Cunard Launches the Ocean Liner Era
People had sailed across the North Atlantic for hundreds of years, but it took Samuel…
Glorious Galileo Galilei
Lloyd Triestino Line’s Galileo Galilei was launched on 2 July 1961. The liner, designed to…
A Movie to Remember
On 1 July 1958 the most accurate feature film ever made about the Titanic disaster,…
120th Anniversay: The Great Hoboken Pier Fire
On 30 June 1900 one of the worst disasters in New York Harbor history occurred…
Majestic Debuts
White Star Line’s Majestic (1890) was launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyard on 29…
Norge and the Granite Iceberg
Until Titanic sank, the Norge tragedy of 1904 was the worst-ever Atlantic maritime disaster. On…
United States’ Last Captain
Leroy John Alexanderson, a United States Lines captain and commodore, was born in Brooklyn, New…
Media and the Seasick Horses
Back in the 1950s and 60s, Cunard Line’s Media had the unusual responsibility of supplying…
United States—Keeping it Clean
Looking at United States in her current sorry condition, it’s hard to believe that she…
König Albert, A Regal Workhorse
Norddeutscher Lloyd’s König Albert, a liner with a regal name and a workhorse reputation, was…