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SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic .
SS Imperator. The Imperator-class was a series of three large ocean liners designed and built for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). Envisaged by HAPAG chairman, Albert Ballin, the three ships - Imperator, launched in 1912; Vaterland, launched in 1913; and Bismarck, launched in 1914 - each displaced over 50,000 tons, with each successively holding the title of the world's largest passenger ship.
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.
RMS Queen Mary 2: 2003 In service [2] SS Raffaello: 1963 Partially sank in 1983 S.S. Raffaello somewhere near port. SS Rajputana: 1925 Torpedoed and sunk off Iceland in 1941 SS Rajputana on a postcard: SS Ranchi: 1925 Scrapped in 1953 S.S. Ranchi: MS Rangitane: 1929 Attacked by German merchant raiders, and sank on November 27, 1940 MS Rangitane ...
SS Atlantic (based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic, and the fictional ship's name has the sequel to the real-life ship the RMS Atlantic, and the ship on the movie is an inspiration for the RMS Titanic and the RMS Berengaria) – ocean liner, Atlantic, 1929
SS Vaterland was an ocean liner launched on 3 April 1913 and began service in 1914 for Germany's Hamburg America Line.The ship, second of three running mates and then the largest passenger ship in the world, made her first voyage to New York arriving on 21 May 1914 under the command of a Commodore and four Captains of the German Naval Reserve to celebrations featuring German and American ...
Sir Edgar Britten KB RD RNR (1874 – October 28, 1936) was a Cunard Line captain remembered primarily for being the first captain of the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary in 1936. Born in Bradford, England, he began his career as a cabin boy. [ 1 ]
The ship, however, remained popular and she was the third busiest in the early 1930s behind those two German liners. [49] RMS Queen Elizabeth, the ocean liner intended to replace Aquitania upon her arrival in 1940. To keep the ship up to date, she underwent a refit, which added a cinema, between 1932 and 1933.