Monthly Archives: April 2011
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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Love For Dog Delays Liner
For all of you dog lovers who were wondering when I would get around to uncovering a touching canine liner tale to match the story of the inimitable MacNab the Cat (late of Anchor Line’s Caledonia), wonder no more. Below … Continue reading
Titanic Victim Identified
Titanic’s unknown child, mistakenly identified twice before, has finally been positively identified by the same lab that verifies the bodies of American war casualties. Five days after the liner sank, the crew of the body recovery vessel Mackay-Bennett pulled the … 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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Cutlery of the Titanic
In April 1912, the employees of Birmingham-based cutlery maker A Price & Co, as the company was then known, were celebrating the business’s tenth anniversary with a commission to supply premium quality cutlery for use on board White Star Line’s … Continue reading
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The Tragic Death of MacNab—The “King of Ships” Cat
As a 100-percent certified cat person, the story below, from April 8, 1913, brought a smile to my lips and tears to my eyes. Duffy MacNab, mascot of Anchor Lines’ Caledonia (1905), sounds like quite a cat. And the unbylined … Continue reading
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Liner Survives Iceberg Collision
This week marks the 99th anniversary of the… Oh, you know as well as I do what this week marks the 99th anniversary of. Since there’s nothing more I can add to the discussion, I’m going to focus on another … Continue reading
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