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SS United States

A fully dedicated drawing of America's flagship of the 1950s, built and designed for luxury and speed by William Francis Gibbs.

SS Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse

The first-ever ocean liner from Germany to operate with four smokestacks on her superstructure and marked the golden era of transatlantic travel in the early 20th century. She was named after the German emperor, Wilhelm I, and was launched and brought to service in 1897. She was also one of the first passenger ships to be sunk and scuttled during WWI in 1914. Her remains were discovered in 1952, and was put to scrap.

Starboard

A close-up referenced drawing of the Grand Princess's superstructure and starboard hull.

Arriving in New York

A depiction of Titanic’s sister ship, Olympic, arriving in New York City after receiving a massive refit in the 1920s.

THE MORNING AFTER

A drawn depiction of the fictional ocean liner, SS Poseidon, sinking after it capsized from a 90-foot tidal wave on New Years Eve. Only 6-people caved their way out of the ship’s propellor shaft, and the coast guard chopper rescued the remaining passengers before the Poseidon floundered beneath the waves. Referenced and inspired by the 1972 disaster film "The Poseidon Adventure".

The Octantis

A referenced drawing of a Viking cruise ship, Viking Octantis, fully detailed with tall proportions that make the ship's exterior.

USS Daniel Boone

Tugboat america

This is a referenced drawing of 1950s Toledo, Ohio where a Great Lakes tugboat, America, sailed past the bulk freighter, G.A. Tomlinson. The original photo sourced in the drawing was from the guidebook “Know Your Ships”, and was photographed by Paul C. LaMarre III.

Bow

A close-up referenced drawing of the Great Lakes bull freighter, SS Cliffs Victory.

mighty mo

A referenced drawing of the mighty Iowa-class battleship, USS Missouri, nicknamed the Mighty Mo. She’s famous for declaring victory after the Japanese surrendered at the end of WWII on September 2, 1945. The ship also served in both the Korean War and the Gulf War until her retirement in 1992. In her later years, the Missouri was featured in a 1989 Cher music video, “If I Can Turn Back Time”, and became a setting for the 1992 Steven Seagal film, “Under Siege”. She’s currently moored in Pearl Harbor as a floating museum right next to the USS Arizona Memorial.

moran and mary

A photogenic drawing that gives a point-of-view look at a Moran tugboat in New York City aiding the RMS Queen Mary during the 1930s.

a sad ending for Elizabeth

A disastrous depiction of the former Cunard liner, RMS Queen Elizabeth, as the floating university Seawise University, burned to the end off the coast of Hong Kong on January 9, 1972.

the polaris

This drawing takes place in Milwaukee where the Viking Polaris departs near the Pierhead Lighthouse. What adds the atmosphere is a crowd of people watching her sail away. The original photo sourced in the drawing was from the guidebook “Know Your Ships”.

ms queen anne

This drawing was made before Cunard's latest ship, MS Queen Anne, was built and launched in May 2024. It was referenced from 3D renderings of the Pinnacle series 4 class cruise ship turned ocean liner.

celebrity mercury

This is a photographic depiction of Celebrity Cruises’ Mercury, a Century-class cruise liner that was launched in 1997, and was put to service while carrying 1,912 passengers. Not much is known about her, but her sleek exterior is defined as both prime and luxury during her Celebrity Cruises career from the late-1990s to 2011. Celebrity Cruises sold Mercury to Germany’s TUI Cruises to be renamed Mein Schiff Herz. She was renovated to match the modernization of cruise ships that are sailing to this day. It was referenced from a photographic book about the history of ocean liners.

ghost ship

A ghoulish drawing of a fictional ocean liner, the Antonia Graza as a ghost ship in a moonlit sea. The drawing was referenced from a scene of a 2002 horror film "Ghost Ship".

hmhs britannic

One of my earliest drawings of the Olympic-class liner, his majesty's hospital ship Britannic. Regarded as Titanic's forgotten sister, the Britannic served as a hospital ship during World War I. She was originally registered as a passenger liner, but due to a war breakout between England and Germany, the government converted her to a hospital ship to care for the sick and wounded soldiers before her unpredictable fate. On November 21, 1916, she was the largest ship to be sunk in WWI, and was struck by a mine near the island of Kea at the Aegean Sea. Her wreck remains as a popular diving attraction at 120 meters below the surface.

