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Transferred to Red Star Line in 1906 under Belgic, then to Red Star Line under Samland in 1911, then back to White Star under Belgic in 1913 serving until 1931, scrapped in Italy. Titanic: 1912: 1912: 46,328: Launched by Harland and Wolff at Sir William Arrol & Co. Belfast yards. Struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage with ...
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 (1899)
The first company bearing the name White Star Line was founded in Liverpool, England, by John Pilkington and Henry Wilson in 1845. [2] [3] It focused on the UK–Australia trade, which increased following the discovery of gold in Australia in 1851. Because of this, many wished to emigrate to Australia, and the population of Australia increased ...
Ship colours: black hull with gold line, red boot-topping, upper works white, funnels: White Star Buff RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line . She was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four , and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service.
RMS Republic was a steam-powered ocean liner built in 1903 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, and lost at sea in a collision in 1909 while sailing for the White Star Line.The ship was equipped with a new Marconi wireless telegraphy transmitter, and issued a CQD distress call, resulting in the saving of around 1,500 lives.
Star of Bengal: Star of Russia: 1874: A 262-foot (80 m) ship of 1981 tons. She was sold in 1898 to the Alaska Packers' Association and sunk possibly under the name La Perouse in Port Vila Harbour, Vanuatu during either 1953 or 1959. The wreck which is now known under the ship’s original name is a well-known recreational dive site. Star of ...
Act 145 of 2024, signed into law last month by Gov. Josh Shapiro, authorizes the construction of a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument. Rep. Joseph Kerwin, R-Elizabethtown, introduced House Bill ...
Britannic was painted in White Star Line colours: [11] black hull with a gold line, white superstructure and ventilators, red boot-topping, [18] and buff funnels with a black top. Both Britannic and Georgic kept their White Star colours after White Star merged with Cunard in 1934. [19]