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RUBY Decked!
January 1, 2008: Princess Cruises's 2008-built RUBY PRINCESS is the latest ship given a comprehensive history and top to bottom tour by Peter Knego in his continuing MaritimeMatters blogspot Decked!. Click here for RUBY Decked!MSC FANTASIA Christening and Inaugural
December 23, 2008: In his latest Sea Treks blog, Peter Knego provides a preview of MSC Cruises brand new 133,500 gt MSC FANTASIA, which was christened by Sophia Loren at Naples on Thursday, December 19. Click here for MSC FANTASIA Christening and Inaugural blog.BRAEMAR Blog
December 15, 2008: Peter Knego's latest Sea Treks blog from Fred. Olsen's recently stretched, 1993-built BRAEMAR is now complete. Click here for the BRAEMAR Blog. BRAEMAR Blog.Celebrating SOLSTICE
December 1, 2008: A whirlwind two night christening cruise on board Celebrity Cruises' spectacular new CELEBRITY SOLSTICE is the subject of Peter Knego's latest Sea Treks blog. Click here for Celebrating Solstice.Bahamarama On The SKY
November 25, 2008: A four night cruise to the Bahamas on board NCL's NORWEGIAN SKY (ex PRIDE OF ALOHA) is the subject of Peter Knego's latest recently completed Sea Treks blog. Click here for Bahamarama on NORWEGIAN SKY.MaritimeMatters Salutes QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
November 11, 2008: Shawn Dake's highly illustrated log from the final world cruise of QE2 is now open on Maritimematters. Please click on ONE LAST TIME AROUND, THE FINAL WORLD CRUISE OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 by Shawn DakeRUBY Revelations
November 9, 2008: The christening and inaugural cruise of Princess Cruises' brand new 113,000 gt MV RUBY PRINCESS is the subject of Peter Knego's now completed Sea Treks Blog: RUBY Revelations.Click here for updated SHIPPING NEWS photos page
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Peter Knego's continuing MaritimeMatters BlogsGORKIY Goes to Norway Blog
October 1, 2008: Please click here for Sea Treks blog: GORKIY to Norway blog by Peter Knego.
Peter Knego cruises with the Ocean Liner Society on board Phoenix Seereisen's splendid turbine
driven steamship, SS MAXIM GORKIY from Bremerhaven to Norway. Also included are visits to Phoenix Seereisen's MV ALBATROS
(ex ROYAL VIKING SEA), Hurtigrute's MV NORDKAPP, and the 1949-built Norwegian passenger ship BRUVIK.AMERICAN QUEEN Farewell To Steam(boat) Blog
October 24, 2008: Join Peter Knego on this Uncommon Journeys steam rail/river adventure on board Majestic America Lines' steamboat AMERICAN QUEEN on her final northbound Upper Mississippi River cruise from St. Louis to St. Paul. Please click here for AMERICAN QUEEN Farewell To Steam(boat) Blog by Peter Knego1967-built SAPPHIRE (ex PRINCESS ITALIA, ITALIA, OCEAN PRINCESS, etc.) Greek Island Blog
September 6, 2008: Please click here for Sea Treks blog: SAPPHIRE Greek Island Cruise by Peter Knego.1957-built IVORY (ex AUSONIA, AEGEAN TWO) Blog
Sepember 1, 2008: Please click here for the now completed Sea Treks blog: IVORY Cyprus to Rhodes by Peter Knego.INSIGNIA Blog Part Two, Plus A Blog Within a Blog
August 10, 2008: Please click here for the now completed Sea Treks blog: INSIGNIA Venice to Barcelona, part two by Peter Knego, plus a blog within a blog as Peter Knego visits Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente Yard and blogs on MV MARINA's steel cutting with a cabin preview.INSIGNIA Blog Part One
July 30, 2008: Please click here for the newly uploaded Sea Treks blog: INSIGNIA Venice to Barcelona, part one by Peter Knego.EURODAM Blog
