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White Star - Page 3: 1915-1960
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the White Star Line.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below. Below this is a
Fleet List
in chronological order. There is a table of individual ship histories on the
White Star Header Page
.
Ships on This Page:-
Albertic
(built: 1923) 1927-1934 (18,940 gross tons)
Arabic (3)
(built: 1908) 1921-1925, 1930-1931 (16,786 gross tons)
Belgic (4)
1917-1923 (24,547 gross tons)
Britannic (2)
1915-1916 (48,158 gross tons)
Britannic (3)
1930-1960 (26,943 gross tons)
Calgaric
1927-1935 (16,063 gross tons)
Doric (2)
1922-1935 (16,484 gross tons)
Georgic (2)
1931-1956 (27,759 gross tons)
Homeric
(built: 1913) 1922-1936 (34,351 gross tons)
Justicia
1917-1918 (32,234 gross tons)
Lapland
(built: 1908) 1914-1920 (18,565 gross tons)
Laurentic (2)
1927-1940 (18,724 gross tons)
Majestic (2)
(1914) 1922-1936 (56,551 gross tons)
Pittsburgh
1922-1925 (16,322 gross tons)
Vedic
1918-1934 (9,332 gross tons)
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White Star Fleet List
Page 3: 1915-1960
Lapland
(built: 1908)
1914-1920 (18,565 gross tons)
Images to be added
Britannic (2)
1915-1916 (48,158 gross tons)
The
Britannic
was the third of three sisters, the others being the
Olympic (1911)
and the
Titanic (1913)
.
Postcard of the
Britannic (2)
as a hospital ship.
Modern postcard of the
Britannic (2)
from an attractive series on British four-funnelled liners.
Enlarged image from the modern postcard of the
Britannic (2)
shown above.
Belgic (4)
1917-1923 (24,547 gross tons)
Images to be added
Justicia
1917-1918 (32,234 gross tons)
Images to be added
Vedic
1918-1934 (9,332 gross tons)
White Star Line postcard of the
Vedic.
White Star Line postcard of the
Vedic.
Click to open larger image in new window
Arabic (3)
(built: 1908)
1921-1925, 1930-1931 (16,786 gross tons)
Arabic (3)
was built in 1908 as the
Norddeutsche Lloyd
ship
Berlin (2)
. She was handed over to the British as a war reparation and ere-entered service with the White Star Line in 1921 as the
Arabic (3).
Between 1925-1929 she served with
Red Star Line
, still under the name
Arabic
, before reverting briefly to White Star service in 1930.
Arabic (3)
was scrapped in 1931.
White Star Line postcard of the
Arabic (3)
White Star Line postcard of the
Arabic (3)
.
Variation on the card above - the sailing boats have gone!
Homeric
(built: 1913)
1922-1936 (34,351 gross tons)
White Star Line postcard of
Homeric
.
White Star Line postcard of
Homeric
.
White Star Line postcard of
Homeric
.
White Star Line postcard of
Homeric
.
Cunard White Star Line postcard of
Homeric
.
Postcard of
Homeric
.
F,.G.O.Stuart postcard of
Homeric
.
Postcard of
Homeric
.
Postcard of
Homeric
.
Postcard of
Homeric
.
Photographic postcard of
Homeric
.
Postcard of 3rd Class General Room on
Homeric
.
Majestic (2)
(built: 1914)
1922-1936 (56,551 gross tons)
Majestic
was built in 1914 as the HAPAG liner
Bismarck
.
Bismarck
was passed to the UK after the war and became the White Star Liner
Majestic
in 1992. Ownership passed to Cunard-White Star in 1934, and
Majestic
was sold to the Admiralty in 1936, becoming the cadet ship
HMS Caledonia
.
Bismarck/Majestic
was 56,551 gross tons, and was marketed as the world's largest ship for a period.
Complete history of
Bismarck
&
Majestic
White Star Line postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
White Star Line postcard of
Majestic (2)
(variation on the card above).
White Star Line postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
White Star Line postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
White Star Line postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
Postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
Postcard of
Majestic (2)
at Halifax.
Photographic postcard of
Majestic (2)
.
Pittsburgh
1922-1925 (16,322 gross tons)