#TheQueenMary departed the New Docks in Southampton, UK, for the last time at exactly 9:42 AM on October 31, 1967. She would never see England again.
Bound for her new home in Long Beach, California, this voyage would be 39 days duration covering some 14,500 nautical miles.
Fourteen Royal Navel helicopters flew in the anchor formation, saluting Great Britain’s most excellent liner. Long live the Queen!
#LongBeach #LosAngeles #History #California
#TITANIC was built from about 2,000 1-inch-thick steel plates and the hull was stapled together with over 3 million rivets.
These came from the 17-ton section of the hull recovered in 1998, and the nut was recovered during an expedition in 1993.
#titanicartifacts#RMST
@OB1Knight A lot of movie edits and clips from documentaries. There was one someone edited of scenes from the movie of just the ship sinking which was my fav. Lots of naughty sub memes though lol
#Biascut satin is not always the most forgiving of aesthetics but here socialite & philanthropist Marjorie Merryweather Post carries it off with aplomb. The soft scoop neck falls into a more form fitting bodice that finally flows to the floor in a sweep of skirt @HillwoodMuseum
The arrangement of drape on this c1912 gown is such that it gives the impression of a bodice that is barely clinging to the shoulders. The new directoire silhouette a shift in aesthetic from the more obvious shape of earlier years @madparisfr#fashionhistory
After the SS United States arrived in New York City in anticipation of her maiden voyage, an open house brought more than 19,000 people on board on this date in 1952. A line of visitors stretched eight blocks as people paid $1 to tour America's Flagship.