News of the DISCOVERY's fate should become official within a few days. The former ISLAND VENTURE/PRINCESS, etc. has supposedly been purchased by Turkish shipbreakers and will be dispatched to Aliaga in a matter of weeks. There are efforts to save her for a static role, and while the chances are slim, I wish them much success. I really don't want to be heading back to insane, inhospitable Aliaga any time soon. It's also time for the UNITED STATES to finally be saved or sent

Elder Dempster Lines' RMMV AUREOL in her heyday. Peter Knego collection. The RMMV AUREOL of 1951 was a hard working, much-loved liner that linked Liverpool (and later Southampton) with West Africa in the waning days of the British Empire. She was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Glasgow, Scotland in an era when polished woods, linoleum decking, nickel and glass fixtures and brass fittings were the norm. Long after most of her contemporaries were scrapped, she went on

MV AUGUSTUS First Class Bar, facing forward. Carlo Sbisa (1889 -- 1964) was a celebrated Trieste-based artist. His early works were heavily influenced by 16th Century Classicism and he became well known for his frescoes (including the Museo del Risorgimento and the Hall of Assicurazioni Generali). After the war, he focused on sculpture and ceramic art (notable works include the reliefs for the chapel of Trieste Central Train Station, and the basilica of Aquileia) and it was

A new era has begun! For the past year, MidShipCentury has been in the process of a huge move involving ten forty foot trucks and the disassembling of our former residence as we have rebuilt our new home into a land-locked MidCentury ocean liner. During the process, the site has been dormant but our Facebook page has been very active with updates on key items from our collection as they have been repurposed for a new life in Oceanside, California. Some long-buried treasure