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Woodcut print of the wreck of the S.S. Tararua: Terukuni Maru: 1929 Struck a mine and sank in 1939 off the coast of the United Kingdom: Terukuni Maru: RMS Titanic: 1911 Struck an iceberg and sank, April 15, 1912, on her maiden voyage SS Transylvania: 1914 Torpedoed and sunk on May 4, 1917, by German U-boat U-63: R.M.S. Transylvania. RMS ...
The final leg of the first transatlantic crossing was about a 20-hour flight from the Azores to Craw Field in Port Lyautey , French Morocco. [19] [20] Beginning in the 1950s, the predominance of ocean liners began to wane when larger, jet-powered airplanes began carrying passengers across the ocean in less and less time. The speed of crossing ...
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.
RMS Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1955-1956 [1] for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship — the third of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Britain [2] —regularly traversed the trans-Atlantic route between Canada and Europe until 1964, completing 123 voyages under the Canadian Pacific flag.
TransAtlantic Lines LLC is an American shipping company based in Greenwich, Connecticut. [2] The limited liability company was founded in 1998 [ 2 ] by vice-president Gudmundur Kjaernested The company owned and operated 5 vessels, including one tug-and-barge combination.
MV Britannic was a British transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in 1929 and scrapped in 1961. She was the penultimate ship built for White Star Line before its 1934 merger with Cunard Line . When built, Britannic was the largest motor ship in the UK Merchant Navy .
Ship Image Entered Service In service Status Notes United States: 1952 1952–1969 Laid up in Philadelphia, PA, scheduled to be sunk [2]: Built as the fastest transatlantic liner.
She was the first diesel-engined liner to be built for the transatlantic service. [1] The Gripsholm was launched and christened on 26 November 1924, and delivered on 7 November 1925. On the same date her owners officially changed their name to Svenska Amerika Linien / Swedish American Line, and on 21 November the Gripsholm set out on her maiden ...