard’s Second Saxonia
Following Caronia (1949) Cunard Line’s Saxonia (1954) continued the company’s direction toward smaller liners as post-war…
Normandie Meets a Fiery End
More than seven decades after it occurred, the Normandie (1935) disaster lingers as one of…
United States — The Beginning
On 8 February 1950, at the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. in Newport News,…
France Hits Rough Seas
France (1962), the last great French Line ocean liner, left on her maiden voyage, Le…
Luxurious Lucania
Cunard Line’s Lucania (1899) was launched at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. of Glasgow on…
Celtic the Collider
On 29 January 1927, in thick fog about 25 miles off Fire Island, New York,…
Film: World Cruise on President Wilson
President Wilson is a relatively obscure ocean liner, familiar only to the people who sailed…
Persia Spears an Iceberg
Cunard Line’s Persia (1856) began her maiden voyage on 26 January 1856. It was a…
Sailing on “The Friendly Ship”
Quick: Which ocean liner was “The Friendly Ship”? Well, according to this promotional film, produced…