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Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image Oceanic: 1870: 1870–1895: 3,707: Launched in 1870 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes. Chartered by O&O Lines in 1875. Scrapped at Thames in 1895. The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners. [3] Atlantic: 1871: 1871 ...
In 1911, the ship was replaced in the White Star lineup by the new Olympic and transferred to sister company Dominion Line for Canadian service. By the end of her career on White Star's UK-US services, she had carried a total of 209,466 passengers westbound [ 4 ] and another 125,720 eastbound [ 5 ] for a total of 335,186 passengers carried.
The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States.
In 1947, Cunard acquired White Star’s 38% share in the company and on 31 December 1949 the company had dropped the White Star name and was renamed Cunard Line. [3] Both the Cunard and White Star house flags were flown on the company's liners at the time of the merger and thereafter. However, the Cunard flag was flown over the White Star flag ...
The Jubilee class were a group of five passenger and cargo ocean liners built by Harland and Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, specifically for the White Star Line's service from the UK to Australia on the Liverpool – Cape Town – Sydney route. The five ships in order of the dates they entered service were: SS Afric (1899) SS Medic ...
190 Second Class. 1,000 Third Class. The Teutonic-class ocean liners were a pair of passenger liners named the Teutonic and Majestic. these ship were built by Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, specifically for the White Star Line's transatlantic service route. These ships are also renowned as revolutionary for the time, as their ...
The 12,234-ton steamship Athenic was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast and launched on 17 August 1901. Athenic was the first of three identical sister ships which were built for the profitable freight and passenger service from London to Wellington, New Zealand. The other two were SS Corinthic (1902) and SS Ionic (1903).
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) Capacity. c. 2,850 passengers. The " Big Four " were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat. The group consisted of Celtic, Cedric, Baltic and Adriatic.