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SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic .
RMS Aquitania was an ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950. She was designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank , Scotland . She was launched on 21 April 1913 [ 5 ] and sailed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York on 30 May 1914.
Sank off of the Hawaiian Islands on November 17, 1997, whilst under tow to Alang, India for scrap SS Consuelo: 1900 SS Cairnrona (1909–1911) RMS Albania (1911–1912) SS Poleric (1912–1929) Scrapped in 1930 SS Conte Biancamano: 1925 USS Hermitage (1942–1946) Dismantled at La Spezia, Italy, and partly reassembled as a museum in Milan ...
SS Imperator. The Imperator-class was a series of three large ocean liners designed and built for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). Envisaged by HAPAG chairman, Albert Ballin, the three ships - Imperator, launched in 1912; Vaterland, launched in 1913; and Bismarck, launched in 1914 - each displaced over 50,000 tons, with each successively holding the title of the world's largest passenger ship.
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 ...
SS Vaterland was an ocean liner launched on 3 April 1913 and began service in 1914 for Germany's Hamburg America Line.The ship, second of three running mates and then the largest passenger ship in the world, made her first voyage to New York arriving on 21 May 1914 under the command of a Commodore and four Captains of the German Naval Reserve to celebrations featuring German and American ...
Skirmisher was constructed in 1884 to act as a tender and part time tugboat for the new RMS Umbria and RMS Etruria, [3] which were too big to enter the landing stage in the Mersey at lower tides. Skirmisher was to carry passengers from the docks to these ships. Her machinery was a single ended boiler originally with six furnaces, replaced in ...
RMS Caronia was a 34,183 gross register tons (GRT) passenger ship of the Cunard Line (then Cunard White Star Line). Launched on 30 October 1947, she served with Cunard until 1967. She was nicknamed the "Green Goddess" [1] after her light green hull livery. She was one of the first "dual-purpose" ships, built both for 2-class transatlantic ...