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The ocean liners Orcades. SS Orduña: 1913 Scrapped in 1951 – Scotland S.S. Orduña in New York. SS Oregon: 1883 Collided with an unidentified schooner, and sank in 1886 off Long Island, New York S.S. Oregon: SS Oriana: 1959 Scrapped in 2005 S.S. Oriana in Vava'u, Tonga, circa 1985: RMS Orion: 1934 Scrapped in 1963 R.M.S. Orion: SS Oronsay: 1924
RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.The ship was equipped with a new Marconi wireless telegraphy transmitter, and issued a CQD distress call, resulting in the saving of around 1,500 lives.
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 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 .
SS Deutschland was a passenger liner built in Stettin and launched on 10 January 1900 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Germany. She was officially the second ocean liner to have four funnels on the transatlantic route, the first being Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of 1897.
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.
SS Potsdam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Germany in 1899 for Holland America Line. In 1915 Swedish American Line acquired her and renamed her Stockholm . In 1929 Norwegian owners acquired her, had her converted into a whaling factory ship , and renamed her Solglimt .
She was the largest, the fastest, and the most luxurious of the Big Four, being the first ocean liner to have an indoor swimming pool and a Victorian-style Turkish bath. [12] Adriatic enjoyed a successful commercial career, which included war service during the First World War when the ship made several voyages as a troop transport. [ 13 ]