Hikawa Maru: The Last of Her Kind
While a handful of Atlantic ocean liners still exist, there is only one remaining classic…
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Vive la France
France (1962), the last great ocean liner for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line), was launched…
Paris Is Burning
In an eerie foreshadowing of Normandie’s fate just three years later, Paris (1921) caught fire…
Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Maiden Voyage
Queen Elizabeth’s secret maiden voyage began on 3 March 1940. It was, arguably, the most…
The (Speed) Queen Mary
Although Queen Mary didn’t look as fast as her sleeker, streamlined competitors, such as Normandie…
Launching Queen Mary
Queen Mary, arguably the greatest ocean liner ever built, was launched On 26 September 1934,…
Libraries at Sea
Plush libraries were one of the things that made the great ocean liners great. Back…
International Ocean Liners Day
There are now global “days” honoring everything from peace (21 September) to stuttering awareness (22…
No More Ugly Ships
Fashions evolve and tastes change. Cars of the 1990s didn’t look like cars of the…
Riding on the West Side Highway
I miss my childhood days in New York. I remember dad at the wheel of the…