THE CRUISE INSIDER

The British auxiliary steamer SS Ceylon made cruising history in 1881 by being the first ship in history to not only take on a full-time luxury cruising role but also to carry out the first world cruise under the banner of the Inter-Oceanic Steam Yachting Co. Ltd. , but having read my previous article Following Fogg , you of course already know this. What you probably do not know, is that this was only the first half of her long and illustrious cruise career. After John Loc

Or The (real) First World Cruise in History! Quite a few sources will have you believe that the first around-the-world cruise was the 130-day voyage of Cunard’s RMS Laconia in 1923. But that is not so! Four decades before a couple of British entrepreneurs launched the world's first designated cruise line with an ambitious world cruise offering, that was very likely inspired by the fictional voyage of gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg. SS Ceylon, guests on deck, © The Graphic,