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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 ...
RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. [ 1 ] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser .
SS Potsdam was a steam ocean liner that was launched in Germany in 1899 for Holland America Line.In 1915 Swedish American Line acquired her and renamed her Stockholm.. In 1929 Norwegian owners acquired her, had her converted into a whaling factory ship, and renamed her Solglimt.
RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932. At 23,876 gross register tonnage, she was the world's largest ship until May 1906.She was the third of a quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross register tons, dubbed The Big Four, the other three being RMS Celtic, RMS Cedric, and RMS Adriatic.
RMS Empress of China was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). [1] This ship—the first of three CP vessels to be named Empress of China [2] —regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until she struck an underwater reef and sank in Tokyo harbour in 1911.
Mims Cushing says Sian Evans' book provides an intriguing look at shipboard life for women during a pivotal time in transatlantic travel. Book review: Ocean liner travel and transformative tales ...
SS Deutschland was a passenger liner built in Stettin and launched on 10 January 1900 for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) of Germany. She was officially the second ocean liner to have four funnels on the transatlantic route, the first being Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of 1897.
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