RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line and launched in January 1889. With her sister Majestic she was a flagship of the fleet for about a decade and the first ship built under the British Auxiliary Armed Cruiser Agreement, which made her available to the Royal Navy in wartime. Two triple expansion steam engines drove twin propellers, so she needed no auxiliary sails. In 1891 she took the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing, the last White Star ship to do so. She served as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship in the First World War and was scrapped at Emden in 1921.
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Career
When Teutonic was launched on 19 January 1889, she was the first White Star ship without square rigged sails.
Specifications
They were powered by two triple expansion steam engines, which together produced 17,000 indicated horsepower (13,000 kW).
Career, status
She continued to be used for transport duties by the Navy until early 1921, when she was sold to German shipbreakers, and scrapped at Emden.
Construction
White Star decided to order two ships from Harland and Wolff that would be capable of an average Atlantic crossing speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph).
Construction, country of origin
RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, which entered service in 1889.
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RMS Teutonic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line in Belfast, which entered service in 1889.
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