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This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
Carpathia of 1903 (13,555 GRT) became famous for rescuing the survivors of the sinking of Titanic Not to be outdone, both White Star and Hamburg–America each ordered a trio of superliners. The White Star Olympic -class liners at 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h) and the Hapag Imperator -class liners at 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) were larger and more ...
Seohae Ferry – was a passenger ship that sank near Wi-do island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. 292 1996 Malta: F174 – Severely overloaded and poorly maintained ship carrying migrants from South Asia, sank 19 miles off Portopalo di Capo Passero in Sicily ...
Torpedoed and sank by U-24 on 28 June 1915 off Trevose Head and survivors rescued by Belgian President Stevens. Arabic: 1903: 1903–1915: 15,801: Launched in 1902 by Harland and Wolff for Atlantic Transport Line originally under Minnewaska but IMM transferred ship to White Star. Torpedoed and sunk by U-24 off Kinsale on 19 August 1915: Romanic ...
HMS Sussex – the third-rate ship was lost in a fierce storm on 1 March off Gibraltar. There were two survivors from a crew of 500. 498 1120 England: White Ship – Ship carrying William Adelin, heir to the English Throne and the Duchy of Normandy, and more than 300 others. Drunk crew ran it aground in the English Channel.
Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1958–73. Full-time cruise ship 1974–77. Scrapped following a fire, 1980. Fairstar: Sitmar Cruises: 1964: 21,619: Migrant passenger ship working as part-time cruise ship 1964–74, then full-time cruising. Allocated to P&O Australia fleet in 1988. Ended operation in 1997 and scrapped ...
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
Such an arrangement was believed to increase the risk of a ship capsizing by trapping water lengthwise along the ship and increasing her list. [29] The sinking of Titanic led to Harland & Wolff as well as White Star determining upon refitting the liners following a revision, thereby requiring major safety enhancements for Olympic during late ...