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 RMS Titanic Ocean Liner Iceburg 1912 In Memory Maiden Voyage Maritime NEW $1.50 Time Remaining: 15d 4h 31m Buy It Now for only: $1.50 |
 11250 SCALE NAVIS MODEL OF THE AUGUSTA VICTORIA OCEAN LINER MINT CONDITION $26.00 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 50m |
 Titanic Memorial Charm Bracelet White Star Line Heart Ocean Liner Ship of Dreams $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 11h 7m |
 11250 SCALE NAVIS MODEL OF THE SS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OCEAN LINER MINT COND $30.55 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 53m |
 12 4X6 PHOTOS TITANIC OCEAN LINER 1912 PACK 1 $8.95 Time Remaining: 15d 13h 44m Buy It Now for only: $8.95 |
 Soviet ocean liner S S Maxim Gorky at Boston pier 8x10 1974 $8.49 Time Remaining: 33m |
 Vintage SS Oceanic Home Lines cruise ship ocean liner boat collectible SS S S $16.75 (6 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 14h 49m |
 RARE FRENCH LINE SUGAR CUBE CGT NORMANDIE OCEAN LINER CUNARD $12.99 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 17m |
 ss Homeric Home Lines Ocean Liner Cruise Ship Color Post Card Unused $3.99 Time Remaining: 29d 12h 5m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 SS FRANCE Ocean Liner SIGN DAMES LADIES CGT French Line Original 1961 Elegant $145.00 Time Remaining: 5d 11h 42m |
 SS FRANCE Ocean Liner SIGN MESSIEURS GENTLEMEN CGT French Line Original 1961 $145.00 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 9m |
 20 VTG OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 35MM SLIDE PHOTO LOT SS FRANCE VEENDAM CARLA C $9.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 32m |
 Home Lines 4 Swizzle Sticks Cruise Ship Stirrer Ocean Liner Cocktail Mixer $2.99 Time Remaining: 29d 3h 28m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 ITALIAN OCEAN LINERS SUPERBLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK BY ELISEO 2007 LIMITED RUN $18.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 12h 30m |
 ITALIAN TRANSATLANTIC OCEAN LINERS BOOK 2003 ELISEO PICCIONE $15.00 Time Remaining: 1d 11h 30m |
 United States Lines Set of Stationery US Ocean Liner Via Air Mail Original $4.99 Time Remaining: 28d 16h 55m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 |
 SS FRANCE Ocean Liner SIGN PASSAGE INTERDIT CGT French Line Original 1961 $120.00 Time Remaining: 6d 11h 39m |
 Peru Ocean Liner French Lines CGT Perou old PC 1908 $14.00 Time Remaining: 13h 19m |
 SS FRANCE Ocean Liner SIGN A 020 Room Identification CGT French Line Org 1961 $70.00 Time Remaining: 6d 11h 54m |
 ss Oceanic Home Lines Classic Cruise Ship Early Portrait Ocean Liner at Sea $2.99 Time Remaining: 28d 17h 23m Buy It Now for only: $2.99 |
 Vintage ND Lloyd Bremen Ocean Liner Fork flatware Norddeutscher Lloyd NDL $10.99 Time Remaining: 9h 2m |
 SS PARIS OCEAN LINER LIST OF PASSENGERS APRIL 211926 BOOKLET $9.00 Time Remaining: 2d 11h 17m |
 VAN RYPER waterline ship MODEL CALAMARES ocean liner United Fruit Company $699.00 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 39m |
 TITANIC AND NORMANDIE Christies Ocean Liner New York 6 25 08 Auction Catalog $40.00 Time Remaining: 20d 3h Buy It Now for only: $40.00 |
 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD 1909 CABIN RATES BROCHURE SS BERLIN OCEAN LINER $3.99 Time Remaining: 14h 58m |
 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD 1909 CABIN RATES BROCHURE SS BERLIN OCEAN LINER $3.99 Time Remaining: 15h 9m |
 ss Norway Norwegian Cruise Line Stem Glass Souvenir Ocean Liner $7.99 Time Remaining: 11d 8h 44m Buy It Now for only: $7.99 |
 11250 SCALE ALBATROS MODEL OF THE RMS AQUITANIA OCEAN LINER $24.49 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 10h 35m |
 1950 SS LIBERTE EUROPA STEAMSHIP SHIP OCEAN LINER FRENCH LINE ISSUED SAILOR DOLL $49.99 Time Remaining: 1d 4h 51m |
 Ship Ocean Liner SS Normandie UK tobacco card 1937 $6.51 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 8h 56m |
 mv Regal Empress Regal Cruises Life Ring Greek Ocean Liner ex Olympia $1.00 Time Remaining: 29d 18h 51m Buy It Now for only: $1.00 |
 Carnival Fantasy Ocean Liner Cruise Ship Dome Paperweight Made in Canada $7.95 Time Remaining: 11h 51m |
 A 1930 NAKHODA OCEAN LINER CRUISE TRAVEL SEAGULL BOAT AD $21.95 Time Remaining: 13h 50m |
 VINTAGE FRENCH SS FRANCE OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP COBALT BLUE GLASSGOLD ASHTRAY $9.99 Time Remaining: 1d 6h 34m |
