A #BlueRiband winner in 1876, the #WhiteStarLine #OceanLiner #SSBritannic was launched on #ThisDayInHistory in 1874. Her single-screw propulsion was augmented with auxiliary sails in a four-masted barque configuration and her career on the #NorthAtlantic was nearly 30 years long.
1986: Branson's 22m yacht beats 300m liner's Atlantic record. Against all odds.
Read the incredible story 👉 yachtlounge.substack.com/p/summer-198...
#RichardBranson #VirginAtlanticChallenger #BlueRiband #YachtingHistory #AtlanticCrossing #yachtlounge
Our friends at @cruiseind.bsky.social monitoring and sharing footage of the SS United States on her final journey. She was the last ship to win the Blue Riband, given to the fastest liners to cross the Atlantic. More info here: www.cruisehabit.com/brief-histor...
#SSUnitedStates #blueriband
In the 1950s I used to live on The Solent, the approaches to Southampton Water and docks in the UK.
Many glamorous liners literally passed at the end of my street.
The SS United States was the most exotic to a six-year-old little boy.
#BlueRiband
Watching live feed of the departure from Philadelphia of the SS United States - 19 February 2025 #ssus #unitedstates #liner #philadelphia #historic #maritimehistory #livefeed #oceanliner #blueriband
SS United States @Southampton, 1964
In my childhood, mid/late '50s, I lived near Southampton, on The Solent, during the last days of the transAtlantic passenger route.
Huge ocean liners literally passed at the end of the road, and the most exotic of these, to a 5yo kid, was the SS United States, holder of the #BlueRiband
#TalDíaComoHoy #Hace38Años naufragaba en el #MarNegro el buque de pasaje #AdmiralNakhimov, y #Hace88Años el transatlántico #QueenMary ganaba la #BlueRiband
