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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 rose up 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 ...
8,090. Launched by Harland and Wolff in 1910 for White Star, serves cargo New Zealand routes jointly with Shaw, Savill and Albion Line, used as troop carrier in WWI. Sold to Aberdeen Line in 1926 under Mamilius. Sold back to SS&A in 1932 under Mamari, renamed ' Mamari III in 1934 serving Australian routes.
J. Bruce Ismay. Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ ˈɪzmeɪ /; [1] 12 December 1862 [2] – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. [3] In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's new flagship RMS ...
William Imrie (1836 – 7 August 1906) was a Liverpool shipowner who owned the White Star Line. He was once known as "the Prince of Shipowners". Early life His father (also William) was partner in the firm of shipbrokers called Imrie & Tomlinson, based in Rumford Street, Liverpool. William Imrie went on to work for this firm which also took into its employment Thomas Ismay who was the son of ...
International Mercantile Marine Company. The International Mercantile Marine Company, originally the International Navigation Company, was a trust formed in the early twentieth century as an attempt by J.P. Morgan to monopolize the shipping trade. IMM was founded by shipping magnates Clement Griscom of the American Line and Red Star Line ...
The agreement was completed on 30 December 1933. The merger took place on 10 May 1934, creating Cunard-White Star Limited. White Star contributed ten ships to the new company while Cunard contributed fifteen. Due to this arrangement, and since Hull 534 was Cunard's ship, Cunard owned 62% of the new company, with White Star owning the remaining 38%.
Big Four (White Star Line) The " Big Four " were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat. The group consisted of Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic.
RMS. Celtic. (1901) Grounded on rocks off Cobh, Ireland on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site. RMS Celtic was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line. The first ship larger than SS Great Eastern by gross register tonnage (it was also 9 ft [2.7 m] longer), Celtic was the first of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, the dubbed The Big Four. [4]