Ekhuluma ngemikhumbi enelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi, nangezikebhe zikanokusho bangitshele indaba ye I-Sea Cloud, umkhumbi wokunethezeka owabamba iqhaza eMpini Yezwe II futhi wathengiswa eMbuthweni Wezempi wase-United States ngentengo engokomfanekiso yedola elilodwa, kodwa ngaphambi kwalokhu kwenzeka wayesevele enohambo lokuphila olunelukuluku kakhulu.
IMarjorie Merriweather Post, igama elingahle lingazwakali njengelutho kuwe, elathunyelwa ngo-1931 "umkhumbi kanokusho emhlabeni" nge-Carrara marble, osilika baseNdiya, i-porcelain yaseSevres, ompompi abafakwe igolide, amaqanda eFabergé ... ukukunika umbono wokuthi le ntokazi yayingubani, ngizokunikeza ukusikisela, iGeneral Foods. Kepha engikuthandayo ukukutshela indaba yomkhumbi.
Isikebhe se-Sea Cloud sinamamitha ayi-109,5 ubude, sinoseyili abangama-30, izinsika ezine, imastmm enkulu engu-54 kanti abasebenzi baso benziwe ngabantu abangama-72. Kusukela ekuqaleni, yethulwa ngo-1931, yayine-telegraph kanye nocingo, kanye nesibhedlela esincane negumbi elibandayo.
Ngenxa yezizathu zomuntu siqu (funda isehlukaniso nomyeni omusha) umkhumbi ugcina umiswe eLeningrad, lapho usetshenziswa khona njengendlunkulu engakahleleki yenxusa laseMelika, futhi kuwo amaqembu aphezulu anikezwa ubukhosi baseYurophu nabanye abalingiswa.
Njengoba bengisho kulandela ukuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor, i-Sea Cloud ithengiswa ngedola elilodwa ku-US Coast Guard futhi ibizwa kabusha ngokuthi IX-99. Ukubukeka kwaso kwashintsha kakhulu, sasipendwe ngwevu, salahlekelwa izinsika zaso, amapulangwe aso nokunethezeka.
Ngemuva kweMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba, umnikazi wayo, uMarjorie Merriweather, ubuyisa umlando wakhe omuhle, kepha kancane kancane. Ngo-1955 wayithengisa kumashiqela waseDominican Republic uRafael Leónidas Trujillo, owabhabhadisa u-Angelita, ehlonipha enye yamadodakazi akhe.
Ukusuka lapha kuqhubeke kunemicimbi ethize enesifiso nobumnyama ezungeze lo mkhumbi.
Ngalesi sikhathi umkhumbi ungokaHerman Eble, umongameli wenkampani yemikhumbi iHansa Treunhand Group, owawuthenga ngo-1993. Ukulungiswa ngokuphelele, ngesinye sezikebhe ezizimele, esinobuhle nobukhazikhazi obuyiqiniso ... noma besho kanjalo, ngoba abangimemanga esikebheni.