This week sees the start of the British Film Institute’s “Tales from the Shipyard” with screenings of documentaries, studio features and independently produced films recalling the stories of UK communities shaped by the shipbuilding industry. The film series offers a richly fascinating and often surprising view of a vanished way…
By Shawn Dake. First published on MaritimeMatters in 2007. The DELTA QUEEN is a symbol of America. That rather grand opening statement does not overstate the singular importance of this wonderful old riverboat. The last authentic wooden-structure steamboat, carrying overnight passengers, rightfully deserves her place as a National Historic Landmark,…
Memory by Diane Kolyer: SS OLYMPIA I made at least two Atlantic crossings on OLYMPIA. My memories are mainly of people I met and things that happened on the trips. I have a 1966 Greek Line sailing schedule and a Greek Line deck plan from the same vintage in front…
Memory written Eva Silver: S.S. WASHINGTON 1936 Munich was the city of my birth and where we lived. The number In our family was eight: six children, two parents. The Port of Embarkation was Hamburg and we arrived there a week before the scheduled departure date because we had heard…
A CRUISE TO REMEMBER – The sinking of the SUN VISTA Sun Cruises, Singapore, a personal memory by Fred Burnett Built at Cantieri Riuniti dell’Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy as GALILEO GALILEI for Lloyd Triestino SpA di Navigazione, Genoa 1961 SUN VISTA (ex-GALILEO GALILEI, GALILEO, MERIDIAN) sank May 20, 1999 MaritimeMatters: On…
by Sgt. Ken Sullivan, Indiana Sgt. Ken Sullivan sailed on the QUEEN MARY when he shipped out to World War II in 1944, at the age of 22. His daughter Barb, asked him to write his recollections of the crossing. “He is now 84 years old, and in very poor…
by Alan Zamchick My Maiden Voyage: A Recounting of the Queen Mary 2 Maiden Voyage January 12-26, 2004 by Alan Zamchick Fellow lister George Prince, whom I only briefly met attending the “final farewell” party on the SS NORWAY on September 5, 2001, offered me the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join…
