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The Fleets
White Star Line / Oceanic Steamship Company / White Star Line of Boston
Packets
Founded 1845 and started sailing ship voyages the following year with
chartered brig ELIZABETH to Montreal. Purchased their first ship in 1849
- barque IOWA and advertised as the 'White Star Line of Boston Packets'.
Commenced steamship sailings 1863. Went into liquidation in 1868 and
bought out by Thomas Ismay who formed the Oceanic Steam Nav.Co. in 1869
(known thereafter as the White Star Line). 1926 Oceanic SN Co. taken
over by Royal Mail SP Co., 1934 Royal Mail Group collapsed and White
Star
and
Cunard SS Co formed Cunard-White
Star Ltd. 1947 Cunard purchased the remainder of Cunard-White Star stock
and in 1949 took over all activities
but the two remaining White Star ships, GEORGIC and BRITANNIC continued
sailing in White Star Line colours until they were scrapped in 1956 and
1960 when the White
Star name finally disappeared.
The company sailed from Liverpool via Queenstown to New York. Later,
they started sailing through the Suez Canal to Bombay, Calcutta, Hong
Kong and Sydney. White Star also sailed to Japan and China. The sailing
time by the fast vessels in the fleet was under 6 days Liverpool to New
York. The line also sailed monthly to New Zealand and monthly from San
Francisco to Japan and China. The Oceanic, in 1889, made the
voyage to Yokohama from San Francisco in 13 days, 14 hours, 4 minutes.
Many thanks to Ted Finch for his assistance in collecting this data.
The following list was extracted from various sources. This is not
an all inclusive list but should only be used as a guide. If you would
like to know more about a vessel, visit TheShipsList Ship
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Ship web site.
Routes:
- 1872-1960 Liverpool - New York (later with calls at Queenstown
(Cobh))
- 1872-1960 Liverpool - Boston / Philadelphia
- 1899-1934 Liverpool - Melbourne - Sydney via the Cape
- 1883-1926 Liverpool - New Zealand via the Cape.
- 1872-1873 Liverpool - Valparaiso via Cape Horn.
- 1872-1873 Liverpool - Suez - Calcutta
- 1875-1883 San Francisco - Yokohama - Hong Kong.
- 1903-1909 New York - Azores - Gibraltar - Naples - Genoa.
- 1907-1934 Southampton - Cherbourg - New York.
- 1909-1939 Liverpool - Belfast / Glasgow - Quebec - Montreal.
- 1922-1926 Hamburg / Bremen - Quebec - Montreal
- 1928-1930 London - Havre - Southampton - Quebec - Montreal.
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Adriatic (1) |
1872 |
1899 scrapped Preston. |
3,888 |
| Adriatic (2) |
1907 |
1935 scrapped Japan. |
24,541 |
| Afric |
1899 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk; loss of 22 lives. |
11,948 |
| Albertic |
1923 |
ex- Munchen North
German Lloyd, war reparations, 1923 transferred to Royal
Mail SP Co, renamed
Ohio, 1927 purchased by White Star and renamed Albertic, 1934 scrapped
at Japan. |
18,940 |
| Arabic (1) |
1881 |
1890 sold to Holland America
Line, renamed Spaarndam. |
4,368 |
| Arabic (2) |
1903 |
1915 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland; loss of
44 lives. |
15,801 |
| Arabic (3) |
1908 |
ex- Berlin North
German Lloyd,
war reparations, 1921 renamed Arabic, 1925-1929 Red
Star Line service,
1930 White Star, 1931 scrapped Genoa. |
16,786 |
| Armenian |
1895 |
1903 transferred from Leyland Line,
1904 cargo service only, 1914 torpedoed and sunk off Cornwall. |
8,825 |
| Asiatic (1) |
1871 |
1873 sold to African SS Co (Elder Dempster & Co) renamed
Ambriz. |
2,122 |
| Athenic |
1902 |
1928 sold Tonsberg converted to Whale Factory ship,
renamed
Pelagos. |
12,234 |
| Atlantic |
1871 |
1873 wrecked
near Halifax NS; loss of 585 lives. |
3,707 |
| Baltic (1) |
1871 |
1883 and 1885-1886 chartered to Inman
Line, 1888 sold to Holland
America Line, renamed Veendam. |
2,209 |
| Baltic (2) |
1904 |
1933 scrapped Japan. |
23,876 |
| Bardic |
1918 |
ex- War Argus, 1919 purchased
from the Shipping Controller renamed Bardic, 1925 transferred to
the Aberdeen Line renamed
Hostilius. |
8,010 |
| Belgic (1) |
1874 |
1875-1883 chartered to Occidental & Oriental SS
Co.,
San Francisco, 1883 sold to Portugal, renamed Goefredo. |
2,652 |
| Belgic (2) |
1885 |
1899 sold to Atlantic Transport Line, renamed Mohawk. |
4,212 |
| Belgic (3) |
1903 |
ex- Mississippi, Atlantic
Transport Line, ex- Samland,
1911 transferred from Red Star
Line, renamed
Belgic, 1913 reverted
to Red Star Samland. |
9,748 |
| Belgic (4) |
1917 |
1923 transferred to Red Star Line, renamed Belgenland. |
24,547 |
| Bovic |
1892 |
1922 transferred to Leyland
Line, renamed Colonian. |
6,583 |
| Britannic (1) |
1874 |
1903 scrapped Hamburg. In
1887 collided with Celtic. |
5,004 |
| Britannic (2) |
1915 |
1916 torpedoed or mined and sunk in Aegean Sea while
hospital
ship; loss of 21 lives. |
48,158 |
| Britannic (3) |
1930 |
1934 taken over by Cunard-White Star, 1960 scrapped
Inverkeithing.
