
Deutschland’s Three Lives
HAPAG’s Deutschland (1900), the world’s second “four stack” liner (following rival Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Kaiser Wilhelm…
HAPAG’s Deutschland (1900), the world’s second “four stack” liner (following rival Norddeutscher Lloyd’s Kaiser Wilhelm…
On 9 January 1972, fire broke out onboard Seawise University (ex. Queen Elizabeth (1940)) in…
“Getting There Is Half the Fun!” In the 1950s, with the economy booming and transatlantic…
Journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, traveling under the pseudonym Nellie Bly, boarded White Star Line’s Oceanic…
Just three years after the Titanic (1912) disaster, wireless once again proved its value as…
Delphic, launched on 5 January 1897, is a strong contender for the dubious honor of…
Cunard Line’s first major postwar liner, Caronia (1949), left on her maiden voyage, Southampton to…
Cunard Line’s Carpathia (1903) is justifiably remembered for her heroic dash through icy waters to…
On a foggy 2 January 1890, near Liverpool, White Star Line’s Britannic (1874), bound for…
Queen Mary began 1949 in a most embarrassing way. On 1 January, Queen Mary encountered…