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This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
Ra II, a ship built from papyrus, was successfully sailed across the Atlantic by Thor Heyerdahl proving that it was possible to cross the Atlantic from Africa using such boats in early epochs of history. This is a list of notable crossings or attempted crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. For the purposes of this list, a transatlantic voyage goes ...
Sold 2008, Last ocean liner built for Cunard until the QM2, longest serving Cunarder in history; operating as a floating hotel in Dubai since April 2018 [6] Atlantic Causeway: 1969: 1970–1986: Container ship: 14,950: Scrapped in 1986: Atlantic Conveyor: 1970: 1970–1982: Container ship: 14,946: Sunk in Falklands War 1982: Cunard Adventurer ...
Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken in sailing ships, and the journeys were time-consuming and often perilous.The first trade route across the Atlantic was inaugurated by Spain a few decades after the European Discovery of the Americas, with the establishment of the West Indies fleets in 1566, a convoy system that regularly linked its territories in the Americas ...
The Ocean ships were a class of 60 cargo ships built in the United States during World War II and ordered by the British Purchasing Commission. The purchase was approved by the National Defense Commission, the United States Navy Department and the United States Maritime Commission. [1] All had names prefixed with "Ocean".
Launched in 1893 by Harland and Wolff for White Star, serving trans-Atlantic and Australian routes. Sold to Admiralty in 1914 to be repurposed as a dummy ship for HMS Queen Mary, transferred to Royal Fleet Auxiliary, under Bayol as an oiler in 1915, transferred to the shipping controller under Bayleaf in 1917.
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Clippers, outrunning the British blockade of Baltimore, came to be recognized as ships built for speed rather than cargo space; while traditional merchant ships were accustomed to average speeds of under 5 knots (9 km/h), clippers aimed at 9 knots (17 km/h) or better. Sometimes these ships could reach 20 knots (37 km/h).