RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic liner of the White Star Line, built at the Queen's Island yard of Harland and Wolff in Belfast and launched in January 1899. At 17,272 gross register tons she was the largest ship in the world until 1901, designed for luxury and comfort rather than a Blue Riband speed record, with two four-cylinder triple expansion engines and room for 1,710 passengers. She entered service on the route from Liverpool to New York, later running from Southampton, and was the most popular liner on the North Atlantic in her early years. At the outbreak of the First World War she was commissioned as an armed merchant cruiser and on 8 September 1914 she ran aground and was wrecked off the island of Foula in the Shetland Islands.
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Career
Oceanic was launched on 14 January 1899, an event watched by over 50,000 people.
Specifications
She was powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion engines, which were when constructed the largest of their type in the world, and could produce 28,000 indicated horsepower (21,000 kW).
Career, status
She was wrecked in a flat calm and clear weather.
Construction
The RMS Oceanic was built at Harland and Wolff’s Queen's Island yard in Belfast, as was the tradition with White Star Line ships, and her keel was laid down in 1897.
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RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line.
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