Amazing Vintage Photos That Show the Construction of Titanic, 1909-1911
This post was originally published on this siteThe name Titanic derives from the Titans of Greek mythology. Built in Belfast, Ireland, in the United Kingdom […]
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The Photographic History of RMS Olympic (Titanic’s Sister Ship), 1911-1935
This post was originally published on this siteRMS Olympic was the largest ocean liner in the world for two periods during 1910–13, interrupted only by […]
Stunning vintage photos of the Marine Angel vessel transiting the Chicago River, 1953
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1953, the biggest vessel to travel the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway (at the time) managed to […]
Vintage photos inside the shipyards where the revolutionary steamships were built, 1860-1900
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the rule of Queen Victoria (1837 1901), the British shipbuilding industry experienced great strides. Especially after the […]
Aboard the USS Brooklyn: These photographs document the lives of sailors on a 1896 warship
This post was originally published on this siteUSS Brooklyn, the third United States Navy armored cruiser, was completed in 1896 in Cramp, New York, and […]
Shackleton’s Expedition to Antarctica on The Endurance: The photographic journey of one of the greatest survival stories ever told, 1914-1917
This post was originally published on this siteIn August 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to […]
Dazzle camouflaging the warships with psychedelic paint jobs, 1917-1918
This post was originally published on this siteThroughout world history, camouflage has been used to prevent an enemy from noticing a hidden object. A tank […]
The state of the art gym on the Titanic, 1912
This post was originally published on this siteAt the beginning of the 20th century the shipping route across the Atlantic was extremely popular, driven by […]
A stranded Dutch warship evaded the enemy by disguising itself as an island, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteIn February 1942, in the midst of World War II, the Japanese fleet completely wrecked a combined Dutch-American-Australian-British […]