Cunard Line Archives - Baird Maritime

September 18, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | The Burns and Laird Family Interests in the Formation of Coast Lines

Written by Neil Baird on September 18, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Book Reviews, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Ship World Features, Work Boat World Features.

A fascinating and really well-illustrated history of a large slice of Scotland’s coastal shipping industry prior to World War II. It shows how, starting from very small ..

September 27, 2018

BOOK REVIEW | Carpathia – The Extraordinary Story of the Ship that Rescued the Survivors of the Titanic

Written by Neil Baird on September 27, 2018. Posted in Ausmarine - Passenger Vessels, Book Reviews, Cruise, Search and Rescue, Ship World.

By Jay Ludowyke
A very unusually structured book. Don’t be put off by its incessant flash-backs and flash-forwards. Once ..

June 25, 2020

BOOK REVIEW | Ship – 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure

Written by Neil Baird on June 25, 2020. Posted in Ausmarine - Featured, Ausmarine - Shipping and Offshore, Book Reviews, Boxship World, Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Dry Cargo World, Fishing Boat World Features, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

A big, thick, glossy and beautifully illustrated book in the usual DK (Dorling Kindersley) mould, this offers an excellent overview of almost five millennia of maritime ..

July 5, 2018

Holland America Line sells cruise ship to Phoenix Reisen

Written by Baird Maritime on July 5, 2018. Posted in Cruise.

Holland America Line has sold cruise ship Prinsendam to German cruise company Phoenix Reisen.

October 18, 2019

Fincantieri cuts steel for Cunard’s second largest cruise ship

Written by Baird Maritime on October 18, 2019. Posted in Cruise.

Fincantieri has cut the first steel for a new luxury cruise ship for UK-based Cunard Line. The yet unnamed ship will be the second largest vessel to sail with the Cunard ..

September 27, 2017

Cunard orders another Queen

Written by Baird Maritime on September 27, 2017. Posted in Cruise.

Carnival Corporation and Fincantieri have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) for the construction of a next-generation cruise ship for Carnival's luxury brand ..