White Star Line

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defunct company shipping company

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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Oceanic Steam Navigation Company 1

Statements (47)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Thomas Henry Ismay ⓘ
headquartersLocation England NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Chelsea Piers
Harland and Wolff → builtFor → White Star Line ⓘ
SS Nomadic → builtFor → White Star Line ⓘ
Cunard Line → mergedWith → White Star Line ⓘ
HMHS Britannic → operator → White Star Line ⓘ
RMS Titanic → operator → White Star Line ⓘ
SS Nomadic → operator → White Star Line ⓘ
RMS Titanic → orderedBy → White Star Line ⓘ
RMS Titanic → ownedBy → White Star Line ⓘ
HMHS Britannic → owner → White Star Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oceanic Steam Navigation Company