For more information on Ocean Majesty in her current role see my article “Ocean Majesty (1966 – present), Majestic International Cruises“ Ocean Majesty was launched in 1966 as Juan March for Spanish ferry operator Trasmediterránea. She was the first of two Albatros-class sisters, the other being the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Trasmediterranea mainly used her […]
Special thanks to Ronald Smallenburg (COA) and Panos Antonelos (Majestic International Cruises) for their support for this article Follow this link for interior photos of Ocean Majesty in her present role as a refugee ship and when sailing as a cruise ship Ocean Majesty, one of the oldest passenger ships afloat nowadays, presently serves as
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A stylish cruise ship bringing Cunard into the modern age Queen Anne is Cunard’s newest ship, she joined the fleet in May 2024. Queen Anne was built in Italy, at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera, Venice, launched in May 2023 and named a year later in June 2024 in Liverpool. (postponed from January due to supply
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After the first world war, many of the European liners had been damaged or lost. So nations launched rebuilding programs as part of the industrial recovery of countries like the UK, France, Germany and Italy. During the inter-war period, the competition for the fastest and most luxurious liner went full speed ahead. National prestige was
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Gustavo Pulitzer Finali was born in Trieste in 1887 into a wealthy merchant family of Jewish origin; after his studies in Trieste in 1908, he joined the engineering faculty of the Polytechnic technical university of Munich. In his birthplace Trieste, through the German speaking community there, he came in touch with the ideas of Bauhaus
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Italian furniture and passenger ship interior designer Giovanni “Nino” Zoncada (1898-1988) began his career as an Italian furniture designer after graduating from the the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. Zoncada then started working at the interior and furnishing department of the shipyard Cantiere Navale Triestino in Monfalcone in 1923. He would be promoted to become
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In 1928, Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti launched his magazine Domus, aiming at promoting new insights in architecture and the applied arts. In this magazine, he wanted to showcase modern style architecture and interior design applied by Italian artists. When one of the contributors to Domus, Gustavo Pulitzer Finali (1887-1967) won the competition for
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She started life in 1903 as Ralph Brocklebank, having been built for the Shropshire Railways & Canal Company. She was used to tow barges and ferry passngers across the river Mersey. In 1922 she was sold to the Manchester Ship Canal Company and was operated as a steam tug in the port of Manchester. Occaisionally,
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Architect Njål Eide introduced soaring atria, elegant curves and impressive multi-level dining rooms to cruise ships Njål Eide, one of the world’s foremost cruise ship designers, introduced several revolutionary design concepts workng for multiple cruise lines, like the now ever present atrium. He worked as a chief designer for Royal Caribbean International and also designed
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