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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 ...
RMS Empress of India was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 [1] by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships. [2] This ship would be the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of India, [3] and on 28 April 1891, she was the first of many ships named Empress arriving at Vancouver harbor.
Women's, teens', and children's clothing styles on board the steamships and while travelling in style and comfort. Entertainment in the era of steamships & ocean liners. [43] Brochures, flyers, images, and articles focusing on steamships and ocean liners. Much of their focus is on motion picture production in the early 1900s. Library. [44]
RMS Ivernia was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by the company C. S. Swan & Hunter of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and launched in 1899.The Ivernia was one of Cunard's intermediate ships, that catered to the vast immigrant trade between Europe and the United States of America in the early 20th century.
RMS Empress of China was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). [1] This ship—the first of three CP vessels to be named Empress of China [2] —regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until she struck an underwater reef and sank in Tokyo harbour in 1911.
Mims Cushing says Sian Evans' book provides an intriguing look at shipboard life for women during a pivotal time in transatlantic travel. Book review: Ocean liner travel and transformative tales ...
RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932. At 23,876 gross register tonnage, she was the world's largest ship until May 1906.She was the third of a quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross register tons, dubbed The Big Four, the other three being RMS Celtic, RMS Cedric, and RMS Adriatic.
RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910.