RMS Oceanic Collection
RMS Oceanic, Twin-Screw, 17,274 Tons. White Star Line Famous Big 4, 16 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 1239e30f15
Oceanic (1899) White Star Line
Built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Ireland. Tonnage: 17,274. Dimensions: 685' x 68' (704' o.l.). Twin-screw, 21 knots. Triple expansion engines. Three masts and two funnels. Promenade deck was 400 feet long. Note: The first steamship to exceed the Great Eastern in length. Displacement of 28,500 tons. Cost $3,600,000 to build. Passengers: 410 first, 300 second, 1,000 third. Launched: January 14, 1899. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-New York, September 6, 1899. Speed Record: Made a westward passage in 5 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes. WW1 Service: Converted to an armed merchant cruiser in August 1914. Fate: Stranded on Foula Island, September 8, 1914 and became a total loss. The wreck was broken up for scrap.
1907 - White Star Line Fleet, History, and Services
Excellent brochure from the White Star Line covering all three classes of services at the height of the transatlantic immigrant trade. Profusely illustrated with many photographs of the ships and accommodations. Featured Ships: Arabic, Athenic, Baltic, Canopic, Cedric, Celtic, Corinthic, Cretic, Cymric, Ionic, Majestic, Oceanic, Republic, Romanic, Runic, and Teutonic.
1907-11-06 RMS Oceanic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 6 November 1907
- Route: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg and Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain H. J. Haddock
1909-12-08 RMS Oceanic Passenger List
- Steamship Line: White Star Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 8 December 1909
- Route: Southampton and Cherbourg to New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
- Commander: Captain H. J. Haddock C.B., R.D.
Sailing Schedules
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-Boston, and Boston-Mediterranean Service, from 18 June 1904 to 8 October 1904. Ships Included the Arabic, Baltic, Canopic, Cedric, Celtic, Cretic, Cymric, Majestic, Oceanic, Republic, Romanic, and Teutonic. RMS Celtic Passenger List, 19 August 1904. GGA Image ID # 1e4efde338
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-New York Service, from 6 July 1904 to 13 January 1905. Ships Included the Arabic, Baltic, Cedric, Celtic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. RMS Celtic Passenger List, 19 August 1904. GGA Image ID # 1e4e8ea9b7. Click to View Larger Image.
White Star Line American and Colonial Services. Proposed Sailings from 22 August 1905 to 28 October 1905. Ships Include the Arabic, Baltic, Canopic, Cedric, Celtic, Cretic, Cymric, Majestic, Oceanic, Republic, Romanic, and Teutonic. MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE—The "Arabic" sails from New York on Feb. 8th, 1906, for an extended Cruise to the Mediterranean under charter to Mr. F. C. Clark and will call at Madeira, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Algiers, Malta, Athens (Phaleron Bay), Constantinople, Smyrna. Haifa, Jaffa, Alexandria, Naples, and Villefranche, returning thence via Liverpool to New York, particulars on application to any of the Company's offices. RMS Majestic Passenger List, 30 August 1905. GGA Image ID # 1dd41e606f
American and Colonial Services, Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-Boston, Liverpool-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York, and New York-Boston-Mediterranean, from 21 August 1906 to 28 October 1906. Ships Included the Arabic, Baltic, Canopic, Cedric, Celtic, Cretic, Cymric, Majestic, Oceanic, Republic, Romanic, and Teutonic. MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE,—The "Arabic" sails from New York about February 7th, 1907, for an extended Cruise to the Mediterranean under charter to Mr. F. C. Clark, and will call at Madeira, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Algiers, Malta, Athens (Phaleron Bay), Constantinople, Smyrna, Caifa, Jaffa, Alexandria, Naples, and Villefranche, returning thence via Liverpool to New York. RMS Cymric Passenger List, 7 September 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e550c39be
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-New York Service, from 4 May 1906 to 9 January 1907. Ships Included the Baltic, Cedric, Celtic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. RMS Cymric Passenger List, 7 September 1906. GGA Image ID # 1e55bda7dd. Click to View Larger Image.
Sailing Schedule, Liverpool-New York Service, from 1 May 1907 to 6 December 1907. Ships Included the Adriatic, Arabic, Baltic, Cedric, Celtic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. RMS Republic Passenger List, 14 August 1907. GGA Image ID # 1e58351d4c
Sailing Schedule, Southampton-Cherbourg-New York Service, from 5 August 1908 to 13 January 1909. Ships Included the Adriatic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. Information and Fares for Cross-Channel Passages is also Listed. SS Romanic Passenger List, 4 October 1908. GGA Image ID # 1e57207633
Sailing Schedule, Southampton-Cherbourg-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York Service, from 5 May 1909 to 8 December 1909. Ships Include the Adriatic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. Rates for Cross-Channel Passages and Railway Fares are also Listed. RMS Arabic Passenger List, 11 June 1909. GGA Image ID # 1e4b05d9fa
Sailing Schedule, Southampton-Cherbourg-Queenstown (Cobh)-New York Service, from 22 June 1910 to 11 January 1911. Ships Included the Adriatic, Majestic, Oceanic, and Teutonic. RMS Cymric Passenger List, 26 July 1910. GGA Image ID # 1e560cb675
Photographs
RMS Oceanic FIrst Class Dining Saloon, Showing Dome, circa 1907. White Star Line Famous Big 4, 16 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 14465bca5c
RMS Oceanic First Class Smoking Room, Entrance to Library, and Library - circa 1907. White Star Line Famous Big 4, 16 April 1909. GGA Image ID # 1446888f93
Second Class Smoking Room and Dining Saloon on the RMS Oceanic. White Star Line Service Brochure, 1907. GGA Image ID # 144c852a50
