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Auxiliary sails became obsolete and disappeared completely at the end of the century. Possible military use of passenger ships was envisaged and, in 1889, RMS Teutonic became the first auxiliary cruiser in history. In the time of war, ships could easily be equipped with cannons and used in cases of conflict.
S.S. President Lincoln sometime before World War One: SS Pretoria: 1897 Scrapped in 1921 S.S. Pretoria in 1898: SS Queen Elizabeth 2: 1967 Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Dubai: RMS Queen Mary: 1934 Preserved as a museum/hotel ship in Long Beach, California RMS Queen Mary 2: 2003 In service [2] SS Raffaello: 1963 Partially sank in 1983
The outbreak of World War II delayed the deployment of Pasteur, and she was laid up in Saint-Nazaire in France. In 1940, she was commissioned to carry 200 tons of gold reserves from Brest, France to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her official maiden voyage from Bordeaux to Buenos Aires was cancelled due to the outbreak of war.
The term "largest passenger ship" has evolved over time to also include ships by length as supertankers built by the 1970s were over 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. In the modern era the term has gradually fallen out of use in favor of "largest cruise ship" as the industry has shifted to cruising rather than transatlantic ocean travel. [1] While ...
Missanabie served in the First World War as troop ships. A U-boat sank her in 1918 with the loss of 45 lives. [1] A pipe band entertaining troops on deck aboard Metagama in 1915. Metagama remained in civilian passenger service, although her passengers often included troops. Her first regular route was between Liverpool and St John, New Brunswick.
Rammed U-103 on 12 May 1918, the only known incident in World War I in which a merchant vessel sank an enemy warship. Ophir: Converted to Hospital Ship in 1918. Returned to the owners in 1919 but never refitted, being broken up in 1922. Orama: Lost on 19 October 1917. Orbita: Also served in the Second World War as a troop carrier from 1941 to ...
The ship ran aground on the Shaalds on the morning of 8 September, approximately 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of Foula's southern tip. She was wrecked in a flat calm and clear weather. She was the first Allied passenger ship to be lost in the war. [2]
Although Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was not originally planned to have any sister ships, the subsequent Kronprinz Wilhelm (1901), Kaiser Wilhelm II (1903) and Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) all enjoyed good careers; however, when World War I broke out, the first was sunk in August 1914 and the other three were seized in 1917 by the United States ...