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The White Star Line SS Laurentic, 1928. Popular Tours to Europe Brochure, White Star Line Canadian Service, 1928. GGA Image ID # 1d61fdb939
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- Laurentic (1909) White Star Line Ship's History (Brief)
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Laurentic (1909) White Star Line
Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 14,892. Dimensions: 550' x 67' (565' o.l.). Propulsion: Triple-screw, 17 knots. Triple expansion engines and steam turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and one funnel. Passengers: 230 first, 430 second, 1,000 third. Note: Laid down as the Alberta for the Dominion Line, but was transferred to White Star Line before completion. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, in April 1909. War Service: In 1914 Laurentic served briefly as a troop ship, and then served for more than two years as an armed merchant cruiser (AMC). As an AMC she saw service off West Africa, Singapore, the Bay of Bengal and the Far East. Fate: Sunk by a mine off the north coast of Ireland, January 25, 1917, with the loss of 350 lives. Sister ship: Megantic.
All the Gold on the SS Laurentic - 1917
In 1917, two German mines sank Laurentic off the northern coast of Ireland. Her crew successfully abandoned the ship, but 354 of them died of hypothermia in her lifeboats. Laurentic was carrying about 43 tons of gold bars when she sank. Most of the 3,211 bars were salvaged by 1924; three more gold bars were found in the 1930s, while 22 remain unaccounted for. Laurentic's wreck is in the territorial waters of the Republic of Ireland and is protected by Irish law.
Laurentic (1927) White Star Line
SS Laurentic (1927) of the White Star Line Shown at Sea. GGA Image ID # 1d7a3c1475
Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 18,724. Dimensions: 578' x 75' (603' o.l.). Triple-screw, 17 knots. Combination triple expansion engines and steam turbines. Two masts and two funnels. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, November 1927. War Service: In 1939 the Admiralty requisitioned her and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser for the Royal Navy. Fate: Torpedoed and sunk on November 3, 1940 off the west coast of Ireland when she was on a rescue mission for another ship that had been torpedoed. She sank with the loss of 49 of her complement.
White Star Liner — S. S. Laurentic - 1927
The new Laurentic was built late in 1927 and embodies all the latest improvements whether it be in the cabin or in the tourist third cabin.
Unsurpassed service, careful attention to details, a first class cuisine and constant attention to the passenger's comfort has given the White Star Line an enviable reputation and year by year they insist that this high standard be maintained.
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1913-06-24 RMS Laurentic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Second Class
- Date of Departure: 24 June 1913
- Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal
- Commander: Captain J. Mathias, Lt. R.N.R.
1928-09-14 RMS Laurentic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Cabin
- Date of Departure: 14 September 1928
- Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Glasgow
- Commander: Captain E. L. Trant, R.D. (Cmdr. R.N.R., Retd.)
1928-08-17 RMS Laurentic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 17 August 1928
- Route: Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Glasgow
- Commander: Captain E. L. Trant, R.D. (Cmdr. R.N.R., Retd.)
1930-02-27 SS Laurentic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
- Date of Departure: 27 February 1930
- Route: Mediterranean Cruise from New York to Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Monaco, Naples, Athens, Constantinople, Haifa, Alexandria, Syracuse, Naples, Monaco, Gibraltar, Cherbourg, and Southampton.
- Commander: Captain E. L. Trant, R.D. (Cmdr. R.N.R., Retd.)
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The Steamers of the White Star Line - 1909
A 1909 Brochure from the White Star Line is a Pictorial Featuring the Olympic and Titanic, Adriatic, Baltic, Canopic, Celtic, Laurentic and Megantic, Majestic and Teutonic, Romanic, Oceanic, Zeeland, and more.
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1928-01-27 SS Laurentic Gala Dinner Menu
Vintage Gala Dinner Bill of Fare from Friday, 27 January 1928 on board the White Star Line SS Laurentic features gala selections for that era including Salmon `'rout, Bercy, Prawns a l'Indienne and Vermont Turkey.
