Table of Contents
32 relations: Armed merchantman, Belfast, Blue Riband, Bridge (nautical), Canadian Pacific Railway, Cobh, Cunard Line, Funnel (ship), Hamburg America Line, Harland & Wolff, Hull (watercraft), J. Bruce Ismay, Keel, Lightship, Mast (sailing), Naval mine, Ocean liner, Osaka, Red Star Line, Stained glass, Steam engine, Superstructure, Swimming pool, The Denver Post, The History Press, Timeline of largest passenger ships, Tonnage, Torpedo, Victorian Turkish baths, White Star Line, Wireless telegraphy, World War I.
- Ocean liner classes
Armed merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.
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Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
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Blue Riband
The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest average speed.
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Bridge (nautical)
Sikuliaq'', docked in Ketchikan, Alaska Wheelhouse on a tugboat, topped with a flying bridge A bridge (also known as a command deck), or wheelhouse (also known as a pilothouse), is a room or platform of a ship or submarine from which the ship can be commanded.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881.
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Cobh
Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.
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Cunard Line
The Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.
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Funnel (ship)
A funnel is the smokestack or chimney on a ship used to expel boiler steam and smoke or engine exhaust.
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Hamburg America Line
The Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (HAPAG), known in English as the Hamburg America Line, was a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg, in 1847.
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Harland & Wolff
Harland & Wolff is a British shipbuilding and fabrication company headquartered in London with sites in Belfast, Arnish, Appledore and Methil.
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Hull (watercraft)
A hull is the watertight body of a ship, boat, submarine, or flying boat.
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J. Bruce Ismay
Joseph Bruce Ismay (12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line.
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Keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a watercraft.
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Lightship
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse.
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Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.
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Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.
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Ocean liner
An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans.
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Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).
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Red Star Line
The Red Star Line was a shipping line founded in 1871 as a joint venture between the International Navigation Company of Philadelphia, which also ran the American Line, and the Société Anonyme de Navigation Belgo-Américaine of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Stained glass
Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Superstructure
A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.
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Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.
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The Denver Post
The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and website published in the Denver metropolitan area.
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The History Press
The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.
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Timeline of largest passenger ships
This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage.
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Tonnage
Tonnage is a measure of the capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
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Victorian Turkish baths
The Victorian Turkish bath is a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in hot dry air, is then washed, often massaged, and has a cold wash or shower.
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White Star Line
The White Star Line was a British shipping line.
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Wireless telegraphy
Wireless telegraphy or radiotelegraphy is transmission of text messages by radio waves, analogous to electrical telegraphy using cables.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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See also
Ocean liner classes
- Athenic-class ocean liner
- Barbarossa-class ocean liner
- Big Four (White Star Line)
- Hikawa Maru-class ocean liner
- Hōkoku Maru-class ocean liner
- Imperator-class ocean liner
- Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
- Jubilee-class ocean liner
- Kaiser-class ocean liner
- Kaiser-class ocean liners
- Krim-class cargo liner
- Krim-class ocean liner
- Mikhail Kalinin-class passenger ship
- Oceanic-class ocean liner
- Olympic-class ocean liner
- Olympic-class ocean liners
- Rivers-class ocean liner
- Terukuni Maru-class ocean liner
References
Also known as Big Four (ocean liners), Big Four ship, Big Four-class ocean liners.