Launched 116 years ago today, she was undeniably one of the greatest ships to ever sail.

Built in 1957 as the Statendam, she sailed for Holland America Line until 1982. Renamed Rhapsody, she sailed for Paquet Cruises until 1986. Sold to Regency Cruises, the Regent Star was in service until 1995 when she was laid up after Regency's bankruptcy. These pictures were taken in 2003 while laid up in Eleusis Bay Greece, a year before she was scrapped.

I had such a wonderfull contract on her in 2014

I remember watching a video a while ago about a nighttime shipwreck (likely end of 1800 or early 1900, although I could be wrong) where there had been some chemical reaction in the water that had created light during the ship’s sinking. Or something of the sort. I remember a recreated image of people in the water surrounded by light. I think the ship was tilted to the side, but my memory is very fuzzy. (It’s not the Titanic.)

I’ve been trying to find this again with no success. Can you help me?

No offence to the Oriana fans,just think her exterior looks so different compared to other ocean liners.That stern.. and the bridge being set far back, her superstructure has multiple set backs across the ship if u know u know.

Photos taken late 1935/early 1936.

For the last time before she is layed to rest 😭😭

Credit: Dolores Barclay

Ships of the Compagnie générale transatlantique docked in Le Havre, France 1928

1st through 3rd class photos of the Belgenland (1923-1936). In many ways a miniature version of the Olympic class, and maybe had some reflection of what was intended for the Britannic.
Source:

https://wantedonthevoyage.blogspot.com/2023/11/red-star-round-world-ss-belgenland.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&m=1

The team at Oceanliner Designs have always taken the extra mile to have dramatic moments in their videos that attempt to drive emotion out of the viewer watching. This has been a trope of their larger documentary’s since the earliest days of the channel, and they have always been absolute masters at doing so. However, it is the final scene at the very end of the new “Gustloff: The Forgotten Tragedy” and this final thought at the tail end of the video before the credits that sticks out among all of the dramatic moments in previous videos as more anxiety inducing then depressing. Watching this for the first time in a dark room, and being met at the end with this in total silence was an eerie, and terrifying experience that cannot be done justice by simply putting it into words. What makes “To all those who died, have died since, and everyone who will inevitably die” so terrifying is that it is an unfortunate, but very true fact that the viewer who may have been already unsettled by the immediate previous scenes of the Wilhelm Gustloff sinking and the real modern war footage backed by a singing choir immediately understands to be true, and is left to ponder on as the video ends. It is a brutal yet incredible scene in all and seeing it for the first time was the first time out of any of the ship documentary’s I’ve ever watched where I was genuinely struck with a sense of fear more then sadness.

Video here: https://youtu.be/Uh7V1eUfGOs?is=qp376BynCEewNmPs
For those who have not yet seen it, I HIGHLY recommend going to watch it as it is likely some of if not their very best work

I don’t mean this to doubt anyone’s research I’m just genuinely curious where this figure came from. This is on the website for Lusitania, the Greyhounds Wake which is being made by the Part Time explorer. I thought the accepted death toll for the Lusitania was 1,197? I’ve seen other figures like 1,193 or 1,195 but I’ve not seen 1,187 before. Is this a similar misconception to how titanic is often put at 1,517 but it’s actually 1,496?

Quite a beautiful liner

After her last years sailing as the Regent Sea ended in 1995, the former Gripsholm sank on her way to an Indian scrapyard off the cost of South Africa July 12, 2001.