The Oceanic class was a group of six steam ocean liners built by Harland and Wolff at Belfast for the White Star Line between 1870 and 1872: Oceanic, Atlantic, Baltic and Republic, followed by the slightly larger Adriatic and Celtic. They were the first generation of White Star steamships on the North Atlantic passenger run and entered service in 1871 and 1872. Designed by Edward Harland, they moved first class accommodation amidships, away from the noise and vibration of the propeller, and used a longer hull with a length to breadth ratio of ten to one instead of the usual eight to one. Saloon cabins had running water, large portholes and electric bells for calling stewards, while steerage was of unusually good quality for its day. Power came from four-cylinder compound steam engines driving a single propeller, with sail kept as an auxiliary. Atlantic was wrecked off Nova Scotia in 1873 with the loss of more than 500 lives, but the other five served long careers. The class is regarded as a landmark in ocean liner design.
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Engine Class EngineSingle four-cylinder compound steam engine 2 Connections
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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They were the company's first generation of steamships to serve the North Atlantic passenger trade, entering service between 1871 and 1872.
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The ships were powered by four-cylinder compound reciprocating steam engines
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The ships were powered by four-cylinder compound reciprocating steam engines
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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The Oceanic class were a group of six ocean liners built by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, for the White Star Line, for the transatlantic service.
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Twelve boilers generated steam to power a single four cylinder compound steam engine.
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