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The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focused primarily on speed, White ...
RMS Tayleur was a short-lived, full-rigged iron clipper ship chartered by the White Star Line. She was large, fast and technically advanced. She ran aground off Lambay Island and sank, on her maiden voyage, in 1854. Of more than 650 aboard, only 280 survived. [1] She has been described as "the first Titanic". [2]
Owner: White Star Line (1911-1927) Société Cherbourgeoise Transbordement (1927-1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934-1940) Operator: White Star Line (1911-1934) Société Cherbourgeoise de Remorquage et de Sauvetage (1934-1940) Port of registry: Cherbourg: Ordered: 19 July 1910: Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast ...
In 1911, the now ageing Teutonic was replaced in the White Star lineup by the new Olympic. By the end of her career on White Star's UK-US services, she had carried a total of 209,466 passengers westbound [4] and another 125,720 eastbound [5] for a total of 335,186 passengers carried.
Owner: White Star Line 1922-1934 Cunard-White Star Line 1934-1935: Operator: White Star Line 1922-1934 Cunard-White Star Line 1934-1935: Port of registry: Liverpool, England: Route: Southampton–New York: Ordered: April 1912 [1] Builder: F. Schichau; Danzig, Germany; Yard number: 891: Laid down: 1912: Launched: 17 December 1913 as Columbus for ...
The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners. [3] Atlantic: 1871: 1871–1873: 3,707: Launched in 1870 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes. Ran aground off Nova Scotia on 1 April 1873 with the loss of 535 lives. Baltic: 1871: 1871–1889: 3,888
William Imrie (1836 – 7 August 1906) was a Liverpool shipowner who owned the White Star Line. He was once known as "the Prince of Shipowners". Early life His father (also William) was partner in the firm of shipbrokers called Imrie & Tomlinson, based in Rumford Street, Liverpool. William Imrie went on to work for this firm which also took into its employment Thomas Ismay who was the son of ...
"White Star". Caricature by Lib published in Vanity Fair in 1894.. Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was an owner of the White Star Line.His son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the White Star Line and survived the sinking of its ocean liner RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912.