Titanic 2015 page 1

Titanic 2015 page 1 by ric Gustafson


In 1839, Samuel Cunard secured a contract with the British government to provide a mail service from Liverpool to Boston. In the next year, the Cunard Line produced the first purpose built ocean liner. The liner's name was Britannia. Soon after, the Acadia, the Caledonia and the Columbia were built. For three decades, the Cunard Line remained unchallenged.
In 1867, the White Star Line was taken over by Thomas Henry Ismay. The line formed a business partnership with a Belfast shipbuilder named Harland and Wolff.  The first ship built was the Oceanic which was completed in 1871. Within a few years, the Adriatic, the Baltic and the Germanic were built. For the next twenty years, Cunard and White Star competed for ship building honors. Cunard built the Campania and Lucania. White Star built the Teutonic and the Majestic. Germany built the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse which featured four funnels for the first time.


research help: ' Book of the Titanic' by Imagine Publishing


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