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MV Georgic was the last ship built for the White Star Line before its merger with the Cunard Line.Built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, she was the running mate and younger sister of MV Britannic.
From 1942 President Warfield served in the Second World War as a barracks and training ship for the British Armed Forces. In 1944 she was commissioned into the United States Navy as USS President Warfield (IX-169), a station and accommodation ship for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. In 1947, she was renamed Exodus 1947 to take part in Aliyah Bet.
United States: Pomona – On 24 April the emigrant ship Pomona (1,181 tons) was wrecked on a sandbank off Ballyconigar. She was carrying mainly Irish emigrants from Liverpool to New York. 389 people lost their lives. The loss of life on Pomona was the sixth worst in Irish waters surpassed by Lusitania, Leinster, Norge, Tayleur and Rival. [8 ...
She called at Messina on Sunday and embarked 130 more passengers, leaving again at 5 p.m. with a total of 446 aboard, of whom 163 were crew. On Monday, 8 November, when Ancona was off Cape Carbonara , Sardinia U-38 sighted her at 38°14′N 10°08′E / 38.233°N 10.133°E / 38.233; 10.133 , gave chase and fired about 100 rounds at the
The SS United States, a historic ship that still holds the transatlantic speed record it set more than 70 years ago, must leave its berth on the Delaware River in Philadelphia by Sept. 12, a ...
The group on the remaining four ships, totaling 602 people, arrived in New Orleans in January 1839, [6] [7] and from there arranged for transport on steamboat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. During that time, the members of the group were asked to sign a document of absolute submission to "our bishop Stephan".
The 1863 Star of India is the fourth oldest ship afloat in the United States, after the 1797 USS Constitution, the 1841 Charles W. Morgan, and 1854 USS Constellation and is the oldest ship in the world that still sails regularly. Unlike many preserved or restored vessels, her hull, cabins and equipment are nearly 100% original.
The Passenger Act of 1882 is a United States federal statute establishing occupancy control regulations for seafaring passenger ships completing Atlantic and Pacific transoceanic crossings to America during the late 19th century and early 20th century.