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WSL White Star Line

United Kingdom · Defunct — merged with Cunard, 1934 · HQ: Liverpool

Titanic's owner — the Liverpool line that bet on size and comfort over speed.

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Group / allianceDefunct — merged with Cunard, 1934
Founded1845
MarkWSL
Historical ships1
The whole fleet

Every White Star Line ship, in brief

White Star Line's fleet belongs to history: the Olympic class (Olympic, Titanic, Britannic) crowned an Edwardian fleet of more than twenty liners before the company merged into Cunard-White Star in 1934.

We profile the flagships in full below — the rest of the fleet joins ships.fyi class by class.

The fleet

What White Star Line operates

Full coverage of this line’s fleet is in build — the profile below is here because the line matters to the story of the giants.

Operated Titanic — the most famous ship ever built →
The history

Gone from the fleet

Good to know

White Star Line, in a few facts

  • Ordered the Olympic class — Olympic, Titanic and Britannic — as the largest moving objects yet built, challenging Cunard on luxury rather than pace.
  • Lost Titanic in 1912 and Britannic, serving as a hospital ship, to a mine in 1916; only Olympic had a full career.
  • Merged with arch-rival Cunard in 1934 during the Depression — the combined company's ships flew both house flags for decades.
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