once the pride of the White Star Line, had met its end. The Oceanic earned the unfortunate distinction of being the first Allied passenger ship lost in the Great War, a tragic victim of ...

BELFAST, Ireland, Jan. 14. -- The White Star Line steamer Oceanic, the largest ship ever built, was successfully launched at Harlan Wolff's yard this morning, in the presence of an enormous crowd.

The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, had two sister ships almost identical in size and luxury: ...