Ascania Runs Out of Luck
Just three weeks after safely evading a U-boat attack, Cunard Line’s Ascania (1911) ran aground…
Is it President or Prinz?
President or prinz? That was the question facing Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) officials in 1907 when…
Little Liners
Lots of ocean liner fans love Tri-ang Minic models, and who can blame them? A…
T.S. Eliot Cheats Death on Queen Mary
Queen Mary carried scores of celebrities during her long and storied career at sea. Most…
The Stateroom Switcheroo
A tale that sounds a little too good to be true, from the Brooklyn Daily…
Slavonia Sends an SOS
The SOS distress call was used for the first time on 10 June 1909 when…
White Star’s Atlantic: Second, First and Worst
Atlantic (1871) was White Star Line’s second ocean liner. It was also the first White…
Lusitania Leads the Way
Created to counter growing German competition on the North Atlantic—led by liners such as Kaiser…
The “New” Nantucket Lightship
After Olympic (1911) accidentally ran over and sank the Nantucket Lightship (Lightship 117) in 1934,…
St. Louis Sets Sail
American Line’s St. Louis (1895) began her maiden voyage, New York-Southampton, on 5 June 1895.…