About the Site
History and the Liner
This site was meant for education. Period. In my opinion, there are not enough people in the world who know, and/or care about ocean liners. They may not seem very important to us, but in a way the built the world that we live in. Oceanic trade has been integral to humanity since the day we figured out how to set sail, the oldest known boat being a simple canoe, constructed well over 10,000 years ago. So, the technology used to build boats and sail the world's oceans is not new, though in the last few centuries it has become so much more important than it ever has before. The Transatlantic trade built the Americas as we know them today. Boats connect the world; they always have. But these old boats weren't ocean liners. The ocean liner, was an invention of the 1800's, though it has been evolving ever since. You may not realize it, but you are probably connected to the great liners in some way. If you live in the US, your ancestors are probably European (except if you're a Native American, or of other decent) and thus must have come over to the new world somehow, most likely, on an ocean liner (depending on how long your family has been in north america). These vessels carried people across the world, and still have ties in modern day. Ever been on a cruise ship? Cruise vessels are direct descendants from the liners, splitting off from them in the mid-1900's to become their own industry, eventually succeeding them. The point is, oceans liners were an integral part of society, and they deserve to be remembered, not forgotten, as they have been.
SS Oceanic, considered by many to be the first true ocean liner.
TheOceanLiner.com
This website was created about 2.5 years ago now, and it has passed many milestones. From getting a legit domain, to massive new pages on interesting ships, from design change to design change, I have watched it grow into something I can be proud of. It may be a stupid little website, but it's my stupid little website. And I will continue to expand it until the time may come when i lose the passion for writing. Until then, happy reading!
RMS Aquitania, AKA the Ship Beautiful