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SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912. At the time of her completion in June 1913, she was the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing the new White Star liner Olympic .
SS Imperator. The Imperator-class was a series of three large ocean liners designed and built for the Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). Envisaged by HAPAG chairman, Albert Ballin, the three ships - Imperator, launched in 1912; Vaterland, launched in 1913; and Bismarck, launched in 1914 - each displaced over 50,000 tons, with each successively holding the title of the world's largest passenger ship.
RMS Majestic was a British ocean liner working on the White Star Line’s North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Liner SS Bismarck.At 56,551 gross register tons, she was the largest ship ever operated by the White Star Line under its own flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in 1935.
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He had started with Cunard in 1901 and over the years rose in rank and eventually commanded well-known company vessels such as Laconia, Mauretania, Aquitania and RMS Berengaria. In New York on the Queen Mary 's maiden voyage, Britten was interviewed by the newsreels and for posterity he was recorded on sound film giving his opinion on the ...
Collided with HMS Kashmir, and sank on October 6, 1918 S.S. Otranto in 1909. SS Otway: 1909 Torpedoed and sunk off the Hebrides on July 23, 1917 SS Otway between 1909 and 1917: SS Pacific: 1849 Vanished and presumed lost January 1856 Steamship Pacific in 1849: Pacific: 1850 Collided with SS Orpheus, and sank on November 4, 1875
RMS Antonia and her sister ship Andania were the first two of the six 14,000 ton "A" ocean liners built for Cunard in the early 1920s. Antonia was built by Vickers Ltd ., and launched in 1921. She made her maiden voyage from London to Montreal on 15 June 1922.
Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD (14 May 1869 – 4 November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. [1] He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.