Majestic, 1914
Scope and Contents
The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.
Dates
- Creation: 1914
Extent
From the Collection: 320 record(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Vessel Details
Line: White Star Line
Builder and location: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany
Tonnage and dimensions: 56,551 tons; 915' x 100'
Machinery and speed: Quadruple-screw, 24 knots
Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 3 funnels
Passengers: 1st class: 700; 2nd class: 545; 3rd class: 850
Routes: Southampton-Cherbourg-NY
History: Launched as BISMARCK for Hamburg-American Line. Handed over to British government 1919. Bought jointly by Cunard and White Star. Completed Mar. 1922 at Hamburg. Maiden voyage May 1922 as MAJESTIC. In 1934 became part of amalgamated Cunard-White Star Line.
Legacy record identifier: Majestic1914
Repository Details
Part of the Other Resources Repository
Mystic Seaport Museum
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