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Vielen Dank für 9,000 Besucher !!!

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Thank you! ss HANSEATIC auf See - own collection ss BREMEN colourized by © Daryl LeBlanc ss NORMANDIE auf Reede während ihrer Südamerika Kreuzfahrt 1938 © Daryl LeBlanc ss NORMANDIE läuft in den Hafen von New York ein (1937 oder 1938) © Daryl LeBlanc ss NORMANDIE steaming ahead through the Atlantic, gaining for the Blue Riband! by Earl of Cruise
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Cruise - A new HAPAG-LLYOD CRUISES?

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Is it really a new HAPAG-LLOYD CRUISES ? by Earl of Cruise The inventor of modern cruising HAPAG , by its then Director General, Albert Ballin , and the merged NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD , sailed since as HAPAG-LLOYD KREUZFAHRTEN across the oceans. The new HAPAG-LLOYD CRUISES houseflag and logo - Source: Wikipedia In January 1891, 125 years ago, it started with the ss AUGUSTA VICTORIA as `Society Voyage´ (Gesellschaftsreise). The `Mediterranean and Orient Voyage´ was a tremendous success for the organizer Albert Ballin and HAPAG , who wanted in winter his vessels of the North Atlantic earning revenues too. The idea has been a pragmatic one, as the flagship of the line spent the winter in lay up. With the rough weather on the North Atlantic the vessels of all competitors have been booked only half or less. Only the emigrants still crowded the vessels, but not the guests who brought the real money on the ships and in the accounts of the companies. ss AUGUSTA VICTORIA started ...
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Cruises - STAR CLIPPERS - Weltgrößter Rahsegler sticht ab 2017 unter dem Namen FLYING CLIPPER in See

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STAR CLIPPERS bringt endlich den Weltgrößten Rahsegler als FLYING CLIPPER zur See. by Earl of Cruise Der Name erinnert am die alten großartigen Segelschiffe aus der Geschichte der Seefahrt - die ` Flying P-Liner ´, u.a. die POMMERN , die POTOSI , die FLYING CLOUD , von  Donald McKay aus East- Boston , u.v.m. Die von Donald McKay aus East-Boston erbaute FLYING CLOUD - Quelle: Wikipedia Ab Ende 2017 soll es soweit sein. Mikael Krafft, Nachfahre eines deutschen Seemanns, der sich in Schweden niederließ, hat eine Bauwerft für sein ambitioniertestes Projekt gefunden - einen quasi Nachbau der FRANCE II aus dem Jahre 1911. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Fünfmast Bark . Animation courtsey: Star Clippers, Langenhagen Das `Modell´ für die FLYING CLIPPER, die FRANCE II, 1912, 136m Länge - source: Wikipedia Die monegassische Reederei STAR CLIPPERS, ist der weltweit größte Anbieter für Segel-Kreuzfahrten. Die Compagnie feiert in diesem Jahr ihr 25-jähriges Jubiläum. Und...
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HISTORY - Traveling with airliner LZ 129 HINDENBURG was the most luxurious airtravel

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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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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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Deluxe - The Best Luxury Cruise Ships

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Each year, and each magazine is printing or posting in the web their list of the 10 Best Luxury Cruise Ships. So do I now, with my view about their luxury ... Latest with the press releases at ITB in Berlin, we know, there is a stronger demand for luxury / luxurious cruises.   by Earl of Cruise SILVER EXPLORER, the former PRINCE ALBERT II, ex WORLD DISCOVERER of SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS, she was the expedition cruise vessels for SILVERSEA - Source: Wikipedia ( original seize ) Most it is a copy paste story, as all the time the same ships/cruise companies appear ... and sometime the described vessels are are nothing else than mass market ships, with an added first class space for the "wanna-be´s" in the mass market. So the YACHT CLUB of MSC, the CLOUD 9 at CARNIVAL, the QUEENS GRILL at CUNARD, etc. And this "luxury" areas are promoted as the top of the notch ... still a cramped affair on a high density vessel. Compared to the quarters of the emigrants that had ...
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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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