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A Year in Review The Twelve Ships of Christmas January The City of Key West Banned larger Cruise ships In January 2022 The City of Key...

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PACIFIC PRINCESS - THE LOVE BOAT - 1976 As the Love Boat (Pacific Princess) sailed into Acapulco Bay in April 1975, we experienced a...

Oriana in Sydney Harbour On 3rd November 1973, I boarded Oriana for my first appointment as a Junior Assistant Purser. I was lucky, I...

Don't sail with Bryan Portwig - It could not be good for you. Some people are born lucky and then you meet Bryan Portwig whose first...

By Jamie Shedden The Shaw Savill Society was formed in 1975 after Shaw Savill sold the remaining units of our passenger fleet, with first...

Island Princess - Puerto Vallarta 1975 In 1975 Island Princess set off on her first season of Mexican Cruising under the P&O/Princess...

By Commander Nicholas Messinger 'Futtocks & Buttocks' Memoir Nothing had quite prepared me for the Oriana; she was simply enormous....

Imagine the excitement of flying across the Atlantic to join our first Regent Seven Seas cruise in the Port of Los Angeles. The Mariner...

P&O Purser Cadet - Passing out in 1974 - Cheeky face of Terry Williams (Front 2nd Left) Shaw Savill Pursers taking a well-earned break....

ORIANA - FLAGSHIP OF THE ORIENT LINE Nick Messinger continues his story................ The Indian Ocean monsoon made itself felt, with...

An Officer’s Stripes created quite a debate. A lot of old Seadogs believed that too many cruise ship personnel are now classed as...

The Purser's Stripes - Island Princess - 1977 Now that I have started to cruise as a passenger some 44 years after working onboard...

THE TITANIC SINKS AS THE TREN DE SOLLER IS INAUGURATED - April 16th 1912 If you arrive in Palma and have time on your hands, a great...

Hurricane Wilma - Key West Florida - 2005 This week Hurricane Ian wrecked the Florida coastline. Badly affected was Fort Myers former...

The sun rises on a new dawn Just over a year ago I wrote about boarding a cruise ship for the first time in over forty-five years. The...

According to Nick Messinger. Orcades - Launched in 1947 I joined the P&O - Orient Liner ss Orcades, at Southampton, on the 25th March...

HM Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 Royal Yacht Britannia On a recent trip to Dartmouth, we were looking across the town towards the...

Teraaka - Now Known at Rose is buoyant and could be yours for the princely sum of $5m Last week I was convinced that “Teraaka” the...

John Martin recalls when all is not well down below. MV Teraaka - Tarawa Marine Training School’s training ship based in the Gilbert and...