|
26,943 |
| Calgaric |
1927 |
ex- Orca
purchased from Royal
Mail SP Co, 1935
scrapped Rosyth. |
16,063 |
| Canopic |
1900 |
ex- Commonwealth 1903 purchased
from Dominion
Line, 1925
scrapped Briton Ferry. |
12,268 |
| Cedric |
1902 |
1932 scrapped Inverkeithing. |
21,035 |
| Celtic (1) |
1872 |
1893 sold Thingvalla Line, renamed Amerika. In
1887 collided with Britannic. |
3,867 |
| Celtic (2) |
1901 |
1928 wrecked near Cobh Harbour. |
21,035 |
| Ceramic |
1913 |
1934 transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. |
18,495 |
| Cevic |
1894 |
1914 converted to dummy battleship HMS Queen Mary,
1916 converted
to naval oil tanker Bayol. |
8,301 |
| Coptic |
1881 |
1906 sold to Pacific Mail SS Co, renamed Persia. |
4,367 |
| Corinthic |
1902 |
1931 scrapped at Blyth. |
12,367 |
| Cretic |
1902 |
ex- Hanoverian, Leyland
Line, ex-Mayflower, 1903 purchased
from Dominion Line, renamed
Cretic, 1923 sold to Leyland
Line, renamed
Devonian. |
13,507 |
| Cufic (1) |
1888 |
1896 chartered to Spain, renamed
Nuestra
Senora De Guadeloupe, 1898 reverted to Cufic (White Star), 1901 sold
to Dominion Line, renamed Manxman. |
4,639 |
| Cufic (2) |
1895 |
ex- American 1904
purchased from Leyland
Line,
1923 sold Italy renamed Antartico. |
8,249 |
| Cymric |
1898 |
1916 torpedoed and sunk; loss of 5 lives. |
13,096 |
| Delphic (1) |
1897 |
1917 torpedoed and sunk; loss of 5 lives. |
8,273 |
| Delphic (2) |
1918 |
ex- Mesaba, 1925 transferred
from Atlantic Transport
Line renamed Delphic, 1933 sold to Clan
Line renamed Clan Farquhar (2) |
8,006 |
| Doric (1) |
1883 |
1906 sold to Pacific Mail SS Co, renamed Asia. |
4,784 |
| Doric (2) |
1922 |
1935 scrapped after collision off Portugal. |
16,484 |
| Gaelic (1) |
1873 |
1875-1883 chartered to Occidental & Oriental SS
Co,
San Francisco, 1883 sold to Cia de Nav.La Flecha, Bilbao, renamed
Hugo. |
2,865 |
| Gaelic (2) |
1885 |
1905 sold to Pacific Steam Nav.Co, renamed Callao. |
4,206 |
| Gallic (1) |
1894 |
paddle steamer, ex-Birkenhead 1907 purchased from
Birkenhead Corporation, Cherbourg passenger tender, 1913 scrapped. |
461 |
| Gallic (2) |
1918 |
ex- War Argus, 1919 purchased
from the Shipping Controller renamed Gallic, 1933 sold to Clan
Line renamed Clan Colquhoun (2) |
7,914 |
| Georgic (1) |
1895 |
1916 captured and sunk by German raider Moewe. |
10,077 |
| Georgic (2) |
1931 |
1934 Cunard-White Star, 1956 scrapped Faslane.
|
27,759 |
| Germanic |
1874 |
1904 sold to American
Line, then Dominion
Line, 1905 renamed
Ottawa. |
5,008 |
| Gothic |
1893 |
1907 transferred to Red Star Line, renamed
Gothland, 1911 White Star Gothic, 1913 Red Star Gothland, 1926 scrapped
Bo'ness. |
7,755 |
| Haverford |
1901 |
1921 transferred from American
Line, 1922 transferred to American Line. |
11,635 |
| Homeric |
1913 |
ex- Columbus, North
German Lloyd, war reparations,
1922 renamed Homeric, 1936 scrapped at Inverkeithing. |
34,351 |
