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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 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.
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.
Note 1] At the time of her launch, she was the third-largest ocean liner in the world, behind only Cunard Line ships Lusitania and Mauretania. [7] George Washington also became the largest German-built steamship, [ 7 ] surpassing the Hamburg America Line 's Kaiserin Auguste Victoria , [ 8 ] and held that distinction until the 1913 launch of ...
Patricia was the last to be built of HAPAG's four P-class ocean liners, all of which were completed in the second half of the 1890s. Harland and Wolff launched the first of them, Pennsylvania, in 1896. Blohm & Voss launched Pretoria in 1897 and Graf Waldersee in 1898. AG Vulcan Stettin launched Patricia on 20 February 1899 and completed her ...
RMS Empress of India was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 [1] by Naval Construction & Armaments Co, Barrow-in-Furness, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships. [2] This ship would be the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of India, [3] and on 28 April 1891, she was the first of many ships named Empress arriving at Vancouver harbor.
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RMS Ivernia was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by the company C. S. Swan & Hunter of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and launched in 1899.The Ivernia was one of Cunard's intermediate ships, that catered to the vast immigrant trade between Europe and the United States of America in the early 20th century.