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1939 Cruise Liners In New York City |
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RMS Titanic hit and iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank on her maiden voyage, and more that 1,500 people died. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service |
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| RMS Lusitania - The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom. Of the 1,949 people on board, 1,313 died, including 128 Americans. |
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Leaving New York City |
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| The SS Normandie was a French ocean liner. She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days. She is shown above entering New York harbor. |
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RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Unlike the other ships in the class, Olympic had a long career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935. This included service as a troopship during the First World War, which gained her the nickname "Old Reliable".
Olympic also retained the title of the largest British-built liner until RMS Queen Mary was launched in 1934, interrupted only by the short careers of the other two Olympic class vessels. The other two ships in the class, Titanic and Britannic, had short service lives: in 1912, Titanic collided with an iceberg on her maiden voyage. Britannic struck a German naval mine and sank in the Aegean Sea. |
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| The RMS Queen Mary is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard-White Star Line. Now permanently stationed in Long Beach, California, the Queen Mary is not just a floating museum, the ship also offers top-notch dining, dazzling city skyline views, overnight accommodations in original first-class staterooms, and a full calendar of performances and events. |
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