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Teutonic as seen in the Spithead Naval Review. In the late 1880s competition for the Blue Riband, the award for the fastest Atlantic crossing, was fierce amongst the top steamship lines, and White Star decided to order two ships from Harland and Wolff that would be capable of an average Atlantic crossing speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
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 Majestic was an ocean liner which entered service in 1890 and was operated by the White Star Line.She was the sister ship of RMS Teutonic. Majestic and her sister were the flagships of White Star Line's fleet for around a decade, until Oceanic entered service in 1899.
The crew got off safely when this lumber schooner was wrecked on the Humboldt Bay bar. [6 4] Corona United States, 1 March 1907. Built in 1888 in Philadelphia, this passenger ship wrecked at the entrance to Humboldt Bay. One person died in the first boat lowered, the rest of the 154 people on board waited for rescue by the life-saving station ...
City of New York was a British built passenger liner that was designed to be the largest and fastest liner on the Atlantic.When she entered service with the Inman Line in August 1888, she was the first twin screw express liner in the world, and while she did not achieve the westbound Blue Riband, she ultimately held the eastbound record from August 1892 to May 1893 at a speed of 20.11 knots. [2]
SS Coptic operated the last service for the company.. Transporting passengers and goods, the O&O proved to be profitable. Its founders had expected a loss of around $100,000 per year, accepting it as the price to pay to compete with the Pacific Mail, but the company exceeded their expectations and finally proved beneficial. [8]
Located at 2517 Mar East St., the property overlooks the San Francisco Bay with views of Angel Island, Raccoon Straits and the East Bay. This residence was built in 1968. This residence was built ...
The shipping and passenger line of this enterprise was the Oceanic Steamship Company, which was founded by J.D. Spreckels in 1881. Its inaugural service was between California and Hawaii and, later, also from California to Australia, New Zealand, Samoa and Tahiti. The various of the lines’ ships transported passengers, sugar and/or other food ...