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The White Star Line was a British shipping line.Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually grew to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States.
Joseph Bruce Ismay (/ ˈ ɪ z m eɪ /; [1] 12 December 1862 [2] – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. [3] He was the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the 1912 sinking of the company's flagship RMS Titanic.
"White Star". Caricature by Lib published in Vanity Fair in 1894.. Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) was an owner of the White Star Line.His son Joseph Bruce Ismay was managing director of the White Star Line and survived the sinking of its ocean liner RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912.
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 ...
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
Cunard-White Star Line, Ltd, was a British shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949. [1] History.
She was also the first ship of the White Star Line company. [dubious – discuss] She was named after Sagoyewatha, a famous Seneca Indian chief, called "Red Jacket" by settlers. [5] She was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook, built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, and launched in 1853, the last ship to be launched from this yard. [5]
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.