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RMS Oceanic
RMS Oceanic in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
RMS Oceanic is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901. At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser. On 8 August 1914 she was commissioned into Royal Navy service. On 25 August 1914, the newly designated HMS Oceanic departed Southampton to patrol the waters from the North Scottish mainland to Faroe. On 8 September she ran aground and was wrecked off the island of Foula, in the Shetland Islands.
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Background
History
In the late 1890s the White Star Line's existing flagship ocean liners and both launched in 1889, had become outmoded due to rapid advances in marine technology: Their competitors, the Cunard Line, had introduced the and in 1893, and from 1897 the German Norddeutscher Lloyd began introducing four new s beginning with . In order to compete with these ships the White Star Line needed to produce a new flagship which could rival them.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 60.1170, -1.9807
- Established
- 1899
Sources
- wikidata: Q2302040 (CC0)
- wikipedia: RMS Oceanic (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is RMS Oceanic?
- RMS Oceanic is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- When was RMS Oceanic built?
- Built or established in 1899.
- Who owns RMS Oceanic?
- RMS Oceanic is owned by White Star Line.