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Heritage - Maritime History and preservation in the USA

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History and Maritime preservation - interview with Hector Luis Aponte III, Maritime enthusiast, about UNITED STATES LINES, the ss UNITED STATES, and the AURORA (WAPPEN VON HAMBURG) preservation project    by Earl of Cruise - A preview on the history of UNITED STATES LINES collection Hector Louis Aponte III UNITED STATES LINES did start on August 27th, 1921 on the ruins of the UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMSHIP LINES. One of the founders of UNITED STATES LINES has been Kermit Roosevelt sr. 2nd son of President Theodore Roosevelt and is the cousin of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Kermit Roosevelt of USL ( Left ) and E.C. Palmer of the Shipping Board ( Right ) (1926) - collection Hector Louis Aponte III UNITED STATES LINES as previously the US MAIL used seized German vessels as their ships for operating a transatlantic service. These have been the AMERIKA (AMERICA), GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT GRANT - ex SERVIAN (REPUBLIC as trooper, then UNITED STATES LI...
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Heritage - Faszination Katastrophe rms LUSITANIA

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Die Versenkung der rms LUSITANIA, Faszination und Katastrophe by Earl of Cruise Innerhalb des vergangenen April und in diesem Mai 2016 hatten wir zwei Jahrestage von geschichtlichen Ereignissen in der Seefahrt, welches jedes für sich einen weitreichenden Einfluss auf den Verlauf unserer Geschichte hatte. Eines geschah mitten im Frieden, und wird unter Historikern, weithin als der Beginn des Niederganges des Britischen Empires angesehen. Das andere, während des Urknalls des Ersten Weltkrieges, wird als das endgültige Ende einer alten Weltordnung. Beide Schiffe waren der Stolz der britischen Handelsmarine, wie auch generell der britischen Nation. Das zweite Ereignis war der Untergang der LUSITANIA . Sie wurde durch ein deutsches Unterseeboot , U20 , durch den Abschuss eines Torpedos versenkt. eigene Sammlung (Postkarte) Versenkung der rms LUSITANIA Es herrschte 1915 Krieg, der Erste Weltkrieg , die Urkatastrophe des 20ten Jhdt., in welche alle Staaten der Welt sehenden...
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Heritage - Faszination Katastrophe ss TITANIC

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Die Katastrophe der ss TITANIC by Earl of Cruise ss OLYMPIC, sister vessel to ss TITANIC, in her appe arance after the sinking of ss TITANIC © coloured by Daryl LeBlanc Innerhalb des vergangenen April und in diesem Mai 2016 hatten wir zwei Jahrestage von geschichtlichen Ereignissen in der Seefahrt, welches jedes für sich einen weitreichenden Einfluss auf den Verlauf unserer Geschichte hatte. Eines geschah mitten im Frieden, und wird unter Historikern, weithin als der Beginn des Niederganges des Britischen Empires angesehen. Das andere, während des Urknalls des Ersten Weltkrieges , wird als das endgültige Ende einer alten Weltordnung. Beide Schiffe waren der Stolz der britischen Handelsmarine , wie auch generell der britischen Nation. Der Untergang der ss TITANIC Das erste Ereignis geschah in der Nacht vom 14. auf den 15. April 1912. Es war die TITANIC. sie galt damals als unsinkbar und war zugleich das luxuriöseste und größte Schiff der Welt. Das größte von Mensche...
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HISTORY - HAMBURG-SÜD and the CAP express liner

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The CAP express liners of HAMBURG-SÜD, CAP FINISTERRE, CAP TRAFALGAR, CAP POLONIO and CAP ARCONA, are known worldwide for their luxury, renowned service on board and grandeur. Their successors of the 60s, the CAP SAN vessels, have not been that elegant, but truly first class and were known as the "White Swans" of the Atlantic. by Earl of Cruise HAMBURG-SÜD´s SANTA TERESA in Santos - courtesy HAMBURG-SÜD Since its formation in 1871, HAMBURG-SÜDAMERIKANISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFFAHRTS-GESELLSCHAFT ( HSDG or HAMBURG-SÜD ) has evolved from a conventional freight and passenger shipping company into a global operating transport logistics organisation. Today, it ranks among the world's ten largest container shipping lines and is one of the leading providers in the North-South trades. T ill recently it was a member of the successful Oetker Group, one of the largest and best-known family enterprises in Germany. The heirs and owners sold HAMBURG-SÜD to the Danish MAERSK Group ...
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Ocean Liners in Movies or Films at Sea (updated Nov 2017)

