First class on the RMS Queen Mary. Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis ... which was an extensive process. The SS Normandie set new standards for ocean liners when she was launched in 1935 by the ...

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SS Normandie ... Depression, Normandie often travelled at less than 50 per cent capacity while passengers flocked to rival liners such as Cunard White Star's more demure RMS Queen Mary.

The Blue Riband award for highest average speed on the oceans used to be a big deal — and while it isn’t anymore, the current record holder is still the SS United States ... The elegant RMS Queen ...

The firm would become John Brown & Company, which delivered world-famous Cunard vessels including RMS Lusitania, RMS Aquitania, RMS Queen Mary and sister ship RMS Queen Elizabeth. The Clyde was ...

The SS Normandie burned in her slip at Pier ... The ship soon had competition with other luxury ships such as the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, and was rarely more than 6 0 percentfilled with ...

When she returned to the U.S. aboard another historic ship, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, she had a six-week-old infant with her. "I am so sorry that the (SS) United States is no more, but I have a ...

This liveblog is now closed. For the latest updates click here. The death of Queen Elizabeth II is being mourned in Britain and around the world. The country’s longest-reigning monarch died ...

Like Queen Elizabeth, she loves horses and a great tiara moment. Press Association via AP; PA Images via Getty Prince Edward and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh are following in Queen Elizabeth ...