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SS Devonian (1900) 1900 Torpedoed and sunk, August 21, 1917 The S.S. Devonian in port. RMS Doric: 1922 Scrapped in 1935 R.M.S. Doric in 1923: SS Dover Castle: 1904 Torpedoed and sunk by UC-67 on May 26, 1918 RMS Duchess of Atholl: 1928 Torpedoed and sunk by U-178 on October 10, 1942. RMS Duchess of Atholl: SS Duchess of York: 1928
SS Potsdam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Germany in 1899 for Holland America Line. In 1915 Swedish American Line acquired her and renamed her Stockholm . In 1929 Norwegian owners acquired her, had her converted into a whaling factory ship , and renamed her Solglimt .
RMS Caronia was a Cunard Line transatlantic steam ocean liner. She was launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1932. In World War I she was first an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) and then a troop ship. RMS Carmania was launched in 1905 as her sister ship, although the two had different machinery. When new, the pair were the largest ships in the Cunard ...
RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. [ 1 ] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser .
The Kaiser-class ocean liners or Kaiserklasse refer to four transatlantic ocean liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a German shipping company. Built by the AG Vulcan Stettin between 1897 and 1907, these ships were designed to be among the largest and best appointed liners of their day.
Mims Cushing says Sian Evans' book provides an intriguing look at shipboard life for women during a pivotal time in transatlantic travel. Book review: Ocean liner travel and transformative tales ...
SS Deutschland was a passenger liner built in Stettin and launched on 10 January 1900 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Germany. She was officially the second ocean liner to have four funnels on the transatlantic route, the first being Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of 1897.
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.