Bremen, France, America & a Royal Call to Monaco
70 Years Ago In April 1956, Hollywood actress Grace Kelly sailed from New York to a specially arranged stop at…
CruiseNews is proud to reprint William H. Miller‘s dispatches with permission. Heard Along the Promenade Deck draws from Miller’s Scribblings, Lives of the Liners, and Millergram. Known as “Mr. Ocean Liner,” he is a leading American maritime historian and author and has written 125 books and 1,000 articles on ocean liners and cruise ships, including Doomed Ships and The Fabulous Interiors of the Great Ocean Liners. Miller created the passenger ship database for the Ellis Island Museum and taught “The Ocean Liner” at the New School in Manhattan. He has appeared in documentaries such as SS United States: Lady in Waiting and lectured aboard more than 75 cruise ships. His work has earned him numerous honors in maritime history. Many of Mr. Miller’s book titles can be seen HERE.
70 Years Ago In April 1956, Hollywood actress Grace Kelly sailed from New York to a specially arranged stop at…
The Millergram is Bill Miller’s seasonal look at ocean liners past and present, combining maritime history, cruise news, photographs, and…
The Cunard Line has, with great wisdom, marketed the illustrious Queen Elizabeth 2, the last of the celebrated trans-Atlantic superliners,…
French Grandeur Fellow guest Russell O. told me: “My family went to Europe in 1960. We sailed over on the French Line,…
It is surely the most glamorously nostalgic voyage of all – crossing the historic North Atlantic aboard the last of…
Anniversary Holland America Line is commemorating 100 years of Caribbean cruising, begun with the Veendam to the Caribbean from New…
First Cruise Victor S. has done over 50 cruises, 40 of them with Cunard. But he told me, “My very first…
Farewell to Italy A fellow passenger has lived in Australia for over 60 years but was born in Italy. Over lunch,…
Long Ago Voyages Eleanor C. has taken over 50 cruises including several world cruises. While onboard the Queen Mary 2 and…
South Africa Ted Ellingham told me that, in 1960-61, his family temporarily moved to South Africa. His father was engineer for an…