The great ocean liners that carried passengers and mail on the North Atlantic between Europe and America, from Cunard and White Star at the start of the twentieth century to the last transatlantic liners of the 1960s. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the ship a British, French, German, Italian or American ocean liner of the North Atlantic. It excludes early steamships and modern cruise ships. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Titanic
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RMS Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City.
View the Source Wikipedia: RMS Queen Mary
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RMS Queen Mary is a former British ocean liner that operated primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.
View the Source Wikipedia: SS United States
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SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines.
View the Source Wikipedia: RMS Lusitania
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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906 as a Royal Mail Ship.
View the Source Wikipedia: SS Normandie
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SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT).
View the Source Wikipedia: RMS Queen Elizabeth
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RMS Queen Elizabeth was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line.
View the Source SS France (1960), Wikipedia
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SS France was a Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, or French Line) ocean liner, constructed by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France, and put into service in February 1962.
View the Source RMS Mauretania (1906), Wikipedia
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RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner built for the Cunard Line by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend on the River Tyne, England, launched in 1906.
View the Source Wikipedia, RMS Olympic
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RMS Olympic was a British ocean liner and the lead ship of the White Star Line's trio of Olympic-class liners.
View the Source Wikipedia, RMS Aquitania
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RMS Aquitania was a British ocean liner operated by the Cunard Line from 1914 to 1950.
View the Source Queen Elizabeth 2 (Wikipedia)
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Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner. Built by John Brown & Company on the River Clyde in Scotland for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from 1969 to 2008.
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Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner. Built by John Brown & Company on the River Clyde in Scotland for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic liner and cruise ship from 1969 to 2008.
View the SourceRMS Carpathia (Wikipedia)
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RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by C.
View the Source RMS Empress of Ireland (Wikipedia)
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RMS Empress of Ireland was a British-built ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Canada following a collision in thick fog with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the early hours of 29 May 1914, en route to Liverpool.
View the Source Queen Mary 2 (Wikipedia)
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RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) is a British ocean liner which has been the flagship of Cunard since April 2004 and, as of 2026, remains the only ship built and used for service as an ocean liner still in active service.
View the Source SS Bremen (1928)
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SS Bremen was a German-built ocean liner constructed for the German shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route.
View the Source SS Europa (1928)
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SS Europa, later SS Liberté IMO 5607332, was an ocean liner built for the German shipping company Norddeutsche Lloyd (NDL) to work the transatlantic sea route.
View the Source SS Imperator
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SS Imperator (known as RMS Berengaria for most of her career) was a German ocean liner built for the Hamburg America Line, launched in 1912.
View the Source Wikipedia: SS Rex
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SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931. She held the westbound Blue Riband between 1933 and 1935, for a passenger liner in regular service crossing the Atlantic Ocean with the record highest average speed.
View the Source Wikipedia: SS Conte di Savoia
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SS Conte di Savoia ("Count of Savoy") was an Italian ocean liner built in 1932 at the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Trieste.
View the Source Wikipedia: SS Michelangelo
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SS Michelangelo was an Italian ocean liner built in 1965 for Italian Line by Ansaldo Shipyards, Genoa.
View the Source RMS Campania, Wikipedia
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RMS Campania was a British ocean liner owned by the Cunard Line, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland, and launched on Thursday, 8 September 1892.
View the Source Wikipedia, SS Andrea Doria
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SS Andrea Doria (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953.
View the Source SS Île de France (Wikipedia)
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SS Île de France (literally Island of France in English) was a French luxury ocean liner that plied the prestigious transatlantic route between Europe and New York from 1927 through to 1958.
View the Source Wikipedia, HMHS Britannic
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HMHS Britannic () was the third and final vessel of the White Star Line's Olympic class of ocean liners and the second White Star ship to bear the name Britannic.
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