Is QE2 doomed to the scrap heap in India? Bring out the worry beads!
Cruise Ship History: Dubai may sell former Cunard Line QE2 to tackle debt crisis - The high-profile “trophy asset” of Dubai’s boom years may have to be sold to pay off the emirate’s mounting debts. The QE2 competes with the RMS Titanic for media attention.
From The Daily Telegraph:
The QE2 arrives at Port Rashid in Dubai. The Gulf state may have to sell the high profile asset acquired during the ... Read Full Story
Retro look at the 1950s - Cruising the Past - A major element in the development of Palm Springs was the Southern Pacific Railroad. At one time the SP offered passenger service on over eight daily trains.
The SP served Palm Springs from a Spanish style station especially built for the resort in the late 1930s.
SP, at one time, had eight daily trains serving the desert resort for passengers escaping the harsh winters of the USA or wanting the desert climate for their health.
The Santa Fe and ... Read Full Story
SS AMERICA - Didn’t sail in Sept 1963 - because of a strike.
Cruising the Past: The Maritime Unions - corrupt leaders, under gangster control, along with the JET, helped kill American passengers ships. Maritime strikes were endless throughout the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The workers demanded more wages, shorter hours and guess what? All American passengers ships disappeared in the 1970s. Thousands of jobs were lost. The unions would strike at the height of the season. Alaska Steam... Read Full Story
Cruising the Past: SS MANHATTAN and SS WASHINGTON of the U.S.LINES crossing the pond in 1939. Preview of the SS AMERICA. Just before World War 2. Read Full Story
CRUISE HISTORY - The S.S. Vestris was a passenger and cargo liner built by Workman Clarke & Co. Ltd. of Belfast, Ireland, for the Lamport & Holt Line. She weighed 10,660 gross tons, had twin screw propulsion, a speed of 15 knots, and could carry 280 first class, 130 second class, and 200 third class passengers with a crew of 250. Launched on May 16, 1912, Vestris made her maiden voyage on September 19, 1912, and was chartered in 1922 to Royal Mail, sailing between New York and Buenos... Read Full Story
FINDING STEAMSHIP PASSENGER LISTS, IMMIGRATION RECORDS - 1820s - 1940a
Cruising The Past receives numerous requests for ship’s passenger lists, manifests and listings. The following may help in your search. We suggest you visit the following websites:
JOE BEINE’S LISTING OF PASSENGER LISTS AND IMMIGRATION RECORDS
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By searching Google you will find many indexes of passenger lists (also called immigration records or ship m... Read Full Story
OASIS OF THE SEAS vs RMS TITANIC
RMS TITANIC is dwarfed by the new OASIS OF THE SEAS - A comparison in size.
Size Matters: Big Media Coverage For The World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Creates Cruise Ship History
Cruise Ship History: Before Royal Caribbean’s new “Oasis of the Seas” begins its first voyage on December 1, it will already have drawn more pre-inaugural media attention than any cruise ship in modern history. To begin with, WABC’s top-rated “Good Morning America” show will be do... Read Full Story
Cruise Line History: DOES MADONNA KNOW THAT EVITA (EVA PERON) HAD TWO CRUISE SHIPS NAMED AFTER HER? The Argentine liners were called the SS EVITA and the SS EVA PERON. They were similar in design to the SS JUAN PERON. The ships ran from Argentina (South America) to Europe and the USA.
Three views of the SS EVA PERON (later renamed the SS URUGUAY). Cia Argentian de Nav Dodero’s EVA PERON was launched in 1949. Named in honor of dictator Juan Peron’s wife, the ship was 12,627 GRT, 530 feet in l... Read Full Story
CRUISE HISTORY: High in the Andes mountain range, a huge lake straddles the borders between Bolivia and Peru. Lake Titicaca is one of the largest lakes in South America being more than 115 miles in length and over fifty miles across at its widest point. Although over 12,500 feet above sea level and at least 200 miles from the coast, it is also home to a small fleet of ships which makes it the highest navigable waterway in the world.
The two largest steamships to ply their trade across these... Read Full Story
Cruise History was made as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Oasis of the Seas arrived into Port Everglades in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. The weather was PERFECT!!! Oasis of the Seas is now the largest cruise ship in the world. Five times bigger than the Titanic. Watch and listen to the excitement as the Oasis enters her home Port for the first time. Filmed from the location of the “World Famous” MortgageMobile.com Webcam.
The Oasis of the Seas was accompanied by a flotilla of s... Read Full Story
