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Book about the history of the yacht RUMIJA
This year, the president of our association joined an international project investigating the history of the Montenegrin royal yacht RUMIJA, which was sunk by units of the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Navy in 1915. Dr. Tamás Balogh - who, among the general international and Hungarian maritime history topics he had... -
The success of scientific activity
The president of our association, the scientific vice-president of the Hungarian Diving Federation, Dr. Tamás Balogh, and his fellow researcher, Péter Könczöl, were able to join the expeditions in the Atlantic Ocean examining the remains of the sunken oceanliner LUSITANIA in 2022 and 2023. The researchers reported in detail on... -
The development of oceangoing steamships 1840-1940
In 1936, on the occasion of the inauguration of the British passenger liner R.M.S. QUEEN MARY, the British cigarette manufacturer, the Churchman's published a series of 50 cigarette cards on which the new liner was advertised under the title "Wonders of the QUEEN MARY". On one of the cards, the... -
RMS QUEEN MARY turned 90 years old
On September 26, 2024 90 years ago, the mighty oceanliner QUEEN MARY - built to the order of the Cunard Line - was launched in Clydebank, Scotland, at the John Brown Shipyard. We commemorate the anniversary with a tableau presenting the history of the ship in our exhibition "Oceanliners". During... -
The beginnings of airmail from land to sea
On August 14, 2024, one of the greatest moments of civil aviation took place 105 years ago: the first time a mail sent from land was delivered to the deck of a ship navigating on the high seas by aircraft. With this experiment, a decade-long process has come to an... -
R.M.S. AQUITANIA - story of World's Wonder Ship
110 years ago, at the beginning of the summer of 1914, the R.M.S. AQUITANIA - which later proved to be an ocean liner with probably one of the most interesting careers in maritime history - performed her maiden voyage. This study gives an overview of her unique story. Introduction: AQUITANIA... -
Docu-series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" continues
On the night of April 14 to 15, 2024, 112 years ago, the TITANIC sank. In commemoration of the anniversary, we publish the longitudinal section of the ship, which was prepared by the president of our association, Dr. Tamás Balogh, for the second season of the documentary series "Secrets of... -
The "Big Four" liners and chronology of the RMS CELTIC
The CELTIC, the first unit of the ‘Big Four’ of the White Star Fleet, ran aground on December 10, 1928, off Queenstown (today: Cobh). On December 10, 2023, it was 95 years ago. In commemoration of the anniversary, we recall the history of the design, building and service events of... -
Further secrets of the LUSITANIA in the National Geographic Magazine
The remains of the British giant steamer LUSITANIA, resting in the Atlantic Ocean, were visited again between July 13-21, 2023 by the the international expedition, which began in 2022, and was the first which had that most important task is the internal research of the areas affected by the explosion... -
The largest liner never built - Design and design variants of OCEANIC (III)
White Star Line's last major effort was the design and construction program of the ocean liner OCEANIC (III), which was planned to be built between 1926-1929 but ultimately left unfinished. The ship would have been an unparalalled masterpiece if she had been built and - thanks to her unique propulsion... -
Encyclopedia of ocean liners - Insight behind the scenes
As a result of twenty years of research and digital reconstruction activities, Dr. Tamás Balogh - Tom - created the world's first digital ocean liner collection, which contains of about 1 000 digital blueprints of about 600 ocean-going passenger ships from the period between 1830 and 2003. This is not... -
Secret of the Lost Liners VI. - AMERICA
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
National Geographic Magazine reports on the secrets of LUSITANIA
The remains of the British giant steamer LUSITANIA, resting in the Atlantic Ocean, were visited by the first expedition, which included both German and Hungarian members between July 6-14, 2022, of which members for the first time managed to get into the No. 1. boiler room of the ship and... -
Secret of the Lost Liners V. - CAP ARCONA
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
Secret of the Lost Liners IV. - REX
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
Secret of the Lost Liners III. - ANREA DORIA
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
Secret of the Lost Liners II. - QUEEN ELIZABETH
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
Secret of the Lost Liners I. - NORMANDIE
The first episode of the band-new six-part documentary series "Secrets of the Lost Liners" started on Sky/History in the UK on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 21:00. The six episodes will be shown as follows: NORMANDIE (27.07.2022.), QUEEN ELIZBETH (04.08.2022.), ANDREA DORIA (11.08.2022.), REX (18.08.2022.), CAP ARCONA (25.08.2022.), AMERICA (09.01.2022).... -
A look at the drawing office - a documentary animation of ocean liners
On April 1, 2021, Max Barber, the creative director of London-based Born This Way Media Ltd., asked Dr. Tamás Balogh, a maritime historian, wreck researcher and author of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, whether he join to the production of a new documentary series with six 60 minute-episodes, which has... -
Fourth funnel of OLYMPIC-class liners
With regard to ocean liners built with many funnels, it is widely believed that in older times many funnels were needed only because the poor efficiency of early boilers required this. However, there are many examples of large numbers of funnels being used even after they were no longer absolutely... -
s.s. KAISERIN ELISABETH, 1912-1920 - The unfinished liner of the Austro-Americana
World War I delayed or completely thwarted the construction of several large ocean-going passenger ships planned or under construction across Europe. Work on the giant steamer under construction for Austro-Americana, one of Austria-Hungary's largest transatlantic shipping companies, was also suspended. The ship built in the Monfalcone Shipyard near Trieste, eventually... -
NEDERLAND, 1914. – The unfinished giant steamer of the Red Star Line
From 1871 to 1934, the International Navigation Company (INC.), Founded in Philadelphia, USA, formed a joint venture with the Belgian government in 1872 to form the Red Star Line shipping company in Antwerp and To provide postal services between New York and Philadelphia. The first passenger ship named NEDERLAND was... -
Ocean liners comparisons - as tools of knowledge dissemination and commercial advertising
It is well known that ships are the greatest means of transport built by mankind. But how big is an ocean liner actually? After all, there are smaller and bigger ones among the ships. Well, until the advent of bulk carriers (eg tankers) and container vessels, ocean-going passenger ships were... -
Chronology of the H.M.T. JUSTICIA (ex-STATENDAM II.)
President of our Association published his book in 2018 on the the ocean liner s.s. STATENDAM (II), which designed following the TITANIC, ordered by the Netherlands, served under the British flag as H.M.T. JUSTICIA and sank in 1918, just four months before the end of the war. Readers of the... -
Shipwreck Scanning - Development of Underwater Archeology Visualization Toolkit Today
On May 1, 2021, Gerard Dooly, a researcher at the University of Limerick in Ireland and a fellow at the University's Mobile and Marine Robotics Research Center, initiated a live broadcast in order to present those underwater survey/visualization infrastructure, which is currently in use for the exploration of the remains... -
Detailed overview made for the first time, mapping the wreckage of the HMHT JUSTICIA, sunk in 1918
On March 1, 2020, second episode of the "Shipwreck Secrets", of the Discovery Science TV-channel in the United States, was broadcast (will be on screen also in the rest of the world in the coming months). This second episode of the six-part series, introduces the history of the sinking of... -
The new year welcoming by new books
For those looking for a special book: The book by the president of our association, Dr. Tamás Balogh, about the history of the ocean liner STATENDAM (II), which operated between 1914-1918, the "Dutch TITANIC", will be published in July, illustrated with many pictures of the biggest collectors, which have not...