#ocean liners

[charonsferry]

of course i'm proship aren't they so pretty

[ladygumgum]

I'm obsessed with taking oceanliners from the 1910s-20s and making their dazzle paint schemes from the 1st World War Trans fall colored. It just pwetty

[lil-meilian]

OLYMAURY SUPREMACY 🔥

I woke up one morning and said, "I want a rivals to lovers," and I did damage-

For Maury it was love at first sight, from her first meeting with Oly, and despite their rivalry she never hesitated to come forward, easily embarrassing her rival.

After the war, Oly was never the same, but despite this Maury always tried to help her, even after being rejected over and over again by her lover.

[vox-anglosphere]

MV Britannic

[oceanlinersmodeller]

RMS Titanic in 1/700 scale from MENG model kit.

[stone-cold-groove]

Atlantic crossings.

[plaiesancier]

Wheelhouse

[ocean-liners]

1980's Hotel Queen Mary ad spot

[rmsfranconia]

pretty Georgic and Britannic art

[rayenigma]

We were watching the SSUS being towed from her pier in Philadelphia on stream earlier, and my friend pointed out something that i absolutely CANNOT stop thinking about.

The parrarel here... it's insane. The sad and solemn scene of a once beautiful ship, built during an era which has now long passed, being towed to her final final destination... Welcome back The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner

[charonsferry]

There she goes. Seems like ocean liners are beautiful even in death.

After 30 years, the SS United States has left the Philadelphia dock where she rotted, and into history.

She is the ultimate holder of the Blue Riband, the unofficial yet widely praised record for the fastest scheduled trip across the north Atlantic.

A ship slightly larger than the Titanic, she's one of the last famous ocean liners of her size, but has been mothballed since the late 1960s, eventually having all her fittings removed, ruining hope of restoration.

When she is eventually scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico, she takes that prestigious title with her. As a youth, seeing something like her on the move with my own eyes is a once in a lifetime moment.

The second image is oversaturated to get an idea of how she appeared in service. We will likely never see such liners on the high seas again.

[thatsbelievable]

[mosslover999]

q: what's your favorite ship, kris? a: all of the ships you guys named sound stupid, let me tell you about a real ship. the ss united states was the fastest ocean liner ever built, crossing the atlantic ocean in just over 3 and a half days. it didn't see much usage as the passenger vessel industry basically collapsed shortly after with the invention of civilian-class mass air transit, but she was a beautiful ship who deserved a lot better than she got.

[postingcards]

aquitania at new york art card from charles turner's ship portrait series, ca. 1923 @postcardtimemachine

[mercury--blues]

SS United States under tow off the coast of North Carolina. After languishing in Philadelphia for decades, and several attempts to preserve her failing, she is being sent to Louisiana to be sunk in the Gulf as a reef.

[coloursteelsexappeal]

HMT Olympic, 1918