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S.S. Duilio at sea. MV Durban Castle: 1938 Scrapped at Hamburg in 1962 SS Edinburgh Castle: 1910 Served in both wars sunk as a target near Sierra Leone on September 25, 1945 The Edinburgh Castle at port. RMS Edinburgh Castle: 1947 Scrapped 1976 The Edinburgh Castle at sea. SS Elbe: 1881 Collided with SS Crathie, and sank in the North Sea on ...
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
MV Astoria is a ship that was constructed as the transatlantic ocean liner Stockholm for Swedish American Line, and rebuilt as a cruise ship in 1993. Ordered in 1944, and commenced service in 1948, at 76 years old, she is the oldest deep water passenger liner still around in a non retired status.
Saturday, Sept. 8, 1934 — 90 Years Ago. This date would be remembered for the worst maritime disaster to happen in the Jersey Shore’s history when the S.S. Morro Castle, an ocean liner en ...
Sank in the Red Sea en route to Alang, India for scrapping in 1999: Sagafjord: 1965: 1983–1997: Ocean Liner: 24,500: Built for Norwegian America Line; chartered to Transocean Tours as Gripsholm during 1996–1997; sold to Saga Cruises 1997 and renamed Saga Rose; retired in 2009, sold to a Chinese ship recycling yard and scrapped 2011–2012 ...
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
The long-retired SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to cross the Atlantic, left the Delaware Bay on Thursday for its final voyage, after having been anchored to a Philadelphia dock for ...
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, earning the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title that remains uncontested.