Cruise Ship Will Emulate White Star Liner An Australian company named Blue Star Line has announced a plan to launch a replica Olympic Class ocean liner and name her Titanic 2. Now, I’m not one to dwell on The Titanic. I admire the Olympic Class to be certain and I have a fascination with shipwrecks… Read more
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Two Beautiful Italian Sisters
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
RMS Queen Mary November 2010
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 Last Passenger Of The S.S. United States
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
“SAGA RUBY To Be Retired” – MaritimeMatters
Image credit to: Travis6406 (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Maritime Matters reports about one of the last “traditional liners” still in service heading off to retirement. via SAGA RUBY To Be Retired | MaritimeMatters… Read more