July 11, 2008: Please click here for Peter Knego's newly completed Sea Treks blog from EURODAM's inaugural sailing .COLUMBIA QUEEN BLOG
June 28, 2008: Up A River Without A Paddle Aboard COLUMBIA QUEEN blog by Peter Knego has been uploaded
to MaritimeMatters from Mr. Knego's journey from Portland, OR to Clarkson.A Fitting Arrival
May 26, 2008: Peter Knego takes delivery of rescued fittings from Alang, please click on the "Unload, Upload!" blogL.A. Mod. 2008 Blog
May 13, 2008: View Peter Knego's latest blog, the L.A. Mod. 2008 Blog, from the L.A. Modernism Show at the Santa Monica Civic in CA. This year's theme "Design In Motion" included the wall of glass, mahogany and nickel from EMPRESS OF CANADA's Mayfair Room, Luzzati's Colonna Traiana and Heraldic ceramics from VICTORIA and Luzzati's masterpiece, the silver leaf painting "Chariots" from STELLA SOLARIS.Abbreviated DISCOVERY Blog
May 5, 2008: Join Peter Knego on his latest Abbreviated DISCOVERY Blog, as he sails on Voyages of Discovery's
1972-built 20,216 gt MV DISCOVERY (ex ISLAND VENTURE, ISLAND PRINCESS, HYUNDAI PUNGAK, PLATINUM).Berth of F3, Knego's New Sea Trek
April 30, 2008: Blogging from St. Nazaire's latest keel laying and the introduction of the "New Wave" cabins,
Peter Knego continues his trek spectacular. Please click on NCL's F3, New Wave cabins and keel laying at St. Nazaire.Knego's JADE Sea Trek Begins
April 21, 2008: Blogging from onboard NORWEGIAN JADE, Peter Knego begins another trek spectacular.
Please click on Made on The Jade blog."QE2 Blues" Blog
April 1, 2008: Click here for Peter Knego's beautifully illustrated "QE2 Blues" Blog
following her last vist to Los Angeles.BALMORAL on 'Sea Treks'
March 6, 2008: Click here for Peter Knego's latest BALMORAL Blog on MaritimeMatters 'Sea Treks".REGAL EMPRESS Blog on 'Sea Treks'
March 3, 2008: Click here for Peter Knego's REGALLY Impressed Blog. Peter sails on Imperial Majesty Cruise Line's
MV REGAL EMPRESS, the former Greek Liner OLYMPIA of 1953.INDEPENDENCE Departs, FAITHFUL Remains
February 9, 2008: Click here for Peter Knego's latest In And Out Of The Fog Blog from San Francisco.Cunarders In California
January 30, 2008: Click here for Peter Knego's latest blog,
Two QUEENs for a day: QUEEN VICTORIA's Maiden Visit to Los Angeles,
QUEEN MARY's 40th Year in Long BeachBoston GEM Party: A First Look at NCL's NORWEGIAN GEM
December 14, 2007: Peter Knego blogs from a two night preview of NCL's latest Freestyle ship,
the 93,500 gt, 2,384 passenger NORWEGIAN GEM.Q6 Naming and Preview Blog - updated
December 11, 2007: Peter Knego blogs from Southampton, where the QUEEN VICTORIA is named in a lavish ceremony
by HRH, Duchess of Cornwall. Click here for Peter's Q6 Naming and Preview Blog.CopperDAM Blog, Part Two:
November 12, 2007: Click here for Part two of Peter Knego's Cruising With Uncommon Journeys,
from Mazatlan to San Diego Via Holland America Line's MV OOSTERDAM.CopperDAM Blog, Part One: El Paso to Mazatlan
November 5, 2007: Click here for Part one of Peter Knego's Uncommon Journey's Train Ride Through The Copper Canyon, Mexico,
with return via Holland America Line's MV OOSTERDAM..Broken Blog, Part Two
October 18, 2007: Click here to read part two of Peter Knego's latest blog about his recent trip to the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India
to document the ANASTASIS (ex VICTORIA). Click here for ANASTASIS At Alang, Part TwoBroken Blog, Part One
