Launched by Workman, Clark and Company in Belfast in 1918 for HM Shipping Controller, operated by White Star for the Admiralty under SS War Argus, purchased by White Star in 1919 under SS Gallic, serving Australian and Atlantic cargo routes.

Today, White Star is remembered for its innovative vessel Oceanic and for the losses of some of its best passenger liners, including the wrecking of Atlantic in 1873, the sinking of Republic in 1909, the loss of Titanic in 1912, and the wartime sinking of Britannic in 1916.

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.

Apr 4, 2012 · Its flagship, the Titanic, was the largest ship in the world when it took its maiden sailing from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. Weighing 46,328 tons and spanning 852.5 feet long by...

The first postwar liner completed to the White Star account was the 16,000-ton Doric of 1923 built for the Canadian service. She was in fact a delayed addition to a class of liners projected before the war.

On the 15th April 1912 White Star Line started to hear that their brand-new transatlantic liner RMS Titanic had sunk in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage.

Jan 22, 2024 · The White Star Line best known today as being the owner of the ill-fated RMS Titanic was once one of the most successful and powerful shipping lines in the world with a fascinating history dating from the 19th century to a legacy that continues to this day.

Jun 15, 2023 · In its heyday, the White Star Line was revered as one of the best transatlantic shipping lines around, known for its luxurious ships, world class officers and global popularity. Yet today, it is remembered in popular culture almost solely for the Titanic and Britannic disasters, and the infamy of its chairman, J. Bruce Ismay.

It was not until February 1927 that the ship was transferred to the White Star Line and renamed the Albertic. On 22 April it made its first sailing for them on the Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal

Exploring the Titanic disaster from a public relations perspective and how the White Star Line managed promotion, crisis communication, and the media following the sinking.