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A Stroll on Lusitania's Promenade Deck - Ocean Liners Magazine

Have you ever wondered what it must have felt like to walk along Lusitania's promenade deck in 1907? Well, this photo should provide some help. Those of you who have been fortunate enough to stroll...

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The St. Louis Story oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

The St. Louis Story - Ocean Liners Magazine

St. Louis (1894) led two lives: one as a North Atlantic ocean liner and another as a warship.

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1915: Lusitania Departs for Liverpool - Ocean Liners Magazine

Cunard Line's Lusitania departed New York on 1 May 1915, beginning her 101st and what would turn out to be her final eastbound crossing.

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Capt. Smith Begins His Journey oceanlinersmagazine.com/2020…

Capt. Edward J. Smith Begins His Journey - Ocean Liners Magazine

For White Star Line Capt. Edward J. Smith, 10 April 1912 marked the beginning of a series of events that would ultimately define his long and distinguished career, but certainly not in a way he had...

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Sovereign of the Seas—First of the Megaliners oceanlinersmagazine.com/2020…
Pacific Liner: A Vintage Movie for Our Times oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

Pacific Liner: A Vintage Movie for Our Times - Ocean Liners Magazine

Pacific Liner is a 1938 fictional film that focuses on a very real current issue: a ship-wide epidemic. Here's the basic plot: Arcturus is sailing from Shanghai to San Francisco when a stowaway is...

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Joseph Groves Boxhall: Titanic’s Fourth Officer oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

Joseph Groves Boxhall: Titanic's Fourth Officer - Ocean Liners Magazine

Joseph Groves Boxhall, fourth officer on Titanic (1912), was born on 23 March 1884 in Hull, England. Boxhall had served almost 13 years at sea when he boarded Titanic in Belfast on 27 March 1912,...

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The Day Swedish American Line Sailed Away oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

The Day Swedish American Line Sailed Away - Ocean Liners Magazine

Swedish American Line (SAL) sailed away from transatlantic passenger service on 22 March 1975, suspending operations "indefinitely" (as in "forever"). Founded in December 1914 as Rederiaktiebolaget...

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City of New York: Speed, Beauty, and Thrills oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

City of New York: Speed, Beauty, and Thrills - Ocean Liners Magazine

Inman Line's City of New York (1888) had it all: speed, beauty, and thrills. City of New York was launched on 15 March 1888. The launch took place not in New York, or even in the US, but at the J&G...

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Reckless Adriatic Sinks Schooner oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

Reckless Adriatic Sinks Schooner - Ocean Liners Magazine

On 8 March 1875, a reckless Adriatic (1872) inbound from New York, hit and sank the schooner Columbus in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool. The schooner's captain, his wife, three crew members, and a...

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Katie Mack
@AstroKatie5 Mar 2021
The proper term for this is “superior mirage” or “superior looming mirage” but I have seen the term “fata morgana” used for a similar phenomenon also caused by weird kinds of light bending over the ocean.
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You don't see this off Falmouth every day! 😲 #mirage #falmouth #cornwall
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Bothnia the Stalwart oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

Bothnia the Stalwart - Ocean Liners Magazine

Bothnia was one of the stalwart liners that helped make Cunard the standard for safe and reliable transatlantic service. She was launched on 4 March 1874.

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United States’ Youngest Stowaway oceanlinersmagazine.com/2017…

United States' Youngest Stowaway - Ocean Liners Magazine

Eugene Hart may have been United States' youngest stowaway. The Brooklyn lad was only 11 years old when he snuck onto the liner for the trip of a lifetime.

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Oceanic: White Star’s First Liner oceanlinersmagazine.com/2017…

Oceanic: White Star's First Liner - Ocean Liners Magazine

Oceanic (1871), White Star Line's first passenger liner, was launched on 27 August 1870, heralding the dawn of a new era in transatlantic travel.

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SSUS Conservancy@SSUSC1 Mar 2021
The late #Philadelphia #philanthropist H. F. "Gerry" Lenfest served as the Inaugural Chair of the Conservancy's Blue Riband Council because he understood the historical importance of the SS United States. bit.ly/SSUSCLenfest #SSUSC10 #MaritimeHistory #AmericanHistory
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Titanic Belfast@TitanicBelfast1 Mar 2021
#OnThisDay: 1st March 1912 A historic meeting took place today with the arrival of Olympic at Belfast to have a propeller fixed, as she sat alongside her sister Titanic which was fitting out nearby at the Deep Water Wharf! Find out more 👉 titanicbelfast.com/onthisday #OTD
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Steel-Hulled Servia oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

Steel-Hulled Servia - Ocean Liners Magazine

Cunard Line's Servia was launched on 1 March 1881 at the J&G Thomson shipyard, Clydebank (later John Brown & Co.). At the time of her launch, Servia was the second-largest ship in the world (530 feet...

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SSUS Conservancy@SSUSC28 Feb 2021
The Conservancy remembers Commodore Leroy J. Alexanderson, the final master of the SS United States, who passed away at age 93 on this date in 2004.
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Graham Andrew@CruiseIncentive28 Feb 2021
Resplendent in the morning mist, @cunardline Queen Mary 2 arriving into Southampton this morning.
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William Murdoch, Titanic’s First Officer oceanlinersmagazine.com/2021…

William Murdoch, Titanic's First Officer - Ocean Liners Magazine

William Murdoch, Titanic's first officer, was born on 28 February 1873. Was he a hero or the maniac portrayed in at least two Titanic movies?

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