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No one was hurt but the captain was so shamed by his mistake that he took his own life. In 1906, the Victoria Luisa ran aground in Jamaica, wrecking its engines. It was a huge success but it didn't last. Its engines were powerful enough for cruises as far afield as the Caribbean, with organised excursions from many of the ports they visited. It had more deck space for promenading as well as a grand ballroom and a library, and different spaces in which to eat. The ship was significant, too, because it was totally unlike the great ocean liners. The Kaiser's support was significant, though, not least because Ballin was Jewish, and anti-Semitism was on the rise throughout Europe, meaning that Ballin was often excluded from Hamburg's high society. The enterprise had the support of the Kaiser, although he was supposedly put-out that this new ship was a touch longer than the royal yacht. The whole thing was painted white with its two tall funnels in a soft cream. It was beautiful, with a long, rakish hull ornamented with gold and with a carved figure of the Princess herself, the daughter of the Kaiser, and a lengthy bowsprit adding to the streamlined elegance. In 1900, the SS Prinzessin Victoria Luise was launched. What Ballin came up with was a ship that looked like a private yacht with 120 luxurious cabins serving only a single First Class clientele.
Very few people thought it would catch on given that this was a time when large ships were used to get you from A to B, the liners being built for speed and practicality. It was the brainchild of Albert Ballin, the general director of the Hamburg-Atlantic shipping company, who had tested the waters, so to speak, with a Mediterranean cruise a few years earlier using one of his company's large ocean liners.
The world's first cruise ship was launched in Germany in 1900.
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