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RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, which entered service in 1889.She was the sister ship of RMS Majestic. Teutonic and her sister were the flagships of White Star Line's fleet for around a decade, until Oceanic entered service in 1899.
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]
[1] [2] The hulls were painted white, the Navy's peacetime color scheme, and decorated with gilded scrollwork with a red, white, and blue banner on their bows. The superstructures were painted buff. These ships later came to be known as the Great White Fleet. The purpose of the fleet deployment was multifaceted.
The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdom's Merchant Navy. The ensign is the national identification of a ship and hoisted up in a national flag world-wide. . They are required to be worn when entering and leaving harbour, when sailing through foreign waters, and when the ship is signalled to do so by a war
International maritime signal flags are various flags used to communicate with ships. The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International Code of Signals . [ 1 ] Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have historical significance.
The Australian White Ensign has been used in the first quarter of the Australian Navy Cadet Ensign since 1972. The flag is white, with the Union flag in the canton. [4] A blue Commonwealth Star is located in the lower hoist. [4] The Southern Cross constellation is depicted in the fly in the same manner as the national flag, but in blue instead ...
RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners. Olympic had a career spanning 24 years from 1911 to 1935, in contrast to her short-lived sister ships, Titanic and Britannic.
Reference to the sinking of the White Ship is made in Ken Follett's novel The Pillars of the Earth (1989) and its later game adaptation. The ship's sinking sets the stage for the entire background of the story, which is based on the subsequent civil war between Matilda (referred to as Maud in the novel) and Stephen.