 ms Italia Home Lines Ocean Liner Cruise Color Portrait ex Kungshlom Unused $3.99 Time Remaining: 29d 12h 5m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 Original Slides Cunard Lines Queen Elizabeth II Ocean Liner WTC March 1974 $12.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 6h 47m |
 Original 1969 Slide SS Ryndam Ocean Liner Ship Piraeus Greece $5.99 Time Remaining: 4d 14h 15m |
 White Star Line Oval China Dish Ocean Liner USA Great Lakes $237.11 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 15m |
 BASSETT LOWKE wood ship MODEL ocean liner REX waterline wooden Italian Line $1,700.00 Time Remaining: 6d 6h 24m Buy It Now for only: $1,700.00 |
 FINMARE ITALIAN OCEAN LINERS HEAVY VOLUME IL MITO DEL VAPORE 1992 $28.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 1d 13h 30m |
 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD OCEAN LINERS BREMEN AND EUROPA 2010 BOOK $46.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 12h 45m |
 Japanese Iino Ocean Liner Wooden Lacquer Serving Plate $12.99 Time Remaining: 13d 19h 19m Buy It Now for only: $12.99 |
 CUNARD LINES OCEAN LINER SHIP SHOPPING LIST BROCHURE GUIDE 1950S VINTAGE TRAVEL $5.49 Time Remaining: 17h 40m |
 A 1923 NORWEGIAN AMERICA LINE OCEAN LINER TRAVEL SHIP SEA $24.95 Time Remaining: 13h 49m |
 1907 RMS LUSITANIA CUNARD STEAMSHIP OCEAN LINER 11x17 PHOTO PRINT PICTURE 1391 $6.95 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 26m |
 Auth Titanic Ocean Liner 20 Model Boat Ship Unique NEW $66.60 Time Remaining: 4d 21h 26m Buy It Now for only: $66.60 |
 Eastern Steamship Lines Butter Pat Plate Mayer China Ocean Liner Dining Car $16.00 Time Remaining: 2d 16h 10m |
 M S Meteor Crystal Ashtray + Schedules 1968 Ocean Liner Memorabelia $17.95 Time Remaining: 1d 12h 4m |
 SS UNITED STATES NEW YORK HARBOR VINTAGE OCEAN LINER MOUSEPAD $7.49 Time Remaining: 17h 27m |
 SS Leviathan United States Lines Ocean Liner Cruise Ship Handcrafted Funnel $35.00 Time Remaining: 3d 9h 41m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 1906 HAMBURG AMERIKA LINE AMERIKA OCEAN LINER MENU WITH GRAPHICS VG+ $6.99 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 13m |
 RMS Titanic White Star Line Collector Plaque Metal Cigar Art Ocean Liner $19.99 Time Remaining: 17h 12m |
 EARLY OCEAN LINER GIVE AWAY WASHCLOTH IN ORIG WRAPPER $12.50 Time Remaining: 27d 12h 18m Buy It Now for only: $12.50 |
 SWEDISH AMERICAN LINE OCEAN LINER SHIP DINNER MENU 1962 MS KUNGSHOLM VINTAGE $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 13m |
 4 color HAPAG ocean liner cruise ship PORCELAIN smoke stack ashtray Bavaria $14.99 Time Remaining: 5d 16h 47m |
 GRACE LINE OCEAN LINER SHIP DINNER MENU 1937 TES SANTA CLARA HAVANA CATHEDRAL $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 13m |
 RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH Ocean Liner Steamship VARI VUE Motion Lenticular Key Chain $9.95 Time Remaining: 17d 6h 54m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Original Cruise Ship Ocean Liner Poster Royal Caribbean Celebrity Century 2006 $19.99 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 55m Buy It Now for only: $23.99 |
 FURNESS BERMUDA LINE OCEAN LINER SHIP DINNER MENU 1951 QTEV QUEEN OF BERMUDA $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 6h 13m |
 1930 EUROPA SETS SPEED RECORD NORTH GERMAN LLOYD OCEAN LINER CAPTAIN NEWSPAPER $5.99 Time Remaining: 2d 14h 12m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 Ocean Liner Badge Enamel VGC $4.66 Time Remaining: 25d 4h 15m Buy It Now for only: $4.66 |
 1907 RMS LUSITANIA CUNARD STEAMSHIP OCEAN LINER 11x17 PHOTO PRINT PICTURE 1391 $6.96 Time Remaining: 2d 17h 36m Buy It Now for only: $7.96 |
 7 ORIGINAL 1950 PRESS Photographs SS LIBERTE FRANCE OCEAN LINER $49.99 Time Remaining: 4d 15h 53m |
 Chad Valley Across the Atlantic ocean liner board game 1920s $39.52 Time Remaining: 9d 4h 40m Buy It Now for only: $39.52 |
 5x7 PHOTO C1920s OCEAN LINER SSLEVIATHAN CAPTAIN RARE ORIGINAL MARKED ITEM $19.95 Time Remaining: 1d 5h 10m |
 1924 SS BALTIC LACONIA CLARKs CRUISE OCEAN LINER AROUND WORLD NEW YORK LURAY VA $9.99 Time Remaining: 2d 12h 3m |
 OCEAN LINERS THE GOLDEN AGE BOOK ITALIAN VERSION BOOK $25.00 Time Remaining: 2d 4h 34m |
 LUSITANIA PHOTO BRITISH OCEAN LINER PASSENGER SHIP CUNARD LINE UNITED KINGDOM $17.95 Time Remaining: 8d 1h 51m Buy It Now for only: $17.95 |
 1952 SS President Monroe American President Lines steamship ocean liner $14.50 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 49m |
 Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania Postcard with Ships Log on Back $5.88 Time Remaining: 1d 15h 19m |
 VINTAGE M S BATORY OCEAN LINER 1967 POLISH SHIP FAREWELL DINNER MENU TOURIST OLD $3.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 6d 15h 39m |
 1969 ART GALLERY Magazine Modern Art Cunard QE2 OCEAN LINER Oueen Elizabeth 2 $7.19 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 18m Buy It Now for only: $7.19 |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1956 20 DEC $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 53m |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1958 MAR 14th $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 53m |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1956 DEC 13th $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY BY KELLOGGS PLUS THE NORMANDIE PAPER MODELS 1930S REPRO $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1956 DEC 11th $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1956 DEC 10th $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN LINER RIO WEST INDIES TRAVEL SHIP BROCHURE GUIDE 1937 $8.49 Time Remaining: 10d 7h 10m Buy It Now for only: $8.49 |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1957 JUL 1st $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1957 JAN 1st $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 ORIGINAL CUNARD RMS QUEEN MARY MENU OCEAN LINER CRUISE SHIP 1957 JUL 1st $7.89 Time Remaining: 1d 10h 54m |
 rp8214 Cunard Liner Queen Mary at Ocean Terminal Southampton photo 6x4 $3.16 Time Remaining: 26d 4h 47m Buy It Now for only: $3.16 |
 OPPORTUNITIES AFLOAT OCEAN LINER STEAMSHIP SS LEVIATHAN 1924 BOOKLET ARCULUS $2.99 Time Remaining: 17h 1m |
 Cunard Ocean Liner Paper Lot 1950s Vintage $12.50 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 25m |
 CHANDRIS OCEAN LINERS AND CELEBRITY CRUISES 2006 BOOK BY PETER PLOWMAN $14.00 Time Remaining: 4d 12h 21m |
 1942 Matson Line advertisement Hawaii SS Lurline ocean liner color painting $6.49 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 29m Buy It Now for only: $6.49 |
 Vintage Cie Gle Transatlantic French Ocean Liner Ship Green Glass France ashtray $25.99 Time Remaining: 4d 4h 25m Buy It Now for only: $39.99 |
 1923 Promo The Mauretania Ocean Liner to the Mediteranean $8.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 5d 1h 42m |
 Original Slide Cunard Line Ocean Liner RMS Carmania in 1966 B $9.00 Time Remaining: 14d 17h 32m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 NORWAY cruise ship MODEL ocean liner scale 1900 $389.00 Time Remaining: 1d 14h 7m |
 1950s moore mccormack steamship lines 2 decks playing cards ocean liner $9.95 Time Remaining: 4d 4h 28m |
 1950s Cunard original Queen Elizabeth Trans Atlantic Ocean Liner Banner Pennant $14.99 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 35m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 Queen Elizabeth Ship Ocean liner $19.99 Time Remaining: 19d 22h 49m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
 OAG Worldwide Cruise Shipline Guide 1985 Old OCEAN LINERS CUNARDQE2 SS Norway $24.95 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 6m |
 1939 UNITED STATES LINES OCEAN LINER AMERICA LAUNCHED AD MAGAZINE SHIP BOAT $4.99 Time Remaining: 2d 13h 12m Buy It Now for only: $8.99 |
 Disasters Book with Titanic Ocean Liner Boat Sinking Information Scholastic Inc $7.00 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 37m |
 Original Slide Cunard Line Ocean Liner RMS Carmania in 1966 A $9.00 Time Remaining: 14d 17h 32m Buy It Now for only: $9.00 |
 ns Savannah US Flag nuclear powered ocean liner merchant ship hand made model $19.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 4d 12h 24m |
 1934 SS Translyvania banquet menu steamship ocean liner boat ship $18.00 Time Remaining: 4d 13h 51m |
Ocean Liners
Whitewater Versus the Ocean Liner: Coping With Turbulent Times
As times change, professionals need to adapt. This is relatively easy for some, but very difficult for others. So the challenge for all is to determine the most appropriate strategies for dealing with turbulent times. One framework for consideration is to think in terms of the "whitewater" approach versus "ocean liner" approach, as these can provide good analogies for work environments today. Arguably, the whitewater approach is more in tune with today's environment, but not as much so with the professional work force.
