1819	First crossing of the Atlantic by Savannah
1838	British & American Steam Navigation Company is the first shipping line to start transatlantic operations
	First crossing of the Atlantic by a purpose-built steamer by Great Western
1840	Cunard's Britannia is the first Atlantic steamship to receive a subsidy for carrying mail
1845	Great Britain is the first transatlantic iron steamship and the first with a screw propeller
1855	Ericsson is the first four-funnelled transatlantic steamer
1856	Cunard Persia is the first paddle steamer made of iron
1871	Adriatic is the first to have gas lighting
1873	City of Richmond is the first ship to have hot and cold running water in cabins
1876	Amerique is the first ship to have electric lights
	The last voyage of a paddle steamer made by Scotia
1893	Campania is the first ship to have en suite rooms and dedicated single-berth cabins
1899	US ship St Paul is the first to have a ship-to-shore wireless telegraph and the first to have an ocean newspaper
1905	Victorian is the first ship to have steam turbines
	German liner Amerika is the first to have an à la carte restaurant
1907	Lusitania is the first ship to have four screws
1908	Rotterdam is the first to have a glass-enclosed promenade deck
1914	Aquitania is the last four-funnelled steamer to be completed
1935	Normandie is the first turbo-electric ship, and the first to exceed 80,000 tons
1947	Media is the first passenger liner to be built after World War Two
1949	Aquitania is withdrawn from service - the last four-funnelled liner
1964	Savannah is the first nuclear-powered ship to cross the Atlantic
1967	Queen Mary is withdrawn - the last three-funnelled steamer in service
1977	The first supersonic passenger flight of a Concorde aircraft across the Atlantic