List of White Star Line ships

The following is a list of ships operated by the White Star Line.

1846–1869
Ship BuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Elizabeth18421846-18??1600Brig, Liverpool -> Montreal
David Cannon18471852-18541331Wrecked Jun 1854 at Halifax
Iowa18491849-1853879Sold 1853, missing 1854 en route from Liverpool to Australia
Bhurtpoor18511851-1853978Wrecked 18 September 1853 Wexford
Tantivy18511852-18681040
Jessie Munn18521852-1863875Sold 1863, abandoned 1868
Fitzjames18521852-18681195Broken up between 1895 and 1905
Defence18??1853-18?? ?
Tayleur185418544,000Sank on maiden voyage.
Arabian18521854-18661068Scrapped in 1866.
Red Jacket18531854–18782305Sold 1866, hulk 1882
Emma18531854-18581049
Golden Era18531854-18581557Lost 22 June 1858
Mermaid18531854-18621321Wrecked in 1883
White Star18541855-18662340Sold 1866; Wrecked off the Irish coast in 1883 [1]
Shepherdess18551855-18601126Sank 15 September 1860
King of Algeria18561856-18??1707
Royal Saxon18571857-18??1109
Annie Wilson18541857-18??1191Abandoned 1867
Prince of the Seas18531858-18611326Burnt Nov 1861 at Anchorage
Blue Jacket18541858-1863986Wrecked 1863 at Saugor Island
Carntyne18521859-1863940Lost 1863
Shalimar18541860-18??1402Sold 1869
Electric18571860-18??1106Condemned 1864
Ocean Home18581860-18??596Sold 1863
Blue Jacket18581860-18691790Burnt 9 March 1869 near Falklands
Lord Raglan18541860-18??1904Missing 26 February 1863 Liverpool -> Melbourne
Chariot of Fame18531861-18??2050Abandoned Jan 1876
Queen of the North18601862-18681668Taken over 1868
Silistria18541862-??1182Liverpool to Victoria BC route
Glendevon18621862-1870954Sold 1870
Donna Maria (ex-Beaconsfield)18621862-18??810Lost 24 November 1877
Cecilia18631863-1866612Sold 1866
Albert William18631863-18??505Wrecked Sep 1900
Royal Standard18631863-18671182Sold 1867
Santon18631863-1866511Sold 1866
Ulcoats18631863-18??671Missing 1874
Tornado18521863-18671720Sold 1867
Golden Sunset18631864-18??628Wrecked 17 December 1866
Sam Cearns18641864-18671422Sold Jan 1867
W. H. Haselden18641864-1866897Sold 1866
Sirius18651865-1866491Sold foreign 1866

1870–1889
ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Oceanic18701870–18953,707The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners.[2]
Atlantic18711871–18733,707Wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia 1 April 1873 with the loss of 535 lives.
Baltic18711871–18892,122Sold to the Holland America Line in 1889 and renamed Veendam. In 1898 she collided with a wreck and sank without loss of life.
Tropic18711871–18732,122Sold in 1873
Asiatic18711871-18732,122Sold in 1873
Republic18721872-18893,984Resembled the RMS Oceanic
Adriatic18721872–18993,888Scrapped in 1899
Celtic18721872-18931,867Sold to the Danish Thingvalla Line and renamed Amerika. Broken up in 1898.
Traffic18721872–1896155Tender
Belgic18731873–18882,652wrecked in 1884
Gaelic18731873–18962,685wrecked and scrapped in 1896
Britannic18741874–19035,004Scrapped in 1903
Germanic18751875–19035,008Sold to Turkey in 1908. Scrapped in 1950
Arabic18811881–18904,368Sold to the Holland America line in 1890 and renamed Spaarndam. Scrapped in 1901
Coptic18811881–19084,448
Doric18831883–19064,784
Ionic18831883–19004,753
Belgic18851885–19034,212
Gaelic18851885–19054,206
Cufic18851885–19014,639sunk in 1919
Runic18891889–18955,043Later renamed the SS Imo, was involved in the Halifax explosion Wrecked on 30 November 1921
Teutonic18891889–19219,984First armed merchant cruiser and last White Star liner to hold the Blue Riband.

