A postcard written by a passenger of the Titanic and sent just days before the doomed ship sank to the bottom of the ocean sold for thousands of dollars at auction over the weekend. The postcard ...

The Oceanic earned the unfortunate distinction of being the first Allied passenger ship lost in the Great War, a tragic victim of circumstance, navigational error, and the unforgiving power of the ...

Between 1850 and 1900, three British passenger lines – Cunard, Inman and White Star – dominated transatlantic travel. Toward the end of the century, as increasing numbers of emigrants sought ...

The 930-passenger Viking Star will offer an upscale experience. ... The 47,800-ton Viking Star is the first of four ocean-going ships that Viking has ordered for delivery by 2017.

A nostalgic look back at the golden age of the British ocean liner, inspired by the new book Great British Passenger Ships. ... This is the White Star Line's Adriatic, a 24,000-ton ship which came ...

UNDATED (CBS Newspath/WKRC) - It was on April 15, 1912 that the luxury cruise liner 'Titanic' sank and 1,517 people on board lost their lives. The Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic was one of three ...

The plan to construct the Titanic and its sister ships came as a direct response to the White Star Line’s principal competitor, the Cunard Line, which had just commissioned two new superliners ...

The White Star ocean liner Titanic on her first and last voyage in 1912. Titanic survivors — The ship struck an iceberg near midnight on April 14, 1912 and sank into the Atlantic Ocean a little ...

An 18ct gold Tiffany & Co pocket watch gifted to ocean liner captain Arthur Rostron — who was credited with saving the lives of 700 Titanic passengers — by three women he saved sold for a ...

The news rippled through Southampton like a mournful tide, leaving a lingering sense of loss in its wake. The grand ship Oceanic, a vessel once synonymous with luxury and a familiar sight in the ...