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RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, which entered service in 1889, and was the first armed merchant cruiser. She was the sister ship of RMS Majestic . History
The Teutonic-class ocean liners were both known as the first modern liners because of their modifications to passenger accommodation. Whereas all of White Star's previous liners had only carried two classes of passengers (Saloon and Steerage), Teutonic and Majestic introduced changes to that paradigm to include a middle class and improved ...
SS Desna, passenger ship for Royal Mail Line, launched 2 March 1912, completed 3 October 1912. [327] SS Darro, passenger ship for Royal Mail Line, launched 16 May 1912, completed 31 October 1912. [328] SS Oxfordshire, cargo liner for Bibby Line, launched 15 June 1912, completed 17 September 1912, renamed Safina-E-Arab 1951, scrapped 1958. [329]
Teutonia was a screw steamer that was built by Caird & Company, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland for the Hamburg Brazilianische Packetschiffahrt Gesellschaft in 1856.It later served with the Hamburg Amerika Line before being sold to British owners in 1877 and Italian owners in 1884, serving them under the names Regina, Piemontese, Città di Savona and Mentana The ship was scrapped in 1894.
Constructed by Harland and Wolff, Majestic was launched on 29 June 1889 and was delivered to White Star in March 1890. White Star had sought to fund the construction of both Majestic and her sister Teutonic through the British government, a proposal which was accepted with the stipulation that the Royal Navy would have access to the two liners in a time of war as Armed Merchant Cruisers.
In 1874, the construction of modern ships SS Germanic and SS Britannic led to SS Republic ' s becoming the standby vessel of White Star Line. It occupied this position for 15 years, and attempts were made to modernise it in 1888. When RMS Teutonic and RMS Majestic entered service in the following year, the Republic became surplus to White Star ...
The saloon passenger accommodation was luxuriously furnished, and was described as being 'more like an imperial yacht' than a passenger liner, and included features such as running water with bathtubs provided for passengers. Each saloon class cabin was equipped with larger than normal portholes, to let in more light. Electric bells were ...
The Jubilee class were a group of five passenger and cargo ocean liners built by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, specifically for the White Star Line's service from the UK to Australia on the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route. The five ships in order of the dates they entered service were: SS Afric (1899) SS Medic (1899)