Graf Zeppelin’s Maiden Voyage
On 11 October 1928, Graf Zeppelin began the first non-stop transatlantic passenger airship flight, leaving…
United States Donations Exceed Goal
The SS United States Conservancy, the Washington-based organization that’s working to save the historic superliner…
The Liner That Became a Marriott
The last passenger liner ever built at Newport News Shipbuilding was delivered on 9 October…
Granddad Was on the Black Gang
My grandfather, Charles Edwards, was a stoker. I know this fact not from any personal…
Are We Having Fun?
Children play a big role on today’s cruise ships. There’s even one cruise line that’s…
Connaught, Liner Lost in 1860, Discovered
Researchers with the Endurance Exploration Group, a Clearwater, Florida-based marine survey, search and recovery firm,…
QM2 Slips Under New York’s Verrazano Bridge
It’s a calculated close call on a dark spring morning as Cunard flagship Queen Mary…
Ship Runs Aground; Captain Pays With Life
On the night of 16 December 1906, HAPAG’s Prinzessin Victoria Luise, viewed by many as…
A “Hip Trip on a Luxury Ship”
This ad promoting a jazz cruise on Holland America’s Rotterdam (1959) is from an October…
Canadian Pacific Exhibit Tour
Join Oceanliners.org’s John Edwards in Victoria, British Columbia for a quick tour of Canadian Pacific…