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Track Chart and Memorandum of Log (Both Unused). RMS Laurentic Second Class Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 208b7e25ed
Abstract of Log, RMS Laurentic, Liverpool to Québec and Montréal via Belfast and Glasgow, 14 September 1928. Ocean Passage: 6 Days, 0 Hours, 0 Minutes. Average Speed: 16.43 Knots. Voyage Distance: 2,366 Miles. GGA Image ID # 1d63c9baf2
Photo of White Star Line SS Laurentic, Abstract of Log, 14 September 1928. GGA Image ID # 1d63e6c8a7
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White Star Line RMS Laurentic, Triple-Screw, 18,724 Tons. GGA Image ID # 1dacd88918
Tourist Third Cabin Ladies Lounge on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 2088b142b3
Tourist Third Cabin Children's Playroom on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208938c52a
Tourist Third Cabin Dining Saloon on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208966c07d
Third Cabin Dining Saloon on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208a4af518
Third Cabin Lounge on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 20896725db
Tourist Third Cabin Lounge on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208a9eba31
Third Cabin Smoking Room on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208ab9c72e
Plate XLII: First Class Stateroom on the SS Laurentic. Every Boys Book, 1911. GGA Image ID # 208acab1c3
The White Star-Dominion Canadian Service's New SS Laurentic (Triple-Screw) and Megantic (Twin-Screw). Steamers of the White Star Line, 1909. From the Chris Crofts Collection. GGA Image ID # 211329d47d
First Class Reading and Writing Room on the SS Laurentic and SS Megantic. Steamers of the White Star Line, 1909. From the Chris Crofts Collection. GGA Image ID # 211362a9cc
Main Companionway on the SS Laurentic and SS Megantic. Steamers of the White Star Line, 1909. From the Chris Crofts Collection. GGA Image ID # 21136eed86
First Class Dining Saloon on the SS Laurentic and SS Megantic. Steamers of the White Star Line, 1909. From the Chris Crofts Collection. GGA Image ID # 21137ab113
Second Class Library, SS Laurentic and SS Megantic. White Star Line Steamers, 1909. From the Chris Crofts Collection. GGA Image ID # 211663746e
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Plan of Tourist Third Cabin and Third Cabin Accommodations on the SS Laurentic. White Star Line Canadian Service Brochure, 1928. GGA Image ID # 208a227b3a. Click to View Larger Image.
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Front Side, White Star Line Embarkation Notice for the 15 September 1928 Voyage of the SS Laurentic from Glasgow to Québec and Montréal. GGA Image ID # 2082223791
Back Side, White Star Line Embarkation Notice for the 15 September 1928 Voyage of the SS Laurentic from Glasgow to Québec and Montréal. GGA Image ID # 208263a428
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Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-Boston Service and White Star-Dominion Canadian Service, from 22 April 1909 to 8 January 1910. Ships Included the Canada, Cymric, Dominion, Laurentic, Megantic, Ottawa, and Vancouver. RMS Arabic Passenger List, 11 June 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e4b15ece5
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Québec-Montréal, from 15 July 1909 to 20 November 1910. Ships Included the Canada, Dominion, Laurentic, Megantic, and Ottawa. SS Dominion Passenger List, 19 August 1909. GGA Image ID # 1f04d757ef
Sailing Schedule, White Star-Dominion Line Canadian Service, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, from 2 July 1910 to 19 November 1910. Ships Included the Canada, Dominion, Laurentic, and Megantic. RMS Cymric Passenger List, 26 July 1910. GGA Image ID # 1e56277011
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, from 3 June 1911 to 18 November 1911. Ships Included the Canada, Laurentic, Meganitic, and Teutonic. SS Canopic First Class Passenger List, 23 July 1911. GGA Image ID # 211fd34469
White Star-Dominion Canadian Service Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, from 17 June 1913 to 22 November 1913. Ships Included the Canada, Laurentic, Megantic, and Teutonic. The Laurentic and Megantic Carry First, Second, and Third Class Passengers. The Teutonic Carries Second and Third Class Passenger Only. The Dominion Line Steamer SS Canada Carries Second and Third Class Passengers Only. RMS Laurentic Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 20845df0dd
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York Service, from 5 June 1913 to 8 January 1914. Ships Included the Adriatic, Baltic, Cedric, and Celtic. RMS Laurentic Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 2084e6c859
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal and Liverpool-Portland, ME, from 6 September 1913 to 18 April 1914. Ships Included the Arabic, Canada, Cymric, Dominion, Laurentic, Megantic, and Teutonic. SS Cretic Passenger List, 22 November 1913. GGA Image ID # 1e57a61bc5
