Era of the ocean liner Steamship

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rms oceanic, important turning point in ocean liner design.


by 1870 number of inventions such screw propeller, compound engine, , triple-expansion engine made trans-oceanic shipping on large scale economically viable. in 1870 white star line’s rms oceanic set new standard ocean travel having first-class cabins amidships, added amenity of large portholes, electricity , running water. size of ocean liners increased 1880 meet needs of human migration united states , australia.


rms umbria , sister ship rms etruria last 2 cunard liners of period fitted auxiliary sails. both ships built john elder & co. of glasgow, scotland, in 1884. record breakers standards of time, , largest liners in service, plying liverpool new york route.


rms titanic largest steamship in world when sank in 1912; subsequent major sinking of steamer of rms lusitania, act of world war i.



rms titanic largest steamship in world in 1912


launched in 1938, rms queen elizabeth largest passenger steamship ever built. launched in 1969, rms queen elizabeth 2 (qe2) last passenger steamship cross atlantic ocean on scheduled liner voyage before converted diesels in 1986. last major passenger ship built steam turbines fairsky, launched in 1984, later atlantic star, reportedly sold turkish shipbreakers in 2013.


most luxury yachts @ end of 19th , 20th centuries steam driven (see luxury yacht; cox & king yachts). thomas assheton smith english aristocrat forwarded design of steam yacht in conjunction scottish marine engineer robert napier.








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