From the Dec. 30, 2008 Listverse. Of course, photos and more information at the excellent site.
10. RMS QUEEN MARY II-- 2003
9. SS REX-- 1932-- Italy-- Sunk 1944 to prevent Germans from blocking Trieste Harbor.
8. SS FRANCE/SS NORWAY-- 1961. Scrapped 2008.
7. RMS QUEEN MARY-- 1934-- Today in Long Beach, Ca.
6. SS BREMER-- 1929, German. Scrapped 1945.
5. RMS MAURETANIA-- 1906-- Sister of Lusitania. Scrapped 1935.
4. SS NORMANDIE-- 1932. French. Laid up at New York Harbor after French fleet captured. US seized her. Renamed USS Lafayette. Caught fire while being refitted as troop transport. Capsized. Scrapped 1946.
3. SS UNITED STATES-- 1952. Fastest liner. Top speed a state secret. Rusting away in Philadelphia.
2. RMS OLYMPIC-- 1911-- Outlasted sisters Titanic and Britannic. Sank U-103. Scrapped 1937.
1. RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH II-- 1969. Retired 2008. Will be floating hotel in Dubai. (Wonder where they get all that money to build those huge buildings and do stuff like this.)
I guess this ought to be called liners that didn't sink or something like that. You'd have to figure Titanic and Lusitania would be on the list.
Looking at these ocean liners, they sure looked like ships in the past, not big floating hotels like today's liners.
Going on the Boat!!! --Cooter
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