1923

Early in her career, Majestic II was too large to be drydocked at any facility in the U.K. and needed to go to the U.S. Navy Yard at Boston for periodic refreshment. Here's a photo of what I think was the first such visit, from The Boston Sunday Globe of 5 August 1923. It wasn't until 1934...

Asbury Park [New Jersey] Evening Press 7 June 1923

The Monretal Daily Star 4 June 1923

Buffalo (New York) Evening News, 5 May 1923

The Boston Daily Globe, 23 March 1923

Daily News, New York, 9 March 1923

The West Australian, Perth, 7 November 1923 Retrieved from the National Library of Australia web site, http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ CAPTAIN A. H. SUMMERS --- Popular Australian Skipper --- His Retirement Announced --- It has become almost a tradition that when a deep-sea sailor...

MAB Note: On 28 September 1923 Athenic arrived at Southampton to conclude Capt Crossland's final voyage as a White Star commander. That voyage began when Athenic left Wellington on 16 August. The Evening Post, Wellington, 13 August 1923 Retrieved from the National Library of New...

The Gazette, Montreal, 21 June 1923 NEW LINER VISITED BY NEARLY 5,000 --- Montreal's Largest Steamer Received Big Welcome on First Trip to Port --- HAS MANY NEW FEATURES --- *** --- Greeted by siren-blasts from all the ships in port, the new White Star-Dominion liner Doric, the...

MAB Note: MAB Note: The quote from Capt. Roberts, as originally reported, contained a word which may have been acceptable in some circles in 1923, but is no longer appropriate for a forum such as this. The Argus, Melbourne, 4 April 1923 BARQUE IN A STORM --- THREE TERRIBLE DAYS ---...

The Times, 17 November 1923 RETIREMENT OF CAPTAIN OF THE OLYMPIC --- Captain H. F. David, R.D., R.N.R., commander of the White Star Liner Olympic, is retiring owing to ill-health. He will be succeeded by Captain Frank B. Howarth, of the Homeric. Captain David joined the White Star Line...

The New York Times, 17 January 1923 MARINE MONSTER SIGHTED BY BALTIC --- Master Says Object, Resembling a Sea Elephant, Was Twenty Feet Long --- When the White Star liner Baltic arrived yesterday twenty-four hours late from Liverpool and Queenstown, Captain John Roberts, R. N. R., D. S...