25th May, 2022 in Maritime
On the night of 14–15 April 1912, Titanic, a brand-new, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest perish…
10th November, 2016 in Maritime
When RMS Mauretania first set sail on 16 November 1907 from Liverpool to New York, she was the Cunard company’s most luxurious ocean liner. She was also the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time. Of course, First Class passengers travelled in style but there had been…