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The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focused primarily on speed, White ...
Owner: White Star Line (1911-1927) Société Cherbourgeoise Transbordement (1927-1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934-1940) Operator: White Star Line (1911-1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934-1940) Port of registry: Cherbourg: Ordered: 19 July 1910: Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast ...
PS Ireland was a paddle-wheel steamship of the White Star Line, built in 1891.Together with her sister ship PS America, she tendered the various White Star Liners which came through the port of Queenstown, Ireland (now Cobh).
Owner: White Star Line (1873–1883) Cia de Nav. 'La Flecha' (1883-1884) Operator: White Star Line (1873–1875) Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company (1875-1883) Cia de Nav. 'La Flecha' (1883-1884) Port of registry: Liverpool: Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast: Yard number: 81: Launched: 14 January 1873: Completed: 29 March 1873: Maiden ...
Owner: White Star Line (1872–1898) J. Callendar (1898–1900) Liverpool Lighterage Co. (1900–1955) Operator: White Star Line (1873–1898) Port of registry ...
In 1911, the now ageing Teutonic was replaced in the White Star lineup by the new Olympic. By the end of her career on White Star's UK-US services, she had carried a total of 209,466 passengers westbound [4] and another 125,720 eastbound [5] for a total of 335,186 passengers carried.
The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners. [3] Atlantic: 1871: 1871–1873: 3,707: Launched in 1870 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes. Ran aground off Nova Scotia on 1 April 1873 with the loss of 535 lives. Baltic: 1871: 1871–1889: 3,888
SS Oceanic was the White Star Line's first liner and first member of the Oceanic-class; she was an important turning point in passenger liner design.Entering service in 1871 for Atlantic crossings, she was later chartered to Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company (O&O) in 1875.