October 16, 2007: Click here to read part one of Peter Knego's latest blog about his recent trip to the shipbreaking yards of Alang, India
to document the ANASTASIS (ex VICTORIA). Click here for ANASTASIS At Alang, Part OneBLUE AEGEAN BLOG, Part Two: AEGEAN BLOG
August 28, 2007: Click here for Classic Cruising In the Aegean with Peter Knego, aboard Golden Star Cruises SS AEGEAN TWO.BLUE AEGEAN BLOG, Part One: BLUE BLOG
August 28, 2007: Click here for Classic Cruising In the Aegean with Peter Knego, aboard Monarch Classic Cruises MV BLUE MONARCH.Paddlewheel Blog AMERICAN QUEEN: Cincinnati to Pittsburgh
July 5 -- July 10 Click her for Peter Knego's Paddlewheel BlogPEARL In The Passage Blog
June 17 -- June 23, 2007: Peter Knego reports from Norwegian Cruise Lines'
MV NORWEGIAN PEARL Please click on the PEARL BlogEMERALD Blog
May 17 -- May 28, 2007: Peter Knego reports from Princess Cruises'
MV EMERALD PRINCESS Please click EMERALD Blog.Baja Blog
April 30 -- May 4, 2007: Peter Knego reports from Royal Caribbean International's
MONARCH OF THE SEAS Please click Baja Blog.Peter Knego blogs from Discovery World Cruises' MV DISCOVERY
Ice Water Blog: MV DISCOVERY Ushuaia to Punta Arenas:
Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part SixPeter Knego blogs from San Francisco Bay: Bay Area Blog
March sightings of the former INDEPENDENCE, USS POTOMAC (ex ELEKTRA),
XANADU 2 (ex WAPPEN VON HAMBURG, etc) and JEREMIAH O'BRIEN and more.PEARL Of NCL-Dom: NORWEGIAN PEARL
Peter Knego blogs from her naming ceremony at Miami, Florida.Regaled by REGAL E: REGAL EMPRESS
Peter Knego's latest blog from the beloved EMPRESSPeter Knego Blogs from MSC's MONTEREY:
Part One: Matson Meets MSC In The Med: SS MONTEREY
Part Two: Mediterranean Magic On The MONTEREY
Part Three: From "Aloha" To "Arrividerci"
Part Four: LE LYDIA (1931 MOONTA) in the South of France
Part Five: "From Piraeus to Palouki/OCEAN MONARCH"
Part Six: Golden Star Cruises/Majestic Cruises International's OCEAN MONARCH, continued.
Part Seven: The End of the Iberian to Arcadian OdysseyVenice Serenades The MUSICA
Peter Knego live from MSC MUSICA's naming ceremony in Venice, Italy.Fresh Water Blog Peter Knego reports from the DELTA QUEEN and Lake Michigan.
A New York Night On The New NOORDAM
Peter Knego blogs away on his recent, brief visit to Holland America's latest,
the 81,679 gt Vista Class newbuild, NOORDAM.Peter Knego's blog on the SAGA RUBY And The IVERNIA Captain's Dresser Saga.
A Week At The OPERA /A Weekend On The EMPRESS
Peter Knego reports from onboard MSC's OPERA and Imperial Majesty's REGAL EMPRESS in late January/early February 2006.Peter Knego's - Ship Spotting in the Adriatic - November 2005
Articles & Blogs:
SS LANE VICTORY Blog From Los Angeles
June 11, 2008: Gordon Ghareeb blogs from the 1945-built Victory ship, SS LANE VICTORY, one of three vessels left in this class and the only one that is fully operational and licensed for deep sea voyaging. Ghareeb takes us on a tour of this unique ship and on one of her six annual sailings from the Port of Los Angeles. Click here for SS LANE VICTORY Blog OneOCEAN LINER ORACLES
March 20, 2008: Introducing MaritimeMatters' latest Blogspot, >OCEAN LINER ORACLES,
with our first "oracle", Theodore Scull, renowned ocean liner author, lecturer, and historian.A Day With VICTORIA
February 4, 2008: QUEEN VICTORIA in Los Angeles, click here for Martin Cox's photo blog of a day on board.DELTA QUEEN, Uncertain Future
December 12, 2007: Shawn Dake's three part story of the vintage steamer DELTA QUEEN.
