Post Image: SS United States Photo By Mpftmead (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The SS United States Conservancy is running a continuing campaign to save and resort America’s Ocean Liner. She has languished in a derelict state for so long and yet weathered the abuse stoically. Please follow the link below and like… Read more
Every Labor Day weekend The Maritime Museum of San Diego hosts The Festival of Sail at the North Embarcadero on San Diego Bay. This year had over twenty tall ships and a hundred plus vendor stalls. Ships sailed in from many ports to add to the sailing ships that are permanently birthed here. The most… Read more
The Final Glory Of The Italian Line Ocean Liners Italian Style 1965-1975 The Italian Line was responsible for commissioning two of the last purpose built ocean liners. SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello were designed with the modern flair of the Nineteen Sixties and sailed between Genoa, Italy and New York. But the era also saw… Read more
The picture is the bridge of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, taken during my visit in 2010. Notice the funnel and hose arrangements to communicate with stations within the ship. I’m reliably informed that they were very effective. I’ve been neglecting this web site, I know. I really do intend to keep it up-to-date and… Read more
The retired Queen doesn’t need much of an introduction. These are some of the photographs I took on my last visit. I’ll post more pictures from this trip as I get the time. Thanks for having a look. :-)… Read more
The SS United States has been laid up in Philadelphia for many years now. She has not sailed under her own power since 1969. Her final voyage returned from Europe bound for New York, collecting my parents, our 1963 Rambler and myself in Southampton U.K. along the way and then never setting out to sea… Read more
The “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit” has been at The Natural History Museum in Balboa Park in San Diego for most of the year and is closing this weekend. It is one of eight exhibitions posted throughout the United Stated (with one additional in Bangkok Thailand). Operated by RMS Titanic Inc., which owns the rights to… Read more