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For liners and the shipping companies movies and films had been a top marketing tool Movies or Films and liners at sea, had been intriguing me since I have read about in my youth in LUXUSLINER - BILDER EINER GROSSEN ZEIT by Lee Server ( THE GOLDEN AGE OF OCEAN LINERS ). But earlier, mot only since my first crossing, I was keen watching movies with liners in it, and disapointed, which was an understatement, when I realized the films have been made in a set ashore in some movie "factory". That was after my first crossing.   by Earl of Cruise an essay in progress `Sabrina´, Humphrey Bogart in the office, while LIBERTÉ is sailing out of New York harbor - screenshot Ocean liners, especially those of the luxury category, had been the location of dramas, love stories, thrillers, suspense and catastrophies sinde film was born, or nearly. In this list, the most descriptions are taken from Wikipedia, as I guess no one can expect having seen all these films ... otherwise I w...
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HISTORY - ss LA BOURGOGNE - Women and Children last

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What had happend on sinking LA BOURGOGNE? Why had been so few women and children been rescued ? by João Martins , editing by Earl of Cruise ss LA BOURGOGNE - editors collection From our viewpoint of today we see this disaster of ss LA BOURGOGNE as one of egoism and the right of the stronger, with no "heroism", or stepping back for the weak to be saved. And we blame the crew for not doing their duty ... Are we allowed to judge? Are we allowed to chide? Are we alowed to claime it as typical ... for the seamanship of France - I have heard and read so! - ?  No, we have not been on board.  This tragedy is not the place to be chauvinistic! And looking in todays world we see a lot of chauvinism again and egoism! The ss LA BOURGOGNE was a 7,395 GRT French ocean liner built by the FCM in Toulon for the Transatlatic mail and passenger service of Cie. Gle. TRANSATLANTIQUE and completed in 1886. She was an iron and steel construction, 150 metres long, had two funnels an...
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HISTORY - Traveling with airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG was the most luxurious airtravel

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The real airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG enabled the most luxurious airtravel for decades. Imagine, gliding through the air while the landscape or the sea below can be seen ... LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. On May 6, 1937, the story of civilian airship ended in a tragedy. In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the largest flying object and has been with the similar sized LZ 130 GRAF ZEPPELIN II the most luxurious of all time. How this came about can be reconstructed logically, a series of fatal physics concatenations . The airship LZ 129 HINDENBURG marks the climax of airship construction. It was in its time the fastest and most exclusive traveling object between Europe and America. The challenges of the construction of the giant of the heaven were immense. by Earl of Cruise LZ 129 HINDENBURG, 1936, in Lakehurst - digital copy of a coloured cover photo, originally by Bill Schneider, published in Dan Grossman´s book ` ZEPPELIN HINDENBURG: AN ILLUSTRATED HI...
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ss NORMANDIE 1935 - 1942 IX

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s s / te NORMANDIE starting from cold Owners: COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE BUILDERS: PENH Ö ET, St. Nazaire, France   by Stephen Carey © , editing by Earl of Cruise   This document is almost exclusively about the engineering aspects of NORMANDIE , mainly on how to start her up from cold. If you are looking for photos of the passenger spaces, there is a plethora of them on the web, in Facebook groups - Admirers of the ss Normandie , ss Normandie photographic file , The French Ocean Liners / Les Paquebots Fran ç ais , ss Normandie , GREAT LINERS OF THE PAST & PRESENT , and others, Pinterest and in articles about NORMANDIE here in the blog, please see at the end of the article. Using "ss" for NORMANDIE is quite incorrect, as NORMANDIE was a Turbo Electric vessel and not a steamship, therefore NORMANDIE should be adressed as "te".   by Earl of Cruise te / ss NORMANDIE berthed in Le Havre, Gare Maritime May 29th, 1935 - colouring courtesy ...
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Transatlantic - OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, New York, 1846-1857

