Category Archives: Cunard Line
Three Cunard Ships Head to Liverpool
A newspaper is reporting that Cunard Line is hoping to bring its entire passenger fleet to Liverpool simultaneously in 2015. If all goes according to plan, in an event designed to mark the 175th anniversary of Cunard’s first transatlantic passenger … Continue reading
Shipbuilding Giant Dies
George Parker, who oversaw the construction of some of the last great British-built ocean liners, including Queen Elizabeth 2 and Vistafjord (later Caronia (1999), Saga, Saga Ruby, etc., has died at age 82. The term “passing of an era” is … Continue reading
QM2: Smuggled in Style
My family was always proud of the fact that we emigrated to America on Queen Mary. We did it legally, of course. But times change, as this story about a Malaysian man who allegedly smuggled Chinese immigrants to the U.S. … Continue reading
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Not So Smooth Sailing
The article embedded below, from August 30, 1891, is interesting for several reasons, including: —The fact that back in the 1890s liners like Cunard’s Etruria still used sails to augment their steam engines. —That it’s now relatively rare to hear … Continue reading
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Cunard’s New Commodore
Congratulations to Captain Christopher Rynd, who has been appointed commodore of the Cunard Line fleet. New Zealand-born Commodore Rynd joined Cunard in 2005 when he took command of Queen Elizabeth 2. Since then he has commanded both Queen Mary 2 … Continue reading
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A Transatlantic Marriage
He’s American. She’s Welsh. They met on Queen Elizabeth 2 and fell in love. They later got married. A sweet story. The twist is: he still lives in America while she continues to reside in Wales. Fortunately, Jay Jakovic and … Continue reading
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QM2 Artist Has Gallery Show
Did you know that Queen Mary 2 has an artist-in-residence? Well, her name is Theresa Troise Heidel, and when she isn’t teaching watercolor painting to QM2 passengers like my wife she’s busy creating her own paintings. I’m mentioning this because … Continue reading
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Queen Mary Tosses Management Operator Overboard
Queen Mary is undergoing a change of management. Save the Queen, the organization that holds the lease for the Long Beach, California-owned hotel/attraction, says it is ending its relationship with management company Delaware North Co. Parks & Resorts, which has … Continue reading
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Trove of Queen Mary Celeb Photos Found in Loo
I was having kind of a “down” day until I wrote that headline. Now, I’m smiling. Anyway, the Amateur Photographer website reports that a box of about 3,000 film negatives, glass plates and prints, many taken on board Queen Mary, were … Continue reading
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Cunard Versus White Star
Embedded below is an interesting, high-quality video that focuses on the rivalry between Cunard Line and White Star Line. A couple of observations: 1. I like how, near the beginning, the narrator explains that White Star achieved an early competitive … Continue reading
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