Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up 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 ...
The agreement was completed on 30 December 1933. The merger took place on 10 May 1934, creating Cunard-White Star Limited. White Star contributed ten ships to the new company while Cunard contributed fifteen. Due to this arrangement, and since Hull 534 was Cunard's ship, Cunard owned 62% of the new company, with White Star owning the remaining 38%.
2,652. Launched in 1873 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes, chartered by O&O Line in 1875. Sold to Spanish Cia de Nav. La Flecha in 1883 under Goefredo. Ran aground in Santiago de Cuba and repaired in Liverpool, when leaving, ran aground again in 1884.
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 ...
House Flag. Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Bt. The Cunard Line (/ ˈkjuːnɑːrd /) is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc. [1] Since 2011, Cunard and its four ships have been registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. [2][3]
J. Bruce Ismay. Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ ˈɪzmeɪ /; [1] 12 December 1862 [2] – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. [3] In 1912, he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's new flagship RMS ...
Carnival Corporation & plc. Carnival Corporation & plc is a British and American cruise operator with a combined fleet of over ninety vessels across nine cruise line brands and one joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). [4] A dual-listed company, Carnival is composed of the Panama -incorporated, US-headquartered ...
Chelsea Piers is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located to the west of the West Side Highway (Eleventh Avenue) and Hudson River Park and to the east of the Hudson River, they were originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of ...