Click here for DELTA QUEEN page one, DELTA QUEEN page two or the DELTA QUEEN page three.
A postscript on the final page brings the reader up to date with the current uncertain future of the DELTA QUEEN.Kaushal's Excellent Northern Adventure Blog by Kaushal Trivedi
Jonathan Boonzaier's SUPERTSAR GEMINI, tour a four page tour of Star Cruises' little Gem
Classic colonial-style cruising on Vietnam's Halong Bay. A journey on the EMERAUDE by Jonathan Boozaier
A rare cruise aboard China's JIARI - text and images by Jonathan Boonzaier
Martin's Mary Blog
THIS NOBLE SHIP - the ELIZABETH in Florida by Gordon R. Ghareeb
Martin Cox's account of QUEEN MARYs Meeting in Long Beach, CA, February 23, 2006Writer Jonathan Boonzaier Sails PELNI's KELUD
Cunard in California by Gordon R. Ghareeb
Lists
Dake's List: NEW CRUISE SHIPS ON ORDER compiled by Shawn J. Dake
The 2007 Vintage Passenger Ship Census - compiled by Doug Newman
Peter Knego's Vintage Ship Roundup
(number of ships added = 17)The Shipping News
Shipping News
News on current passenger shippingIndex of Ships
Index of Ships on Maritime Matters
Preserved Memory Project
Personal recollections of Ocean Liner travels
Preserved Memory Project indexed by ship name
Ship Tours
Links to featured vessels on Maritime Matters
indepth coverage, exterior and interior photographs and detailed history by Peter Knego:VINTAGE PASSENGER SHIP CHRONICLES:
ATALANTE
(ex TAHITIEN, ATALANTE, HOMERICUS)
BRITANIS
(ex MONTEREY, MATSONIA, LURLINE)
INDEPENDENCE
(ex SEA LUCK 1, OCEANIC INDEPENDENCE)
LEONID SOBINOV
(ex SAXONIA, CARMANIA)
MARGARITA L
(ex WINDSOR CASTLE)
MARIANNA VI
(ex AUREOL)
MARIANNA 9
(ex PRINCIPE PERFEITO)
M/S PHILIPPINES
(ex AUGUSTUS)
OCEANBREEZE
(ex SOUTHERN CROSS, CALYPSO, CALYPSO 1, AZURE SEAS)
NORWAY
(ex FRANCE)
PRINCESA VICTORIA
(ex DUNNOTTAR CASTLE, VICTORIA, THE VICTORIA)
REMBRANDT
(ex ROTTERDAM)
SEAWIND CROWN
(ex INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, VASCO DA GAMA)
SS STELLA SOLARIS
(ex CAMBODGE)
SUN VISTA
(ex GALILEO GALILEI, GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA)
SERENADE
(ex JEAN MERMOZ, MERMOZ)
THE TOPAZ
(ex EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, QUEEN ANNA MARIA, CARNIVALE, FIESTA MARINA, OLYMPIC)
VICTORIA
(ex KUNGSHOLM, SEA PRINCESS)
XANADU 2 / FAITHFUL
(ex WAPPEN VON HAMBURG, DELOS, XANADU, etc)CONTEMPORARY CRUISE SHIP CHRONICLES:
EURODAM
MAXIM GORKIY
(ex HAMBURG, HANSEATIC)
INSIGNIA
MSC MUSICA
NORWEGIAN PEARL
OLYMPIC VOYAGER
PACIFIC PRINCESS
(ex R THREE)
REGAL EMPRESS
(ex OLYMPIA, CARIBE I)
SAGA RUBY
(ex VISTAFJORD, CARONIA)
MV SAPPHIRE
(ex PRINCESS ITALIA, ITALIA, OCEAN PRINCESS, SEA PRINCE, PRINCESA OCEANICA)
SUPERSTAR LEO
ZUIDERDAMU.S. Steamship Line History
American Hawaii Cruises
Delta Queen Coastal Voyages
Hawaiian Steamship Co
Los Angeles Steamship Co
Matson Line
Munson Line
United States LinesBritish Steamship Line History
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