White Star Line

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White Star Line was a prominent British shipping company best known for operating the RMS Titanic and other famous ocean liners during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
shipping company
acquiredBy Cunard Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
basedInPort Port of Liverpool
competitor Cunard Line
Hamburg America Line
Norddeutscher Lloyd
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1934
era early 20th century
late 19th century
flagState United Kingdom
foundedBy Thomas Henry Ismay
headquartersLocation England
Liverpool
inception 1869
industry maritime transport
passenger shipping
keyPerson J. Bruce Ismay
Thomas Henry Ismay
mergedInto Cunard Line
motto “White Star Line” house flag with red star on white and burgee
notableEvent collision of RMS Olympic with HMS Hawke in 1911
sinking of HMHS Britannic in 1916
sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912
operatedIn Atlantic Ocean
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

transatlantic passenger trade
operatedVessel HMHS Britannic
RMS Adriatic (1907)
RMS Baltic (1903)
RMS Celtic (1901)
SS Oceanic (1870)
surface form: RMS Oceanic (1899)

RMS Olympic
RMS Republic (1903)
RMS Titanic
SS Majestic (1890)
SS Oceanic (1870)
SS Teutonic
ownedBy Ismay family
parentOrganization International Mercantile Marine Company
route Liverpool–New York
Southampton–Cherbourg–New York
surface form: Southampton–New York
serviceType emigrant transport
ocean liner service
specializedIn large passenger liners
luxury ocean travel

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Harland and Wolff builtFor White Star Line
Chelsea Piers (partial, historical) associatedWithShippingLine White Star Line
subject surface form: Chelsea Piers
RMS Titanic operator White Star Line
RMS Titanic ownedBy White Star Line
RMS Titanic orderedBy White Star Line
HMHS Britannic operator White Star Line
HMHS Britannic owner White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
SS Nomadic operator White Star Line
SS Nomadic builtFor White Star Line
Cunard Line mergedWith White Star Line
Ballard operator White Star Line
subject surface form: RMS Titanic
Gustav Wilhelm Wolff associatedWith White Star Line
Captain Edward Smith employer White Star Line
subject surface form: Edward John Smith
MGY shipOperator White Star Line
RMS Olympic operator White Star Line
RMS Olympic ownedBy White Star Line
RMS Olympic orderedBy White Star Line
Olympic class operator White Star Line
Olympic class owner White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company (White Star Line)
Harold Bride employer White Star Line
Queen's Island associatedWith White Star Line
Thomas Henry Ismay employer White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Thomas Henry Ismay memberOf White Star Line
Thomas Henry Ismay founded White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Thomas Henry Ismay founded White Star Line
this entity surface form: White Star Line (modern steamship company)
SS Oceanic (1870) operator White Star Line
SS Oceanic (1870) owner White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
SS Teutonic operator White Star Line
SS Majestic (1890) operator White Star Line
SS Majestic (1890) ownedBy White Star Line
RMS Adriatic (1907) operator White Star Line
RMS Adriatic (1907) owner White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
RMS Baltic (1903) operator White Star Line
RMS Baltic (1903) owner White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
International Mercantile Marine Company parentCompanyOf White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company
Ismay family foundedCompany White Star Line
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company