The world has changed from a world full of ocean liners. Some professionals have found getting on one efficient at the start of their careers and have managed to cruise nicely through for several years. By contrast, today's environment is more and more — albeit almost entirely — of the whitewater variety, where we travel down the stream, encounter very rough waters, an occasional large waterfall, many rocks and shoals along the way. Utilitarian skills is required to negotiate the narrow and shifting openings that represent opportunities as well as the avoidance of disaster.
It takes a different type of person to navigate through challenges on an ocean-liner than it does to navigate whitewater challenges. Professionals can be characterized as either ocean oriented or whitewater oriented. Here is the contrasting picture of what it might take for ocean liner people or whitewater people working in either environments.
1. Ocean liner person in the ocean environment
This is the old configuration where a dedicated and competent, but somewhat risk-averse professional, is working in a large, steady, challenging, but very secure, organization. This worked for a long time, but, unfortunately, for many, this environment is very rare; thus, seeing someone in such an environment is a rarity.
2. Whitewater person in the ocean environment
This situation is becoming a little more common, I believe, for the simple reason that this environment recognizes that it needs to change to a more whitewater environment. However, there can be tremendous pitfalls here because the whitewater person may not thrive in that ocean liner environment; and, in fact, may become blind-sighted from what he or she sees coming and sees what is needed, but, perhaps, is not being adopted by the leaders within that organization.
3. Ocean liner person in a whitewater environment
This is quite treacherous, indeed. If you have ever in true, physical whitewater you'll recognize that you do not want to have the wrong boat in this kind of environment! For someone who is very much used to the steady and secure environment, the whitewater can be quite intimidating, indeed. Survival is the issue and any ocean liner person in this environment must recognize that he needs to retool and redefine himself rapidly. It might even be better, if possible, for them to try to retool within an organization that is retooling itself from the ocean environment to a whitewater environment.
4. Whitewater person in a whitewater environment
This is tending to be a more and more common configuration today. Today's challenges shift and change so quickly that people have no choice but to also adapt as fast. Those that can retool themselves quickly, identify how they must define themselves and what new approaches they must take are at a premium and are very valuable in this said environment.
Both concepts are great metaphors for today's work environment. These two analogies describe not just work environments but also how clients are to be dealt with, primarily because such environments dictate how they turn out. The biggest thing is that they point out to all of us the need to constantly adapt and redefine ourselves as the road ahead is sure to be much more akin to the whitewater environment than the ocean-liner.
About the Author
John Reiling, PMP, PE, MBA is an experienced Project Manager and Engineer. John's web sites, Project Management Training Online and Lean Six Sigma Training Online, provide online training in Lean, Six Sigma, and related topics. John writes regularly in his Project Management blog, PMcrunch.com .
Roughly what percentage of ocean liners have sunk?
I was surfing the net out of sheer boredom, and I somehow ended up looking at the Titanic, and then I started looking up some of the ships linked to it like the Olympic, Britannic and Carpathia, I know that's only four, but three out of four of those ships sank, and I find it kinda odd. I was wondering how common it is for those types of ships to sink. about how many of those shipwrecks are there out there?
It must have been fairly rare, though it was probably statistically more common to lose your life crossing the Atlantic on a ship than it is today, in an airplane.
I have no idea what the percentages are, but far more made the crossing successfully than not. You can count on your fingers the famous ones -- Titanic and Andrea Doria are the only two I can name off hand that weren't sunk as an act of war.
Attached is an incomplete list of ocean liners. If you check all those with articles attached, I bet you won't find more than a handful that sunk due to accident or other non-war reasons.
Golden Age of Ocean Liners