| Ionic (1) |
1883 |
1900 chartered to Spanish Government for trooping,
1900 sold
to Aberdeen Line, renamed Sophocles. |
4,753 |
| Ionic (2) |
1903 |
1932 transferred to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line. |
12,352 |
| Justicia |
1917 |
1918 torpedoed and sunk off Skerryvore; loss of 10
lives. |
32,234 |
| Lapland |
1908 |
1914 transferred from Red Star Line, 1920 returned to Red
Star Line. |
18,565 |
| Laurentic (1) |
1908 |
1917 mined and sunk off Ireland; loss of
354 lives. |
14,892 |
| Laurentic (2) |
1927 |
1940 torpedoed and sunk while Armed Merchant Cruiser. |
18,724 |
| Magnetic |
1891 |
1932 Liverpool passenger tender, 1932 sold to Alexander
Towing
Co, renamed Ryde. |
691 |
| Majestic (1) |
1890 |
1914 scrapped Morecambe. |
9,965 |
| Majestic (2) |
1914 |
ex- Bismarck, Hamburg
America Line, war reparations,
1922 renamed Majestic, 1934 taken over by Cunard-White Star, 1936
sold to Admiralty as cadet ship renamed HMS Caledonia. |
56,551 |
| Medic |
1898 |
1928 sold to N. Bugge, Tonsberg, converted to Whale
Factory
ship, renamed Hektoria. |
11,985 |
| Megantic |
1908 |
1933 scrapped Japan. |
14,878 |
| Mersey |
1894 |
three masted sail training
ship, 1908 purchased from Nourse
Line, 1915 sold to Transatlantic
Motorship Co., Christiania, Norway, 1916 renamed Christian Radich. |
1,820 |
| Naronic |
1892 |
1893 went missing at sea; loss of 74 lives. |
6,594 |
| Nomadic (1) |
1891 |
1903 sold to Dominion Line, 1904 renamed Cornishman. |
5,749 |
| Nomadic (2) |
1911 |
1927 Cherbourg passenger tender, 1927 transferred
to France.
|
1,273 |
| Oceanic (1) |
1870 |
1875-1895 chartered to Occidental & Oriental SS Co, San
Francisco, 1895 scrapped London. |
3,707 |
| Oceanic (2) |
1899 |
1914 wrecked on Shetland Islands while Armed Merchant
Cruiser.
|
17,274 |
| Olympic |
1911 |
1934 taken over by Cunard-White Star, 1935 sold for
scrap.
|
45,234 |
| Persic |
1899 |
1927 scrapped Holland. |
11,973 |
| Pittsburgh |
1922 |
1925 Red Star service, 1926 renamed Pennland. |
16,322 |
| Poland |
1897 |
1922 transferred from Red Star Line, 1925 sold renamed Natale,
scrapped in Italy. |
8,282 |
| Pontic |
1894 |
water boat and baggage tender
at Liverpool, 1919 sold to Rea Towing Co., Liverpool. |
395 |
| Regina |
1917 |
1923 White Star-Dominion Line joint service, 1929
transferred to Red Star Line, 1930 renamed Westernland. |
16,313 |
| Republic (1) |
1871 |
1889 sold to Holland America Line, renamed Maasdam. |
3,707 |
| Republic (2) |
1903 |
ex- Columbus 1903 purchased from Dominion
Line, 1909 sank after collision
with FLORIDA off Nantucket, no lives lost. |
15,378 |
| Romanic |
1898 |
ex-New England 1903 purchased
from Dominion
Line, 1912
sold to Allan Line, renamed Scandinavian. |
11,394 |
| Royal Standard |
1863 |
1867 sold to Liverpool owners, converted to sail. |
2,033 |
| Runic (1) |
1889 |
1895 sold to West India & Pacific SS Co, renamed Tampican.
