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Last surviving White Star ship, Nomadic, photographed in 2012 in the condition in which she would have appeared in 1912, drydocked in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The White Star Line's main offices, Albion House, still exist in Liverpool, standing in James Street within sight of the more grandiose headquarters of their rivals, the Cunard Building ...
The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners. [3] Atlantic: 1871: 1871–1873: 3,707: Launched in 1870 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes. Ran aground off Nova Scotia on 1 April 1873 with the loss of 535 lives. Baltic: 1871: 1871–1889: 3,888
William Imrie (1836 – 7 August 1906) was a Liverpool shipowner who owned the White Star Line. He was once known as "the Prince of Shipowners". Early life His father (also William) was partner in the firm of shipbrokers called Imrie & Tomlinson, based in Rumford Street, Liverpool. William Imrie went on to work for this firm which also took into its employment Thomas Ismay who was the son of ...
SS Nomadic is a former tender of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 at Belfast, that is now on display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.
PS Ireland was a paddle-wheel steamship of the White Star Line, built in 1891. Together with her sister ship PS America , she tendered the various White Star Liners which came through the port of Queenstown, Ireland (now Cobh).
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.
SS Laurentic was a 18,724 GRT steam ocean liner built in 1927 by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, for White Star Line. [1] The second ship of the company to bear this name, she was the last steamship to be built for the company.
She was the last White Star liner in existence, leaving the passenger tender SS Nomadic, which was also owned by the company until 1934, as the last White Star Line ship afloat. Despite this, all Cunard Line ships flew both the Cunard and White Star Line house flags on their masts until late 1968.