Chronological list of ships


Vessel

Delphic (I)
Sister shipsCufic (II) | Tropic (II)
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1897 - 1917
White Star Line Service1897 - 1917
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)476 (length) x 55 (breadth) x 36 (depth)
Tonnage8,273
Speed10
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed and sunk with the loss of five lives
 

Vessel

Alexandra Woermann
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byRaylton and Dixon Middlesborough
Total Service1898 - 1936
White Star Line Service1919 - 1920
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)351 (length) x 44 (breadth) x 23 (depth)
Tonnage3,908
Speed12
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx Woermann Line vessel
 

Vessel

Hunslet
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built bySwan Hunter Walker-on-Tyne
Total Service1898 - 1932
White Star Line Service1917 - 1917
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)418 (length) x 54 (breadth) x 20 (depth)
Tonnage5,341
Speed10
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to single screw
DetailsCaptured by allies in 1914 and served as Admiralty ship
 

Vessel

Poland
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byFurness, Withy & Co. West Hartlepool
Total Service1898 - 1925
White Star Line Service1922 - 1925
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)475 (length) x 52 (breadth) x 31 (depth)
Tonnage8,282
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to single screw
DetailsEx Furness-Leyland Line's S.S. Victoria
 

Vessel

Cymric
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1898 - 1916
White Star Line Service1898 - 1916
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)586 (length) x 64 (breadth) x 38 (depth)
Tonnage13,096
Speed15
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed, and foundered the following day with the loss of five lives
 

Vessel

Romanic
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1898 - 1923
White Star Line Service1903 - 1912
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 59 (breadth) x 36 (depth)
Tonnage11,394
Speed16
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx Dominion Line's S.S. New England
 

Vessel

Frankfurt
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byJ.C. Teclenborg Geestemunde
Total Service1899 - 1931
White Star Line Service1919 - 1922
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)429 (length) x 54 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage7,431
Speed12
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx North German Lloyd vessel. Ceded to Britain as war reparations
 

Vessel

Afric
Sister shipsMedic | Persic | Runic (II) | Suevic
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1899 - 1917
White Star Line Service1899 - 1917
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 63 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage11,948
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed and sunk with the loss of 22 lives
 

Vessel

Medic
Sister shipsAfric | Persic | Runic (II) | Suevic
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1899 - 1942
White Star Line Service1899 - 1928
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 63 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage11,945
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed and sunk during British Governemt service
 

Vessel

Persic
Sister shipsAfric | Medic | Runic (II) | Suevic
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1899 - 1927
White Star Line Service1899 - 1927
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 63 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage11,973
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed in September 1918 - but survived
 

Vessel

Runic (II)
Sister shipsAfric | Medic | Persic | Suevic
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1901 - 1940
White Star Line Service1901 - 1929
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 63 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage12,482
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsTorpedoed and sunk with the loss of two lives during the Second World War
 

Vessel

Suevic
Sister shipsAfric | Medic | Persic | Runic (II)
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1901 - 1942
White Star Line Service1901 - 1928
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)550 (length) x 63 (breadth) x 39 (depth)
Tonnage12,531
Speed13
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsReturned to service 1908, after running aground, salvage and rebuilding. Scuttled during WWII
 

Vessel

Oceanic (II)
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1899 - 1914
White Star Line Service1899 - 1914
DemiseWrecked
Dimensions (ft imperial)686 (length) x 67 (breadth) x 45 (depth)
Tonnage17,272
Speed19
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsPlanned sister ship Olympic cancelled
 

Vessel

Canopic
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1900 - 1925
White Star Line Service1903 - 1925
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)578 (length) x 59 (breadth) x 36 (depth)
Tonnage12,097
Speed16
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx Dominion Line's S.S. Commonwealth
 

Vessel

Vaderland
Sister shipsZeeland
Built byJohn Brown Clydebank
Total Service1900 - 1917
White Star Line Service1914 - 1917
DemiseWar loss
Dimensions (ft imperial)562 (length) x 60 (breadth) x 38 (depth)
Tonnage11,899
Speed15
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx Red Star Line vessel. Renamed Southland during White Star Line ownership
 

Vessel

Zeeland
Sister shipsVaderland
Built byJohn Brown Clydebank
Total Service1901 - 1930
White Star Line Service1910 - 1920
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)562 (length) x 70 (breadth) x 38 (depth)
Tonnage11,905
Speed15
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx Red Star Line vessel. Renamed Northland during White Star Line ownership
 

Vessel

Haverford
Sister shipsNo sister ships
Built byJohn Brown Clydebank
Total Service1901 - 1925
White Star Line Service1921 - 1924
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)531 (length) x 59 (breadth) x 27 (depth)
Tonnage11,635
Speed14
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationTriple expansion engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsEx American Line vessel
 

Vessel

Celtic (II)
Sister shipsCedric | Baltic (I) | Adriatic (II)
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1901 - 1928
White Star Line Service1901 - 1928
DemiseWrecked (scrapped)
Dimensions (ft imperial)680 (length) x 75 (breadth) x 44 (depth)
Tonnage20,904
Speed16
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsLast vessel ordered by Thomas Ismay before his death. Ran aground in Queenstown harbour.
 

Vessel

Cedric
Sister shipsCeltic (II) | Baltic (II) | Adriatic (II)
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1903 - 1931
White Star Line Service1903 - 1931
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)680 (length) x 75 (breadth) x 44 (depth)
Tonnage21,035
Speed16
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsDuring war service, collided with the liner Montreal, which later sank
 

Vessel

Baltic (II)
Sister shipsCeltic (II) | Cedric | Adriatic (II)
Built byHarland and Wolff Belfast
Total Service1904 - 1933
White Star Line Service1904 - 1933
DemiseScrapped
Dimensions (ft imperial)708 (length) x 75 (breadth) x 44 (depth)
Tonnage23,884
Speed16
Hull constructionSteel
Engine configurationQuadruple engine(s) geared to double screws
DetailsRescued the survivors from White Star Line's Republic in 1909
 

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