Posted by Pete on September 28, 2000 at 20:46:21:
In Reply to: White ships posted by Harold Shaw on September 28, 2000 at 20:30:01:
I believe that these days it has more to do with the sunny, hot climates they cruise in. Mauretania was painted white when she was a cruiser. Probably not as big of a deal nowadays with air conditioning, but it seems more traditional for cruising ships to be white.