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York Service, from 9 October 1913 to 9 July 1914. Ships Included the Adriatic, Baltic, Cedric, Celtic, Cymric, Laurentic, and Megantic. SS Cretic Passenger List, 22 November 1913. GGA Image ID # 1e57d1734e
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Quebec-Montreal, from 25 May 1928 to 24 November 1928. Ships Included the Calgaric, Doric, Laurentic, and Regina. SS Doric Passenger List, 19 May 1928. GGA Image ID # 206d1f4798
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Québec-Montréal and Le Havre-Southampton-Québec-Montréal, from 14 July 1928 to 10 November 1928. Ships Included the Albertic, Calgaric, Doric, Laurentic, Megantic, and Regina. SS Lapland Passenger List, 31 August 1928. GGA Image ID # 1ebeb75533
Westbound Sailings of the White Star Line from 6 October 1934 to 2 February 1935. Ships Included the Alaunia, Antonia, Aquitania, Ascania, Athenia, Aurania, Ausonia, Berengaria, Britannic, Carinthia, Franconia, Georgic, Laconia, Lancastria, Laurentic, Letitia, Majestic, Olympic, Samaria, Scythia, and Transylvania. The Schedule Includes Originating, Calling, and Destination Ports for Each Voyage. RMS Britannic Passenger List, 6 October 1934. GGA Image ID # 1e3159e0ee
Eastbound Sailings of the White Star Line from 6 October 1934 to 14 February 1935. Ships Included the Alaunia, Antonia, Aquitania, Ascania, Athenia, Aurania, Ausonia, Berengaria, Britannic, Carinthia, Doric, Franconia, Georgic, Laconia, Lancastria, Laurentic, Letitia, Majestic, Olympic, Samaria, Scythia, and Transylvania. The Schedule Includes Originating, Calling, and Destination Ports for Each Voyage. RMS Britannic Passenger List, 6 October 1934. GGA Image ID # 1e3178f51a
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Advertisement: White Star Line Special Winter Cruises, 1928. Ships Included the Adriatic, Calgaric, Doric, Homeric, Laurentic, and Megantic. RMS Baltic Cabin Class Passenger List, 3 March 1928. GGA Image ID # 20c06e3593
Advertisement: RMS Laurentic Canadian Service of the White Star Line. RMS Doric, 19 May 1928 Passenger List. GGA Image ID # 208403d7d7
SS Laurentic of the White Star Line, Triple-Screw, 18,724 Tons. Mediterranean Cruises for 1929. RMS Adriatic First Class Passenger List, 8 February 1929. GGA Image ID # 208b08172e
Advertisement: White Star Line Second Annual Series 1930, Tourist Third Cabin Cruises to the Mediterranean, The Holy Land, and Egypt. Ships Include the Adriatic, Britannic, and Laurentic. Departures from New York Starting 9 January 1930. Full 46-Day Cruise with Complete Shore Excursion Program Including Five Days in Egypt $420.00. Full Cruise Without Shore Excursions $300.00. First Class $695 and Up. RMS Arabic Passenger List, 16 August 1929. GGA Image ID # 1e4ce3b698
White Star Line Winter Sunshine Cruises for 1930-1931 by the SS Laurentic 18,724 Tons, SS Calgaric 16,063 Tons, and Cruises to the Mediterranean, Holy Land, and Egypt on the Adriatic or Britannic. RMS Homeric Passenger List, 6 August 1930. GGA Image ID # 1f0fa05d2b
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White Star Line Services, Liverpool to Australia, New York or Boston to New Zealand, Southampton-Cherbourg-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York, and Cross-Channel Services, 1913. SS Laurentic Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 20842791b0
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Title Page, RMS Laurentic Second Class Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 208b1f4ee0
Title Page, SS Laurentic Gala Dinner Menu, 27 January 1928. GGA Image ID # 20813cf5fe
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Barber Fee Schedule for Ladies and Gentlemen. SS Laurentic Passenger List, 27 Februar 1930. GGA Image ID # 208b168544
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Wireless Telegram Rates For the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ship to Ship, and Ocean Letters. RMS Laurentic Passenger List, 24 June 1913. GGA Image ID # 208b45989f
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Cunard -- few names in the maritime industry are more redolent of the great days of ocean-going passenger liners and cruise ships. This book recalls the era when ocean travel by liner was at its height and the 'Queens' ruled the waves with page after page of beautiful photographs that tell its story. Glory Days: Cunard provides a vivid reminder of the lost grandeur of ocean travel.
Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1906-1914 Volume 1
An authentic replication to the smallest detail of the best of The Shipbuilder magazine, 1906-1914, including articles on the Titanic, Olympic, Lusitania, Mauretania, and more. This encyclopedic collection contains original text, photographs, and advertisements, as well as 22 fold-out blueprint plans, five color plates, a two-color Titanic cutaway folding advertisement and even two facsimile subscription forms.
