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  2. List of ocean liners - Wikipedia

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    SS Pacific, from a drawing commissioned early in its career. RMS Pannonia: 1902 Scrapped 1922 RMS Pannonia under way. SS Paris: 1916 Caught fire, and capsized in Le Havre on April 18, 1939; scrapped on the spot in 1947 S.S Paris circa 1916. SS Persia (1900) 1900 Torpedoed and sunk by SM U-38 on December 30, 1915 S.S. Persia circa 1900.

  3. Ocean liner - Wikipedia

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    An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship ... In 1900, the Hamburg America ... were also put back into service and had a successful career in the early 1920s. More ...

  4. Kaiser-class ocean liner - Wikipedia

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    The Kaiser-class ocean liners or Kaiserklasse refer to four transatlantic ocean liners of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a German shipping company. Built by the AG Vulcan Stettin between 1897 and 1907, these ships were designed to be among the largest and best appointed liners of their day.

  5. Timeline of largest passenger ships - Wikipedia

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    RMS Queen Elizabeth's size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage.

  6. List of passenger ships built in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The last large passenger liner to be completed in the United States was Moore-McCormack Lines' SS Argentina in 1958. [ 4 ] The only US-built deep water passenger ships still in existence today are the SS United States (laid up), former converted cargo liner SS Medina (hotel ship), cargo/passenger liner NS Savannah (museum ship), and the partly ...

  7. Four-funnel liner - Wikipedia

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    A four-funnel liner, also known as a four-stacker, is an ocean liner with four funnels. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse , launched in 1897, was the first ocean liner to have four funnels and was one of the first of the golden era of ocean liners that became prominent in the 20th century.

  8. RMS Oceanic (1899) - Wikipedia

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    RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. [ 1 ] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser .

  9. RMS Majestic (1914) - Wikipedia

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    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 1935.