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Projects such as the French nuclear program, high speed rail, the Concorde (together with the British) and the SS France passenger liner (which had a maiden...

RMS Titanic was a transatlantic liner which was considered luxurious and unsinkable, but sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Some 1514 people died...

Ibaraki, Kagoshima, Nagasaki, and Sapporo.   From Kobe Airport, the Port Liner light rail to Sannomiya Station runs about every 10 minutes (18 minutes...

Pacific Ocean. It is an overseas country (pays d'outre-mer) governed by France. French Polynesia is and has been the dream destination of travellers for many...

world. It is a fascinating ship with a dual history as a luxury cruise liner and a military transport vessel and the wreck retains evidence of both lives...

of Genoa in 1961 in gratitude for rescue efforts during the loss of the liner Bianca C. So this one is on dry land but identical statues are submerged...

trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific passenger volume. While one Cunard passenger liner still plies the seas, most passenger ship travel is by cruise ships designed...

aircraft and much of the engineering work required to bring the supersonic liner Concorde into existence. Visit Hampshire website The variety of English...

America, by traveling by train from Paddington to Fishguard and then join a liner, rather than taking the train from Waterloo to Southampton. Fishguard visitor...

a marine museum with extensive coverage of the Empress of Ireland ocean liner collision and sinking, and the Onondaga, a Canadian Navy submarine. The...

Kingdom. The easiest option is by the historic, and only remaining ocean liner operator, Cunard Line, which sails around 10 times per year in each direction...

container port, Southampton is the European end of the last Transatlantic ocean liner route, the Queen Mary II to New York, and in 1912 was the point of departure...

While eating is prohibited on some buses and hired vehicles, an ocean liner can provide luxury dining difficult to find on land. Trains often have dining...

important for operating mail tenders such as HMCS Lady Evelyn for transatlantic liners. These could take mail from an arriving ship in the mouth of the St Lawrence...

Zimbabwe. Buses from Johannesburg are easily available ranging from Eagle Liner (for R330). Greyhound (for R450) and Intercape (R420). The bus takes between...

fascinating history of transatlantic liners though exhibits, a “life on board” atmosphere, and multimedia devices. In English, French, German and Spanish. Three...

long-distances ferries, though short-haul ferries link neighbouring islands. Cruise liners visit islands with major sights, bussing their passengers from the dock...

coast of Provence. Diving enthusiasts can go down to visit the wreck of the liner Liban, stranded against the drop off of Île Maïre, at the western end of...

hotels have a heritage from the golden age of steam railways and ocean liners, before the Second World War, in the 19th or early 20th centuries. These...

Réunion (French: La Réunion) is a French overseas department located in the midst of the Indian Ocean, east of the island of Madagascar and 200 kilometres...