Two swans from the 1960s

One of my old drawings depict two passenger liners sailing together like swans. They're both the SS Canberra, built in 1961, and the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, built in 1968.

ms caribbean princess

A drawing referenced from one of my photos taken of a Princess cruise ship anchored near Bar Harbor, Maine.

u-boat in a storm

A drawing of a German U-boat pounding the waves in a fierce storm. This was also depicted from one of the scenes in a 1981 German film, "Das Boot".

A photogenic drawing of the James Madison class ballistic-missile submarine, USS Daniel Boone.

Stern

A close-up referenced drawing of the Star Princess's stern, a cruise ship originally operated and owned by both P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises (and especially others later in the 2010s until the ship was scrapped in Alang in 2021).

Welcome to long beach

A celebrated depiction of the RMS Queen Mary arriving in Long Beach, California after her long final voyage. The Cunard liner began her new life after sailing throughout the world from October 31 to December 9, 1967. She remains as a floating hotel and museum to this day, and has survived World War II and change of ownerships while moored in her permanent dock.

morning rescue

This is a drawing that showed the Cunard liner, RMS Carpathia, anchored on the morning after the Titanic sank. On her way to New York, the Carpathia received a distress call from the Titanic crew, and it took her 4-hours to arrive in the grim and calm waters. Captain Arthur Rostron was credited as a hero after saving 705 victims from the freezing waters and sailed them to New York.

QE2

A striking photogenic depiction of the famous Cunard liner, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 during her cruising service.

en route to the new world

A dedicated drawing of the pilgrim ship that started the Thanksgiving tradition. Commanded by Capt. Christopher Jones, the Mayflower was in bound from England to Cape Cod. The English pilgrims settled for what they called their colony of the New World, New England. They made merry as they struggled their settlement with unbearable winters and lack of food. Thankfully, they worked with the Indian tribe by growing crops and shared the new way of what they called Thanksgiving.

MV Oriana

A drawn depiction of the British P&O cruise liner, the Oriana, and was referenced from a photographic book about the history of ocean liners. Christened in 1995, the Oriana became the successor of the SS Canberra. Her smokestack pays homage to the Canberra's funnel.

celebrity millennium

My second photographic depiction of a Celebrity cruise ship, Millennium. Named as the lead ship of the Millennium-class, the ship was delivered to service in 2000, and is one of the oldest ships sailing for the cruise line.

Space ship hamburg

This is a referenced drawing of a German ocean liner, T/S Hamburg. She was known for her futuristic smokestack, and her interior design that give her the nickname, Space Ship. She operated under the German Atlantic Line, and sailed across to New York and several destinations. Around the 1970s and beyond, she made her full appearance in the 1974 British suspense film "Juggernaut", and was renamed the “Maxim Gorkiy” later after. She was then purchased by other cruise lines and kept the name ever since. In 1989, the Maxim Gorkiy was cruising near Svalbard, Norway, and was struck by an ice floe and was close to sinking to the bottom. Thankfully, she was safely towed before disaster struck, and went undergone with major repairs after the incident. She continued to carry passengers until 2009, and was sadly sold to scrap in Alang, India.

Titan

A drawing of the OceanGate submersible Titan, and it was completed on the day the disaster struck. The Titan disappeared while carrying four passengers and a pilot as it dived beneath the Atlantic Ocean to tour the Titanic wreck site. As the coast guards made their effort to find the missing people onboard, the submersible imploded within over 12,000 feet below the surface. None of the five people on the submersible survived.

Titanic's awakening

An old drawing of the Titanic wreck when it was first discovered on September 1, 1985.

mts oceanos

A drawing depicting an ill-fated Greek cruise liner that sank off the coast of South Africa in August 1991, with all passengers and crew rescued and survived by a miracle.