Five Ocean Liners With Unfortunate Names
Ocean liner history is rich with famous and evocative names, such as Queen Mary, Mauretania,…
1911: Gunfire Rocks Laurentic
It was an evening of “great excitement” on White Star’s Laurentic (1908) in February 1911…
Ship of Steel—Arabic (1881)
Arabic (1881) was the first White Star liner built with a steel hull. Launched on…
Inside Britannic (1929)
From the outside, Britannic (1929) appeared fierce and modern. On the inside, however, the new…
White Star’s Tender, Attractive Magnetic
The attraction of White Star Line’s Magnetic lingers to this day. Magnetic, a tender built…
The Unlucky Dunedin Star
Dunedin Star (1936) ran out of luck in a big way on 29 November 1942.…
The Forgotten Titanic Baseball Game
Less than a week after White Star Line’s Titanic struck an iceberg and sank to…
Welcome Aboard, Fidel!
Capt. Heinrich Lorenz, left, of Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Berlin (ex-Kungsholm of Swedish American Line), proposes a…
Shalom Sinks a Freighter
Just seven months after her maiden voyage, ZIM Line’s Shalom collided with the Norwegian tanker…
Turkey Day on Normandie
People in the United States will be celebrating Thanksgiving Day tomorrow. It was Thanksgiving Day, 24…