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

1846–1889

Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image
Elizabeth 18?? 1846-18?? ? Brig, Liverpool -> Montreal
Iowa 1849 1849-1853 879 Sold 1853, missing 1854 Liverpool -> Australia
Bhurtpoor 1851 1851-1853 978 Wrecked 18 Sep 1853 Wexford
David Cannon 1847 1852-1854 1331 Wrecked -6-1854 at Halifax
Fitzjames 1852 1852-18?? 1195
Jessie Munn 1852 1852-1863 733 Sold 1863, sold foreign 1868
Tantivy 18?? 1852-18?? ?
Defence 18?? 1853-18?? ?
Tayleur 1854 1854 4,000 Sank on her maiden voyage.
Arabian 1853 1854-18?? 980
Error: {{Ship}} missing prefix (help) 1853 1854–1878 2305 Sold 1866, hulk 1882
Emma 1853 1854-18?? 1049
Golden Era 1853 1854-1858 1556 Lost 22 Jun 1858
Mermaid 1853 1854-18?? 1321 Wrecked 1883
White Star 1854 1855-1866 2340 Sold 1866
Shepherdess 1855 1855-18?? 1126 Sank 15 Sep 1860
Annie Wilson 1854 1857-18?? 1191 Abandoned 1867
Prince of the Seas 1853 1858-18?? 1316 Burnt Oct 1863 at Melbourne
Blue Jacket 1854 1858-1863 986 Wrecked 1863 at Saugor Island
Carntyne 1852 1859-18?? 940 Lost 1863
Shalimar 1854 1860-18?? 1402 Sold 1869
Electric 1857 1860-18?? 1106 Condemned 1864
Ocean Home 1858 1860-18?? 596 Sold 1863
Error: {{Ship}} missing prefix (help) 1858 1860–1869 1790 Burnt 9 Mar 1869 near Falklands
Lord Raglan 1854 1860-18?? 1904 Missing 26-2-1863 Liverpool -> Melbourne
Chariot of Fame 1853 1861-18?? 2050 Abandoned Jan 1876
Queen of the North 1860 1862-1868 1668 Taken over 1868
Glendevon 1862 1862-1870 954 Sold 1870
Donna Maria (ex-Beaconsfield) 1862 1862-18?? 810 Lost 24 Nov 1877
Cecilia 1863 1863-1866 612 Sold 1866
Albert William 1863 1863-18?? 505 Wrecked Sep 1900
Royal Standard 1863 1863-1867 2033 Sold 1867
Santon 1863 1863-1866 511 Sold 1866
Ulcoats 1863 1863-18?? 671 Missing 1874
Tornado 1852 1863-1867 1720 Sold 1867
Golden Sunset 1863 1864-18?? 628 Wrecked 17 Dec 1866
Sam Cearns 1864 1864-1867 1422 Sold Jan 1867
W. H. Haselden 1864 1864-1866 897 Sold 1866
Sirius 1865 1865-1866 491 Sold foreign 1866
Oceanic 1870 1870–1895 3,707 The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners.[1] During her maiden voyage the ship had to return to Liverpool due to overheated bearings.[1]
Atlantic 1871 1871–1873 3,707
Baltic 1871 1871–1889 2,122
Tropic 1871 1871–1873 2,122
Asiatic 1871 1871-1873 2,122
Republic 1872 1872-1889 3,984 Resembled the RMS Oceanic
Adriatic 1872 1872–1899 3,888
Celtic 1872 1872-1893 1,867 Sold to the Danish Thingvalla Line and renamed Amerika. Broken up in 1898.
Traffic 1872 1872–1896 155 Tender
Belgic 1873 1873–1888 2,652
Gaelic 1873 1873–1896 2,685
Britannic 1874 1874–1903 5,004
Germanic 1875 1875–1903 5,008
Arabic 1883 1881–1890 4,368
Coptic 1881 1881–1908 4,448
Doric 1883 1883–1906 4,784
Ionic 1883 1883–1900 4,753
Belgic 1885 1885–1903 4,212
Gaelic 1885 1885–1905 4,206
Cufic 1885 1885–1901 4,639
Runic 1889 1889–1895 5,043 Later renamed the SS Imo, was involved in the Halifax explosion
Teutonic 1889 1889–1921 9,984