1890–1899
ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Majestic18901890–19149,965
Nomadic18911891–19035,749
Tauric18911891–19295,728
Magnetic18911891–1932619Tender
Naronic18921892–18936,594Vanished at sea sometime after 11 February 1893. Sister ship of SS Bovic
Bovic18921892–19226,583
Gothic18931893–19067,755
Cevic18941894–19148,301
Pontic18941894–1930394Tender
Georgic18951895–191610,077Scuttled by the SMS Möwe on 10 December 1916
Delphic18971897–19178,273Torpedoed and sunk by UC-72 on 16 August 1917
Cymric18981898–191613,096Torpedoed and sunk by U-20 on 8 May 1916
Afric18981899–191711,948Torpedoed and sunk by UC-66
Medic18991892–192111,973Sold, 1928 Sunk, 12 September 1942
Persic18991899–193511,973
Oceanic18991899–191417,272Ran aground off, Foula, Shetland, 8 September 1914

1900–1909
ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Runic19001900–193012,482Sold, 1930 Sunk, 21 September 1940
Suevic19001900–192812,531Ran aground in 1907, bow removed to salvage the vessel. Bow rebuilt and vessel resumed service in 1908. Sold in 1928, Sunk on 1 April 1942
Celtic19011901–192821,035First of the Big Four. Ran aground in 1928, scrapped on site.
Athenic19021902–192812,345
Corinthic19021902–193112,367
Ionic19031903–193412,352
Cedric19031903–193121,073Scrapped in 1932.
Victorian18951903–19048,825Renamed SS Russian Torpedoed and sunk on 14 December 1916
Armenian18951903–19158,825Torpedoed and sank U-24 on 28 June 1915.
Arabic19031903–191515,801Torpedoed and sunk by U-24 on 19 August 1915
Romanic18981903–191211,394Renamed SS Scandinavian
Cretic19031903–190413,507
Republic19031903–190915,400Sank on 24 January 1909
Canopic19001904–192512,268
Cufic18951904–19238,249Originally SS American
Tropic18961904–19238,249Originally SS European
Baltic19041904–193323,876Scrapped in 1933.
Gallic 18941907–191312,352
Adriatic19071907–193524,541Scrapped in 1935.
Laurentic19081908–191714,892Sunk by mines 25 January 1917
Megantic19091909–193314,878

1910–1919
ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Zealandic19111911–19268,090Sold in 1939, it struck a sunken shipwreck off Cromer on 3 June 1941 and was later torpedoed by an E-boat.
Nomadic19111911–19251,273Tender (Note: only White Star Line vessel still existing)
Traffic19111911–1927675Tender
Olympic19111911–193545,324Scrapped in 1935.[3]
Belgic19131911–19139,748
Titanic1912191246,328Sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg
Ceramic19121913–193418,400Sold 1934, Sunk by torpedo, 6–7 December 1942
Vaderland19101914–191711,899Torpedoed and sunk by U-70 on 4 June 1917
Lapland19091914–192017,540
Britannic19141915–191648,158Never entered passenger service. Sank after striking a mine in the Aegean Sea as a hospital ship.
Belgic19141917–192327,132
Justicia19141917–191832,234Ex- Statendam of Holland America Line, Torpedo and sank in 1918.
Vedic19181918–19349,302
Bardic19181919–19259,332Sold in 1925, bombed and sunk on 9 March 1941

1920–1932
ShipBuiltWhite Star serviceGRTNotesImage
Gallic19181920–193311,905
Mobile1909192016,960
Arabic19091920–193116,786
Haverford19011921–192511,635
Homeric19131922–193535,000Ex-Columbus, awarded to White Star Line by the Allies as compensation for the Oceanic. Scrapped in 1936.
Majestic19141922–193656,551Ex-Bismark awarded to White Star Line by the Allies as compensation for the Britannic. Sold in 1936, sank in 1940, scrapped in 1944.
Poland18971922–19258,282
Pittsburgh19221922–192516,322sold in 1926 sunk on 25 April 1941
Doric19231923–193516,484
Regina 1917 1925-1929 16,313
Delphic19181925–19338,002
Albertic19201927–193418,940
Calgaric19181927–193416,063
Laurentic19271927–194018,724Sold in 1939 torpedoed by U-99 November 3-4, 1940 The last steamship built for the White Star Line and the last White Star Line ship to sink.
Oceanic 1928 60,000-80,000 Never finished
Britannic19291929–194926,943Scrapped in 1961.
Georgic19321932–194927,759Bombed and sunk in July 1941, salvaged by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd in October 1941, refloated and restored 1942-1944, resumed service as a troop carrier in 1945, resumed civil service in 1948, Scrapped in 1956.

References
  1. https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164350
  2. Cameron (2011), p. 183.
  3. Chirnside, Mark (2004). The Olympic-Class Ships. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-2868-0.

The White Star Sailing Packets, Captain E. A. Woods

Further reading
  • Cameron, Stephen (2011). Belfast Shipbuilders: A Titanic Tale (1st ed.). Colourpoint Books. ISBN 978-1-906578-78-7.
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