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Big Red Boat I (2000) Oceanic (2000–2012) Scrapped at Zhoushan, China in 2012 As StarShip Oceanic As the Big Red Boat As Oceanic: MS Oranje: 1938 Angelina Lauro (1965–1979) Caught fire, and sank on September 24, 1979 As Oranje As the Angelina Lauro: MS Oslofjord (1949) 1949 MS Fulvia (1969–1970) Caught fire, and sank in 1970 while being towed
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the United States and the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean in either direction, retaining the Blue Riband for the highest average speed since her maiden voyage in 1952, a title she still holds.
RMS Majestic was a British ocean liner working on the White Star Line’s North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck.At 56,551 gross register tons, she was the largest ship ever operated by the White Star Line under its own flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in 1935.
RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, Titanic and Britannic.
RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906.
It was one of only a few ocean liners, American or otherwise, to have had its interiors designed by women—the New York firm Smyth, Urquhart & Marckwald. [10] The ornate decor typical of liners of the past was forgone, in favor of a more contemporary and informal design. The aim was to provide an atmosphere of cheerfulness and sophisticated charm.
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This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.