1890–1899

Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image
Majestic 1890 1890–1914 9,965
Nomadic 1891 1891–1903 5,749
Tauric 1891 1891–1929 5,728
Magnetic 1891 1891–1932 619
Naronic 1892 1892–1893 6,594 Lost at sea sometime after February 11, 1893. Sister ship of SS Bovic
Bovic 1892 1892–1922 6,583
Gothic 1893 1893–1906 7,755
Cevic 1894 1894–1914 8,301
Pontic 1894 1894–1930 394
Georgic 1895 1895–1916 10,077
Delphic 1897 1897–1917 8,273
Cymric 1898 1898–1916 13,096
Afric 1898 1899–1917 11,948
Medic 1899 1892–1921 11,973
Persic 1899 1899–1935 11,973
Oceanic 1899 1899–1914 17,272

1900–1909

Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image
Runic 1900 1900–1930 12,482
Suevic 1900 1900–1928 12,531
Celtic 1901 1901–1928 21,035
Athenic 1902 1902–1928 12,345
Corinthic 1902 1902–1931 12,367
Ionic 1903 1903–1934 12,352
Cedric 1903 1903–1931 21,073
Victorian 1895 1903–1904 8,825 Renamed SS Russian
Armenian 1895 1903–1915 8,825
Arabic 1903 1903–1915 15,801
Romanic 1898 1903–1912 11,394 Renamed SS Scandinavian
Cretic 1903 1903–1904 13,507
Republic 1903 1903–1909 15,400
Canopic 1900 1904–1925 12,268
Cufic 1895 1904–1923 8,249 Originally SS American
Tropic 1896 1904–1923 8,249 Originally SS European
Baltic 1904 1904–1933 23,876
Gallic 1894 1907–1913 12,352
Adriatic 1907 1907–1935 24,541
Laurentic 1908 1908–1917 14,892
Megantic 1909 1909–1933 14,878

1910–1919

Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image
Zealandic 1911 1911–1926 8,090
Nomadic 1911 1911–1925 1,273 Tender (Note: only White Star Line vessel still existing)
Traffic 1911 1911–1927 675 Tender
Olympic 1911 1911–1935 45,324 Notes: called the "The Old Reliable"
Ceramic 1912 1913–1934 18,400
Vaderland 1910 1914–1917 11,899
Lapland 1909 1914–1920 17,540
Britannic 1914 1915–1916 48,158 Sank in the Agean Sea after striking a mine while serving as a hospital ship
Belgic 1914 1917–1923 27,132
Justicia 1914 1917–1918 32,234
Vedic 1918 1918–1934 9,302
Bardic 1918 1919–1925 9,332

1920–1932

Ship Built White Star service GRT Notes Image
Gallic 1918 1920–1933 11,905
Mobile 1909 1920 16,960
Arabic 1909 1920–1931 16,786
Homeric 1913 1922–1935 35,000
Haverford 1901 1921–1925 11,635
Poland 1897 1922–1925 8,282
Majestic 1914 1922–1936 56,551 Notes: The largest liner in the world at her time
Pittsburgh 1922 1922–1925 16,322
Doric 1923 1923–1935 16,484
Delphic 1918 1925–1933 8,002
Albertic 1920 1927–1934 18,940
Calgaric 1918 1927–1934 16,063
Laurentic 1927 1927–1940 18,724
Britannic 1929 1929–1949 26,943
Georgic 1932 1932–1949 27,759

References

  1. ^ a b Cameron (2011), p. 183.

The White Star Sailing Packets, Captain E. A. Woods [1]

Further reading

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