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Big Red Boat I (2000) Oceanic (2000–2012) Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012 As StarShip Oceanic As the Big Red Boat As Oceanic: MS Oranje: 1938 Angelina Lauro (1965–1979) Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979 As Oranje As the Angelina Lauro: MS Oslofjord (1949) 1949 MS Fulvia (1969–1970) Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
Norway was registered in Oslo, given the call sign LITA (literally meaning "small"), and was re-christened on 14 April 1980. She was the only purpose-built transatlantic ocean liner that was remodeled to be employed exclusively in luxury cruise service.
Cunard's transatlantic liner, Queen Elizabeth 2, although designed as an ocean liner, was also used as a cruise ship. [4] By the early 1960s, 95% of passenger traffic across the Atlantic was by aircraft. Thus the reign of the ocean liners came to an end. [73] By the early 1970s, many passenger ships continued their service in cruising.
The ship broke the transatlantic speed record on her maiden voyage, reaching an average speed of 36 knots (just over 41 mph), and crossing the Atlantic in three days, 10 hours and 40 minutes.
RMS Majestic was a British ocean liner working on the White Star Line’s North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck.At 56,551 gross register tons, she was the largest ship ever operated by the White Star Line under its own flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in 1935.
RMS Queen Elizabeth was an ocean liner operated by Cunard Line.Along with the Queen Mary, she provided a weekly transatlantic service between Southampton in the United Kingdom and New York City in the United States, via Cherbourg in France.
In service for Peace Boat: Built as the Sun Princess for Princess Cruises: Minerva: 1996 1996-2017 Laid up, for sale Hull built in 1989, and originally intended as a Soviet research vessel, the Okean, completed as a cruise ship for Swan Hellenic in 1996 Veendam: 1996 1996-2020 Laid up, owned by Seajets: Built as the Veendam for Holland America ...
The SS France was a French transatlantic liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), known as "French Line". She was later nicknamed "Versailles of the Atlantic", a reference to her décor which reflected the famous palace outside Paris.