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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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Books - Liner scale drawings the story of a long journey to LINERS

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Dr. Tamás Balogh told me his long journey with his new book `LINERS ´ of scaled liner drawings. Dr. Tamás Balogh, president of the Hungarian Association of Maritime History ( sorry only in Hungarian ) , Modeling and Tradition, member of the R.M.S. TITANIC Hungarian Research Group start to prepare a graphical presentation of the history of transoceanic passenger liners by scale drawings in 2002. The author leads us through the story from 1838 to the present day using more than 500 profile drawings of 280 liners from 40 shipping companies, with descriptions of the individual liners and the operating companies ( FaceBook LINERS ), which made the collection exceptionally abundant. The collection represents such rarely discussed topics as the history of the late Austro-Hungarian ocean liners or the planned, but ultimately cancelled giant passenger steamers. Earl of Cruise talked with the author, Dr. Tamás Balogh From info to digital art work, here shown for the KOAN MARU - digital ...
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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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Cruise Destination - London, swinging London

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London is the swinging and vibrant capital city of England and the United Kingdom , and the centre of the Commonwealth . by Alexander Naughton, editing by Earl of Cruise London, Palace of Westminster from the dome on Methodist Central Hall - Source: Wikipedia ( original seize ) Swinging London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is one of the world's leading financial centres . London is a world cultural capital. It is the world's most-visited city as measured by international arrivals and has the world's largest city airport system measured by passenger traffic. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012, London became the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times. London 360 ...
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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 - ts / ss BREMEN and ts / ss EUROPA

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Germany’s two luxury liners, BREMEN and EUROPA , have not only played an important part in their country’s mercantile revival, but have added also an immortal chapter to the history of transatlantic travel. Copy from Shipping Wonders of the World   From part 6 , published 17 March 1936 editing by Earl of Cruise ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: Shipping Wonders of the World/Bundespresse Archiv The PRIDE OF A NATION - the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD quadruple-screw turbine express liner BREMEN . The keel of this ship was laid in June 1927. Her launch took place in August, 1928. In less than a year later, the Bremen made her first voyage to America, when she crossed the Atlantic from Cherbourg to New York in four days seventeen hours forty-two minutes, thus setting up a new record and gaining the coveted “Blue Riband”. During the passage the Bremen attained an average speed of 27.83 knots. ss / ts BREMEN in her early years - Source: W ikipedia For the pop...
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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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HISTORY - HANSEATIC, die schöne Hamburgerin

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Die schöne Hamburgerin - ts HANSEATIC Die HANSEATIC I, ex SCOTLAND, ex EMPRESS OF SCOTTLAND, ex EMPRESS OF JAPAN by Earl of Cruise ts HANSEATIC - Postkarte (eig. Sammlung) Nasskalt hob sich der Morgennebel aus der Elbe. Mit dem Bug Richtung Cuxhaven schob sich der ganze Stolz der Hansestadt seewaärts: " D ie schöne Hamburgerin" ...   Sie war in der Tat eine Schönheit. Aus der alten als "Schrottland", in Hamburg verspotteten Hülle, machten die Werftarbeiter ein Schmuckstück. Auf ihr machte ich meine ersten "Seebeine". Und sie ist es, welche mich mit dem "Bazillus der Seefahrt infizierte". Diesen Erfolg muss ich ihr zu Gute halten. Die HANSEATIC I war in der Tat ein erfolgreiches Schiff, was auch an dem genialen Axel Bitsch Christensen lag. Er perfektionierte den vor dem 1. und 2.Weltkrieg gerühmten "deutschen Service", und ließ seine Crew immer lächeln. Aus eigener Erfahrung weiß ich, dass es nicht gespielt war, wie wir ...
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HISTORY - EUGENIO C. a masterpiece of Italian design and engineering

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EUGENIO C., later EUGENIO COSTA, was a masterpiece of Italian design and is an example of beautifully integrated ship design. Her naval architect, Nicolò Costanzi, and her interior designer, Nino Zoncada, worked side by side, or hand in hand, to create a perfect balance and continuity between the vessel's interiors and the exterior profile. EUGENIO C. became a masterpiece of the 60s design and elegance. by Earl of Cruise Some readers had been asking for interior photographies ... here they are.   Eugenio C. Tourist Class A pool, looking aft into the wake line - own collection, copy from my LINEA  „ C ‟ broshure EUGENIO C. entered service a little more than 50 years ago in 1966. EUGENIO C. was a child of the swinging 60s, when we had the first jet setters, and still style and elegance. And travelling by jet in those days was still an expensive way to travel for few. I am not the only one wishing the same intent and sensibility would be a guide line for present sh...
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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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