Lest We Forget : The Coughlin Family

A beautiful spring day had brought together a band of people…

Lest We Forget : Albert Arthur Bestic

“To me she was my dream ship. I saw her first when in her regal…

The Price of Fame

Rose Ellen Murray, the Lusitania's Titanic Survivor Rose Ellen…

Lusitania : Final Voyage Folios

The Irish State recently acquired at auction some unique Lusitania…

Sky Cruise : A Flight on the Hindenburg

A unique photographic and documentary record of the tragic airship. Additional…

Double Jeopardy – Lusitania’s Unique Victim

The astonishing story of the woman whose body was twice claimed…

Recalling the USS Indianapolis

I was in the water, I was swimming away from the ship in the…
At sea

The Cap Arcona

Perhaps the loveliest of the “forgotten” liners is Hamburg-Sudamerikanische’s…

The Public Be Damned: One Black Week in 1875 – The SS City of Waco

The Loss of the City of Waco, November, 1875. “If Mallory…

The Public Be Damned: One Black Week in 1875 – The SS Pacific

The dual tragedies of the Pacific and the City of Waco Part…
The General Slocum

The General Slocum

The General Slocum has been part of my life for as far back as…

Passport to Perdition

How an expired passport could have prevented an untimely death…

Andrea Doria : The Sinking of the Unsinkable

As with the “unsinkable” Titanic, there is tragic irony in the “unsinkable” Andrea Doria account. We all know too well what caused the demise of the former: the hull breached by the ripping damage of a gigantic iceberg. But how and why did a newer ship, sailing warm waters and built to withstand a powerful impact, meet its end?

The Art and Architecture of the Nieuw Amsterdam

The Nieuw Amsterdam, of all the Depression era ships of state,…

My God the boat is leaving us!

Lamport and Holt Line’s Vestris sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey,…

The Unlucky Statendam

If the Nieuw Amsterdam can be considered Holland-America Line’s…

Ceramic : The Sole Survivor

By 1942, the White Star Line had merged with Cunard, and many…

The Loss of the Princess Sophia

The worst wreck, in terms of verifiable fatalities, on the North…

Description of a Cork Waistcoat

Mr Dubourg a gentleman very fond of swimming, but subject to…

Morro Castle : The Victims

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What follows is the most complete listing of Morro Castle victims…

Morro Castle : Mexico Cruise Brochure

Morro Castle cruise brochure and a similar cover post-disaster…

Solid flame from bow to stern

AN EARLIER MOHAWK DISASTER On January 2, 1925, Clyde Line's…

Morro Castle, Mohawk and the End of the Ward Line : Part 5

Jim Kalafus concludes his account of the Morro Castle disaster…

Morro Castle, Mohawk and the end of the Ward Line : Part 4

In part 4 of his epic history Jim Kalafus tells the story of…

Morro Castle, Mohawk and the end of the Ward Line : Part 3

Jim Kalafus continues the tragic story of the Morro Castle. The…