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Built as the fastest transatlantic liner. Aurora: 1955 1955-1972 Under restoration for future museum ship in Stockton, CA [2] Converted in 1960 to a Greek cruise ship as the Delos: Nordstjernen: 1956 1956–present Sailing for Svalbard cruises. Rotterdam: 1959 1959–2000 Hotel and Museum ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cunard's first ocean liner – sunk as target ship by Prussian Navy July 1880 SS Calgaric: 1918 Orca (1918–1927) Scrapped in 1934 SS California (1928) 1928 SS Uruguay (1938–1964) Scrapped in 1964 SS Cambodge: 1952 Stella V (1970) Stella Solaris (1970–2003) S. Solar (2003) Scrapped in Alang, India in 2003 RMS Cameronia (1919) 1919
SS California was the World's first major ocean liner built with turbo-electric propulsion. [9] When launched in 1927 she was also the largest merchant ship yet built in the US, [10] although she was a modest size compared with the biggest European liners of her era. In 1938 California was renamed SS Uruguay. [2]
MV Aurora was a cruise ship built in Germany in 1955. After several changes of ownership and name, as of 2024 she was moored in Stockton, California, United States, and was undergoing restoration until May 22 when she began to take on water and sink.
Norwegian was the first cruise company to build ships with cabins and lounge areas that were specifically for solo travellers, and there are now around 1,000 solo cabins across its ships.
In 1948, the liner was used for exterior shots of the fictional vessel Southern Queen in the Doris Day musical Romance on the High Seas. [28] In 1958, Santa Paula was replaced by a larger Gibbs-designed liner of the same name. The older ship was laid up at Hoboken, NJ until 1961 when both she and her sister ship Santa Rosa were sold to Greek ...
Cruise companies have been called on to “clean up their act” by local conservationists and tourism operators concerned about the impact of liners on the Great Barrier Reef.
Lanette Canen and Johan Bodin went on one cruise together before buying their Odyssey cabin. The ship plans to sail around the world every 3 ½ years. Its departure has been delayed by three months.