Cruising The Past Cruise News 
Pan American Airways began the first transatlantic passenger service on this day in 1939. Pan American World Airways, as it was to be known, commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal United States international air carrier from the late 1920s until its collapse on December 4, 1991. Founded in ... Read More »
PASSENGERS LISTS… When cruise and liners had passenger lists!
Cruise History: Looking back at passenger lists – “the bible” of travelers aboard the great liners and cruise ships. PASSENGERS LISTS… When cruise and liners had passenger lists! Passenger lists were given to all those booked aboard liners and cruise ships up until the 1970s. From Cunard to the French ... Read More »
Hurricanes Hit The East Coast – 1938 / 1936 / 1933
Cruise, Travel and Social History: Hurricanes Hit The East Coast – 1938 / 1936 / 1933 Carnival Triumph sailing around Hurricane Isabel Picture taken from U.S. Coast Guard helicopter – 17 Sep 2003. From a reader who has sailed on cruise ships in weather like this: There is a big ... Read More »
RMS QUEEN MARY VS SS NORMANDIE
Cruise and Liner History: The RMS QUEEN MARY vs SS NORMANDIE Read More »
RMS TITANIC JOKES IN BRITISH SITCOMS
Liner and Cruise History: RMS TITANIC JOKES IN BRITISH SITCOMS Read More »
STARS ABOARD THE SS UNITED STATES
Cruise History and Liner History: Stars aboard the US UNITED STATES… Marlon Brando and Salvidor Dali enjoying after dinner coffee in the First Class Lounge of the SS United States. It’s Captain’s Dinner aboard the SS United States in 1956 in the First Class Dining Room. And this is the ... Read More »
The RMS Aquitania Arrives In Southampton (1935)
The RMS Aquitania Arrives In Southampton (1935) Newsreel of the Cunard Line RMS ACQUITANIA arriving in Southampton from New York in 1935. RMS Aquitania was a Cunard Line ocean liner that was built by the John Brown and Company shipyard near Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 21 April 1913 ... Read More »
CAN YOU NAME THE PASSENGER CRUISE LINER (1937) PASSING UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE?
CAN YOU NAME THE PASSENGER SHIP (CRUISE LINER) PASSING UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE IN 1937? Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge: May 27, 1937. Can you name this passenger ship passing under the Golden Gate Bridge? If you know the name or have an idea… please comment below. ... Read More »
SS MANHATTAN aground off Palm Beach – 1941
The United States Liner S.S. MANHATTAN firmly aground 300 yards off the beach at Lake Worth Inlet in January 1941. The after deck of the US Coast Guard Cutter MOJAVE with the deck crew preparing to pass a 12-inch hawser to the ship in an attempt to tow her off ... Read More »
Scrapping The Old Luxury Liner Berengaria (1938)
Scrapping The Old Luxury Liner Berengaria (1938) Newsreel footage of scrapping the great Cunard Line’s BERENGARIA (1938). It was a glorious time, a time when the high seas of the North Atlantic were alive with behemoths of steel designed by men of vision and built by men of iron. The ... Read More »
