List of White Star Line ships

The following is a list of ships operated by the White Star Line.

1846–1869

Ship BuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Elizabeth18421846-18??1600Brig, Liverpool -> Montreal
Iowa18491849-1853879Sold 1853, missing 1854 Liverpool -> Australia
Bhurtpoor18511851-1853978Wrecked 18 Sep 1853 Wexford
David Cannon18471852-18541331Wrecked Jun 1854 at Halifax
Fitzjames18521852-18681195Broken up between 1895 and 1905
Jessie Munn18521852-1863875Sold 1863, abandoned 1868
Tantivy18511852-18681040
Defence18??1853-18???
Tayleur185418544,000Sank on maiden voyage.
Arabian18521854-18661068Scrapped in 1866.
Red Jacket18531854–18782305Sold 1866, hulk 1882
Emma18531854-18581049
Golden Era18531854-18581557Lost 22 June 1858
Mermaid18531854-18621321Wrecked in 1883
White Star18541855-18662340Sold 1866; Wrecked off the Irish coast in 1883 [1]
Shepherdess18551855-18601126Sank 15 Sep 1860
King of Algeria18561856-18??1707
Royal Saxon18571857-18??1109
Annie Wilson18541857-18??1191Abandoned 1867
Prince of the Seas18531858-18611326Burnt Nov 1861 at Anchorage
Blue Jacket18541858-1863986Wrecked 1863 at Saugor Island
Carntyne18521859-1863940Lost 1863
Shalimar18541860-18??1402Sold 1869
Electric18571860-18??1106Condemned 1864
Ocean Home18581860-18??596Sold 1863
Blue Jacket18581860-18691790Burnt 9 Mar 1869 near Falklands
Lord Raglan18541860-18??1904Missing 26 Feb 1863 Liverpool -> Melbourne
Chariot of Fame18531861-18??2050Abandoned Jan 1876
Queen of the North18601862-18681668Taken over 1868
Silistria18541862-??1182Liverpool to Victoria BC route
Glendevon18621862-1870954Sold 1870
Donna Maria (ex-Beaconsfield)18621862-18??810Lost 24 Nov 1877
Cecilia18631863-1866612Sold 1866
Albert William18631863-18??505Wrecked Sep 1900
Royal Standard18631863-18671182Sold 1867
Santon18631863-1866511Sold 1866
Ulcoats18631863-18??671Missing 1874
Tornado18521863-18671720Sold 1867
Golden Sunset18631864-18??628Wrecked 17 Dec 1866
Sam Cearns18641864-18671422Sold Jan 1867
W. H. Haselden18641864-1866897Sold 1866
Sirius18651865-1866491Sold foreign 1866

1870–1889

ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Oceanic18701870–18953,707The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners.[2]
Atlantic18711871–18733,707Wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia April 1, 1873 with the loss of 535 lives.
Baltic18711871–18892,122Sold to the Holland America Line in 1889 and renamed Veendam. In 1898 she collided with a wreck and sank without loss of life.
Tropic18711871–18732,122Sold in 1873
Asiatic18711871-18732,122Sold in 1873
Republic18721872-18893,984Resembled the RMS Oceanic
Adriatic18721872–18993,888Scrapped in 1899
Celtic18721872-18931,867Sold to the Danish Thingvalla Line and renamed Amerika. Broken up in 1898.
Traffic18721872–1896155Tender
Belgic18731873–18882,652wrecked in 1884
Gaelic18731873–18962,685wrecked and scrapped in 1896
Britannic18741874–19035,004Scrapped in 1903
Germanic18751875–19035,008Sold to Turkey in 1908. Scrapped in 1950
Arabic18811881–18904,368Sold to the Holland America line in 1890. Scrapped in 1901
Coptic18811881–19084,448
Doric18831883–19064,784
Ionic18831883–19004,753
Belgic18851885–19034,212
Gaelic18851885–19054,206
Cufic18851885–19014,639
Runic18891889–18955,043Later renamed the SS Imo, was involved in the Halifax explosion
Teutonic18891889–19219,984First armed merchant cruiser and last White Star liner to hold the Blue Riband.

1890–1899

ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Majestic18901890–19149,965
Nomadic18911891–19035,749
Tauric18911891–19295,728
Magnetic18911891–1932619Tender
Naronic18921892–18936,594Vanished at sea sometime after February 11, 1893. Sister ship of SS Bovic
Bovic18921892–19226,583
Gothic18931893–19067,755
Cevic18941894–19148,301
Pontic18941894–1930394Tender
Georgic18951895–191610,077Scuttled by the SMS Möwe on 10 December 1916
Delphic18971897–19178,273Torpedoed and sunk by UC-72 on 16 August 1917
Cymric18981898–191613,096Torpedoed and sunk by U-20 on 8 May 1916
Afric18981899–191711,948Torpedoed and sunk by UC-66
Medic18991892–192111,973
Persic18991899–193511,973
Oceanic18991899–191417,272

1900–1909

ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Runic19001900–193012,482
Suevic19001900–192812,531
Celtic19011901–192821,035
Athenic19021902–192812,345
Corinthic19021902–193112,367
Ionic19031903–193412,352
Cedric19031903–193121,073
Victorian18951903–19048,825Renamed SS Russian
Armenian18951903–19158,825
Arabic19031903–191515,801
Romanic18981903–191211,394Renamed SS Scandinavian
Cretic19031903–190413,507
Republic19031903–190915,400
Canopic19001904–192512,268
Cufic18951904–19238,249Originally SS American
Tropic18961904–19238,249Originally SS European
Baltic19041904–193323,876
Gallic 18941907–191312,352
Adriatic19071907–193524,541
Laurentic19081908–191714,892
Megantic19091909–193314,878

1910–1919

ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Zealandic19111911–19268,090
Nomadic19111911–19251,273Tender (Note: only White Star Line vessel still existing)
Traffic19111911–1927675Tender
Olympic19111911–193545,324Nicknamed "Old Reliable"[3]
Belgic19131911–19139,748
Titanic1912191246,328Sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg
Ceramic19121913–193418,400
Vaderland19101914–191711,899Torpedoed and sunk by U-70 on 4th June 1917
Lapland19091914–192017,540
Britannic19141915–191648,158Never entered passenger service. Sank after striking a mine in the Aegean Sea as a hospital ship.
Belgic19141917–192327,132
Justicia19141917–191832,234
Vedic19181918–19349,302
Bardic19181919–19259,332

1920–1932

ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Gallic19181920–193311,905
Mobile1909192016,960
Arabic19091920–193116,786
Homeric19131922–193535,000
Haverford19011921–192511,635
Poland18971922–19258,282
Majestic19141922–193656,551
Pittsburgh19221922–192516,322
Doric19231923–193516,484
Regina 1917 1925-1929 16,313
Delphic19181925–19338,002
Albertic19201927–193418,940
Calgaric19181927–193416,063
Laurentic19271927–194018,724
Oceanic 1928 60,000-80,000 Never finished
Britannic19291929–194926,943
Georgic19321932–194927,759

References

  1. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164350
  2. Cameron (2011), p. 183.
  3. Chirnside, Mark (2004). The Olympic-Class Ships. Stroud, England: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-2868-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

The White Star Sailing Packets, Captain E. A. Woods

Further reading

  • Cameron, Stephen (2011). Belfast Shipbuilders: A Titanic Tale (1st ed.). Colourpoint Books. ISBN 978-1-906578-78-7.
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