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The OCEANSTEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY was the first United States flag Transatlantic steamship company to offer regularly scheduled transatlantic service to continental Europe. The company was founded in response to a U.S. government decision to subsidize a steamship operation by means of mail contracts in an attempt to compete with British government subsidies to British CUNARD LINE. The mail line should serve the ports of Le Havre and Bremen . In 1783 Bremen was amoung the first states to acknowledge diplomatic the new formed United States of America.   by Earl of Cruise WASHINGTON of OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY - own collection Bevor the advent of usable steam engines, sailing packets dominated the Northatlantic, e.g. BLACK BALL LINE . This line and other sailing packets from the USA dominated the market with their more or less frequent crossings depending on the winds - sometimes up to 10 weeks westbound. BLACK BALL LINE was a freight, mail and passe...
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Expedition Cruises - ULSTEIN© embarks on expedition cruise market

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Embarking on the expedition cruise market and following the ULSTEIN © motto - "Stay different" by Earl of Cruise "Stay different." The niche of ULSTEIN , their credo, even when embarking in the expedition cruise market. Years ago, attending the SMM in Hamburg, a friend of mine and me got an idea, when seeing the X-Bow of the ULSTEIN models of Offshore vessels , " Couldn´t this be the right bow for expedition cruise vessels? "  We got into a heated discussion. Me pro, he contra. In his opinion it was too far off from the mainstream what a cruise passenger is expecting from the design of his cruise or expedition ship.  We had been discussing too the up-and-down discussed freak wave casualties. Stay different." The niche of ULSTEIN ©, explorer cruise vessel with X-Bow - courtesy © ULSTEIN "Stay different." The niche of ULSTEIN © , explorer cruise vessel with X-Bow - courtesy © ULSTEIN The expedition cruise market had...
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F&B, Style - A Beautiful Jug, a Cup and a Bucket

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About a jug, a cup, a champagne bucket. by Richard Arebalo for the Texas Wine and Food Foundation editing by Earl of Cruise I’ve collected antique silver for many years, but lately the pace has accelerated and the size of the collection has grown the more I am inspired by the beautiful scenes in Downton Abbey. While watching my guilty pleasure, I am particularly drawn to the details of preparing, presenting and serving the food and wine. In every kitchen scene depicting frantic food preparation, there is always a gallery of beautiful copper pots and dessert molds in the background. In the dining room, be it breakfast or dinner, table settings and service pieces are stunning and, thanks to the show’s historical advisor, Alastair Bruce, meticulously accurate for the period. top and below, Tastevin - courtesy TEXAS WINE & FOOD I can definitely imagine seeing Mr. Carson, the butler, using a couple of my recent wine-related purchases--an Edwardian wine ewer fr...
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HISTORY - The CUNARD - WHITE STAR Liner rms QUEEN ELIZABETH (1938-1972)

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Over years, in my early youth, the QUEEN ELIZABETH was shaping my mind for the perfect ocean liner, despite having made my first experiences with a liner onboard the HANSEATIC (1), ex EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND, ex EMPRESS OF JAPAN. When leaning at the rail of HANSEATIC entering the port, my eyes where every where and I wished to by a camera, I took all in. And when seeing the QUEEN ELIZABETH with my own eyes, the nice behaving young boy turned into a tomboy, that my grandmére was no longer able to tame ... I did draw quite a lot of looks, back then. I found, while on research, this article and thought it interesting publishing in my blog: written and published by John Sheperd at liverpoolships.org editing and comments by Earl of Cruise I ( John Shepard ) joined the CUNARD LINE in March 1962 as an Assistant Purser and sailed the QUEEN ELIZABETH throughout that year, before transferring to the Liverpool-based CARINTHIA in November, where I remained as Crew Purser for the next five...
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HISTORY - AUSTRO AMERICANA the Austro-Hungary shipping line into the new world

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Not many know about the Austro-Hungary shipping line, AUSTRO AMERICANA , which sailed out of Trieste to the Americas. Austro-Hungary and shipping? You may ask ... you may have heard about Vienna Walz, coffe house culture, Hotel Sacher and its famous chocolate cake, the Prater, chateau Schönbrunn, the Fiakers - the famous horse carriages and such things. But passenger shipping lines? There has been AUSTRO AMERICANA and ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD , renamed in LLOYD TRIESTINO after 1918 and after purchased by EVERGREEN renamed in Italia Marittima. The actual company ÖSTERREICHISCHER LLOYD is a new formed management company situated in Austria.   by Earl of Cruise KAISER FRANZ JOSEH I. the biggest liner of AUSTRO AMERICANA - own collextion Parts of my family lived for a long time in the Austro-Hungary empire, which can be qualified as a "United Nations of the Balkan". Having traces into Austria-Hungay, the realm of Hungary in special, it is a pleasure for me making thes...
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