First Picture, President Cleveland, Queen Mary, and Other Ocean Liners Remembered
New York: City & Its Ports I have been taking pictures from boyhood, from those long-ago rolls of black &…
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Ocean Liner Storms, Cunard Lives, and Italian Voyages
Stormy Weather & Rough Seas At the World Ship Society, Port of New York Branch, we had a night at…
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Fires, Royal Voyages, and Vanishing Ships
Dutch Threesome A ship historian friend and I recently discussed three of Holland’s best known and beloved liners: the Johan…
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Lives of the Liners: ILE DE FRANCE
One of the most important and innovative liners of all, this ship was perhaps mostly noted for the décor. It introduced…
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Lives of the Liners: VULCANIA – CARIBIA
A close sister to the Saturnia, the Vulcania had an even longer life – sailing for almost fifty years. Completed in…
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Lives of the Liners: MALOLO – QUEEN FREDERICA
After surviving a serious collision during her sea trials, this ship went on to induce far greater tourism to the…
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Holland America’s Big Three and the Lost Waterfront of New York
Lights, Camera, Action! This morning, Dutch TV is coming for an interview on Holland-America. And this afternoon we go to…
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From Bandar Abbas to New York
Mid East Remembrances Bill Fox is a longtime friend and top-notch maritime historian and author. Prompted by our recent article…
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Summers Chasing Ships and Seas
Fifty Years Ago It was summer vacation from school teaching and an August cruise seemed just right. So, a fellow…
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Club-Like Travel: Noordam & Westerdam
“We crossed the North Atlantic very often and mostly on the big, fast liners. But sometimes, we crossed on the…
