White Star Line
Fact file
This fact file is a snapshot of the company between 1930 and
1945. Owners
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company Company flag Major routes (1930-45)
Southampton - Cherbourg - New York
London - Havre - Southampton - Quebec - Montreal
Hamburg / Liverpool - Quebec - Montreal Southampton agent
White Star Line Ship colours
Black hull with a horizontal yellow stripe. Buff coloured funnels
with black tops. Timeline | 1846 | Operated a sailing ship between Boston (US) and Montreal
(Canada) | | 1863 | Commenced steamship sailings | | 1868 | Went into liquidation and bought by Thomas Ismay, who formed
the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company | | 1907 | New York service transferred from Liverpool to Southampton | | 1912 | White Star liner Titanic sinks in the
Atlantic | | 1926 | Oceanic SN Co taken over by Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company | | 1934 | Royal Mail Group collapsed. White Star bought by Cunard,
forming Cunard-White Star Ltd | | 1947 | Cunard purchased the remainder of the Cunard-White Star
company | | The two remaining White Star ships, Georgic
and Britannic continued sailing in White Star colours
until they were scrapped in 1956 and 1960, respectively |
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