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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.
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RMS Empress of Russia coaling at Vancouver circa 1930: SS Espagne: 1909 Scrapped in 1934 S.S. Espagne at the port of Saint-Nazaire: RMS Etruria: 1884 Scrapped in 1910 RMS Etruria in the River Mersey: RMS Europa: 1847 Sold in February 1866 R.M.S. Europa in 1848: SS France: 1910 Scrapped in 1936 S.S. France in 1912: SS Finland: 1902 Scrapped in 1928
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RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the River Tyne, England for the Cunard Line, launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906. She was the world's largest ship until the launch of RMS Olympic in 1910.
SS Vaterland was an ocean liner launched on 3 April 1913 and began service in 1914 for Germany's Hamburg America Line.The ship, second of three running mates and then the largest passenger ship in the world, made her first voyage to New York arriving on 21 May 1914 under the command of a Commodore and four Captains of the German Naval Reserve to celebrations featuring German and American ...
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 ...