Era of the Passenger Liner - 1992
The Gilded Era comes back to life as the reader relives the careers of stately ships and express greyhounds from immigrant ships to floating palaces. Scarce, large format book containing 288pp. Features photographs, statistics, and background of 280 passenger liners, each with a picture.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1858-1912
This initial volume deals with Ships from 1858-1912, from the first passenger ship of over 10,000 GRT to be placed in service (the Great Eastern) to those unforgettable sister ships, the Olympic and Titanic — the first of more than 40,000 GRT.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1913-1923
The period 1913-1923 is dealt with in this second volume. Although it was only a decade, it was one of the most turbulent passenger ships in history. Competition to produce ever-larger vessels declined between leading North Atlantic shipping companies. For 20 years, the ships of the Imperator Class were the largest in the world.
Great Passenger Ships of the World 1924-1935
Volume 3 in the series covers the years 1924-1935 and includes the introduction of the well-known superliners Normandie and Queen Mary, both of which successfully competed for the prestigious Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Liverpool and the Mersey, Vol. 1: Gladstone Dock and the Great Liners
More than 190 rare archive photographs and maps, many never before published, recount the story of this most famous dock and the Great passenger Ships that were once a regular sight there.
Majesty at Sea: The Four Stackers
The opulent and luxurious four-funnel passenger liners, of which only fourteen have ever been built, are unsurpassed in maritime history. Built between 1897 and 1921, these great vessels vied with each other in their standards of comfort, spaciousness, and speed, and great was the rivalry between their owners.
White Star Line - Merchant Fleets # 19
Despite the misfortunes of the White Star Line, it is still regarded with esteem and affection. For those born after the end of White Star, this vol. is, therefore, deliberately comprehensive and definitive. There is the usual chronological company history. Seventy-four scale profile drawings illustrate each of the 98 ships. The career history of each ship is given.
Ocean Steamers: A History of Ocean-Going Passenger Steamships 1820-1970
A history of the steam-powered passenger ship that details its story from the SS Savannah of 1819 to the SS Hamburg of 1969. It contains historical details of all civilian vessels built in the intervening years, with numerous illustrations and previously unpublished material.
Passenger Liners of the World Since 1893
The author here takes a nostalgic look back to the heyday of the passenger ship, providing a brief history of 211 ships of over 10,000 tons, together with specifications and technical details of each.
Passenger Ships of the World - 1963
🎓 “A Global Voyage Through Steamship History for Historians, Genealogists, and Maritime Enthusiasts”
Eugene W. Smith’s Passenger Ships of the World – Past and Present (1963) is a masterfully curated encyclopedic reference that charts the rise, peak, and transformation of ocean-going passenger ships through nearly two centuries. Expanding upon his earlier Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific works, Smith offers a global maritime panorama that includes ships serving the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Oceania, as well as Canal routes and California-Hawaii shuttle lines.
🧭 This book is an essential resource for:
- Maritime historians seeking design evolution and fleet data
- Genealogists tracing voyages and shipping lines
- Educators and students studying transoceanic migration and tourism
- Ship modelers, naval architects, and enthusiasts interested in dimensions, tonnage, and speed
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994
One of the most comprehensive pictorial references on ocean liners ever published, this superb chronicle by noted maritime historian William H. Miller, Jr., depicts and describes virtually every passenger ship of over 15,000 tons built between 1860 and the late 1900s.
Picture History of British Ocean Liners: 1900 to the Present
Over 200 rare black-and-white illustrations provide views of the ships at sea and in port, glimpses of lavish staterooms, lounges, dining areas, onboard photos of celebrities and royalty, and much more.
This book provides, in a narrative free from technical terms, a complete history of the development of steamships, showing the evolution of the modern ocean greyhound from the earliest experiments in marine engineering. The illustrations form a unique feature of this handsome volume.
THE ATLANTIC LINERS will be cherished by all the millions of Americans who love the sea. Frederick Emmons sketches the histories of every ocean liner that sailed between the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1970.
Tourist Third Cabin: Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years
Ocean Liners and New Vistas of Interwar Society From Immigrants to Tourists. The Changing Complexion of Translatlantic Passengers as The Soul of a Ship. Experience and Life of Below-Deck Personnel Traveling Palace or Floating Sweatshop. The Experience of Women Seafarers Projecting an Image: The Allure of Transatlantic Travel.