(This is the ship which later became the Norwegian Imo and collided
with the Mont Blanc causing the Halifax explosion) |
4,833 |
| Runic (2) |
1900 |
1930 sold to Christian Salveson, converted to Whale
Factory
ship, renamed New Sevilla. |
12,482 |
| Russian |
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see Victorian |
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| Sirius |
1865 |
1866 sold foreign, renamed Columbia (later became Anchor
Line Scandinavia) |
620 |
| Suevic |
1900 |
1928 sold to Finnvhal A/S, Tonsberg converted to Whale
Factory
ship, renamed Skytteren. |
12,531 |
| Tauric |
1891 |
1903 sold to Dominion Line, 1904 renamed Welshman. |
5,728 |
| Teutonic |
1889 |
1921 scrapped Emden. |
9,984 |
| Titanic |
1912 |
1912 hit iceberg and sank on maiden voyage; loss of
1,503 lives. |
46,329 |
| Traffic (1) |
1873 |
Baggage tender at Liverpool, 1896 sold to Liverpool
Lighterage Co.
(1955 scrapped at Tranmere, 82 years old) |
155 |
| Traffic (2) |
1911 |
Cherbourg passenger tender, 1927 sold to Cie. Cherbourgeoise
de Transbordement, Paris. |
675 |
| Tropic (1) |
1871 |
1873 sold to Serra y Font, Bilbao, renamed Federico. |
2,122 |
| Tropic (2) |
1896 |
ex- European 1904 purchased
from Leyland
Line, 1923 sold to
Italy, renamed Artico. |
8,262 |
| Vaderland |
1900 |
1914 transferred from Red
Star Line, 1915 renamed Southland,
1917 torpedoed and sunk off Ireland; loss of 4 lives. |
11,899 |
| Vedic |
1918 |
1934 scrapped Rosyth. |
9,332 |
| Victorian |
1895 |
1903 transferred from Leyland Line, 1904 cargo service only,
1914 renamed Russian, 1916 torpedoed and sunk off Malta. |
8,825 |
| Zealandic |
1911 |
1926 sold to Aberdeen Line, renamed Mamilius. |
8,090 |
| Zeeland |
1901 |
1910 transferred from Red
Star
Line, 1911 returned to Red Star, 1914 White Star Line, 1915 renamed
Northland, 1920 Red Star reverted to Zeeland, 1927 sold to Atlantic
Transport Line renamed Minnesota. |
11,905 |
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Managed Ships |
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| Vessel |
Built |
Years in Service |
Tons |
| Alexandra Woermann |
1898 |
1919 ceded to
Britain by Woermann Line,
managed by White Star Line, 1920 acquired by Ellerman Wilson
Line renamed Calypso (3) |
3,908 |
| Frankfurt |
1899 |
1919 ceded to Britain by
North German Lloyd, managed
by White Star Line, 1922 sold to Oriental Navigation Co., Hong Kong
renamed Sarvistan. |
7,431 |
| Hunslet |
1898 |
ex- Tannenfels (Hansa
Line),
1914 taken over by German Navy but captured by Royal Navy in the
Philippines and converted to Admiralty supply ship, renamed Basilan,
1915 ceded to Shipping Controller renamed Hunslet, 1917 White Star
Line managers, later Union-Castle
Mail SS Co. 1921 sold to Woermann
Line renamed Waganda. |
5,341 |
| Ypiranga |
1908 |
1919 ceded to Britain by
Hamburg America Line, managed by White Star Line, 1921 sold to Anchor
Line renamed Assyria. |
8,142 |
| Zeppelin |
1915 |
1919 ceded to Britain by
North German Lloyd, managed by White Star Line, 1920 sold to Orient
S.N. Co. renamed Ormuz (2) |
14,167 |
White Star Line
From ad dated March 1, 1871.
These steamships have been designed to afford the very best accommodation
to all classes of passengers and are expected to accomplish quick and
regular passages between this country and America.
The state-rooms, with saloon and smoking-rooms, are placed amidships,
and cabin passengers are thus removed from the noise and motion experienced
at the after part of the vessel.
Passengers are booked to all parts of the States, Canada, and Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, India, etc., at moderate through rates. A surgeon and stewardess
carried on each ship. Drafts issued at New York for sums not exceeding
£10, free.
Parcels will be received at the Company's offices until 6 P.M. of the
day before sailing.
Bills of lading to be had from Messrs. Benson and Holme, and Mawdsley
and Son. Shipping notes at the Company's office. Loading berth, S.W. corner
Bramley Moore Dock.
Saloon passage, £18 18s. and £16 16s.; return ticket, 27 guineas. Steerage
as low as by any other first-class line.
Rates of freight, etc., may be obtained by applying to J.H. Sparks, at
the Company's offices, 19, Broadway, New York; in Belfast, to Samuel Gowan
and Co., 4, Corporation Street, or to Ismay, Imrie and Co., 7, East India
Avenue, London, E.C., or 10, Water Street, Liverpool
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