List of White Star Line ships

The following is a list of ships operated by the White Star Line.

1853–1889

Ship	Built	White Star service	GRT	Notes	Image
Red Jacket	1853	1853–1878	2,305
White Star	1854	1854-1867	2,340
Blue Jacket	1854	1854–1869	1,790
Tayleur	1854	1854	4,000	Sank on her maiden voyage.
Oceanic	1870	1870–1895	3,707	The first steamship for the White Star Line, and often referred to as the Mother of Modern Liners.[1] During her maiden voyage the ship had to return to Liverpool due to overheated bearings.[1]
Atlantic	1871	1871–1873	3,707
Baltic	1871	1871–1889	2,122
Tropic	1871	1871–1873	2,122
Asiatic	1871	1871-1873	2,122
Republic	1872	1872-1889	3,984	Resembled the RMS Oceanic
Adriatic	1872	1872–1899	3,888
Celtic	1872	1872-1893	1,867
Traffic	1872	1872–1896	155	Tender
Belgic	1873	1873–1888	2,652
Gaelic	1873	1873–1896	2,685
Britannic	1874	1874–1903	5,004
Germanic	1875	1875–1903	5,008
Arabic	1883	1881–1890	4,368
Coptic	1881	1881–1908	4,448
Doric	1883	1883–1906	4,784
Ionic	1883	1883–1900	4,753
Belgic	1885	1885–1903	4,212
Gaelic	1885	1885–1905	4,206
Cufic	1885	1885–1901	4,639
Runic	1889	1889–1895	5,043	Later renamed the SS Imo, was involved in the Halifax explosion
Teutonic	1889	1889–1921	9,984

1890–1899

Ship	Built	White Star service	GRT	Notes	Image
Majestic	1890	1890–1914	9,965
Nomadic	1891	1891–1903	5,749
Tauric	1891	1891–1929	5,728
Magnetic	1891	1891–1932	619
Naronic	1892	1892–1893	6,594	Lost at sea sometime after February 11, 1893. Sister ship of SS Bovic
Bovic	1892	1892–1922	6,583
Gothic	1893	1893–1906	7,755
Cevic	1894	1894–1914	8,301
Pontic	1894	1894–1930	394
Georgic	1895	1895–1916	10,077
Delphic	1897	1897–1917	8,273
Cymric	1898	1898–1916	13,096
Afric	1898	1899–1917	11,948
Medic	1899	1892–1921	11,973
Persic	1899	1899–1935	11,973
Oceanic	1899	1899–1914	17,272

1900–1909

Ship	Built	White Star service	GRT	Notes	Image
Runic	1900	1900–1930	12,482
Suevic	1900	1900–1928	12,531
Celtic	1901	1901–1928	21,035
Athenic	1902	1902–1928	12,345
Corinthic	1902	1902–1931	12,367
Ionic	1903	1903–1934	12,352
Cedric	1903	1903–1931	21,073
Victorian	1895	1903–1904	8,825	Renamed SS Russian
Armenian	1895	1903–1915	8,825
Arabic	1903	1903–1915	15,801
Romanic	1898	1903–1912	11,394	Renamed SS Scandinavian
Cretic	1903	1903–1904	13,507
Republic	1903	1903–1909	15,400
Canopic	1900	1904–1925	12,268
Cufic	1895	1904–1923	8,249	Originally SS American
Tropic	1896	1904–1923	8,249	Originally SS European
Baltic	1904	1904–1933	23,876
Gallic	1894	1907–1913	12,352
Adriatic	1907	1907–1935	24,541
Laurentic	1908	1908–1917	14,892
Megantic	1909	1909–1933	14,878

1910–1919

Ship	Built	White Star service	GRT	Notes	Image
Zealandic	1911	1911–1926	8,090
Nomadic	1911	1911–1925	1,273	Tender (Note: only White Star Line vessel still existing)
Traffic	1911	1911–1927	675	Tender
Olympic	1911	1911–1935	45,324
Belgic	1913	1911–1913	9,748
Titanic	1912	1912	46,328	Sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg
Ceramic	1912	1913–1934	18,400
Vaderland	1910	1914–1917	11,899
Lapland	1909	1914–1920	17,540
Britannic	1914	1915–1916	48,158	Sank after striking a mine
Belgic	1914	1917–1923	27,132
Justicia	1914	1917–1918	32,234
Vedic	1918	1918–1934	9,302
Bardic	1918	1919–1925	9,332

1920–1932

Ship	Built	White Star service	GRT	Notes	Image
Gallic	1918	1920–1933	11,905
Mobile	1909	1920–1920	16,960
Arabic	1909	1920–1931	16,786
Homeric	1913	1922–1935	35,000
Haverford	1901	1921–1925	11,635
Poland	1897	1922–1925	8,282
Majestic	1914	1922–1936	56,551
Pittsburgh	1922	1922–1925	16,322
Doric	1923	1923–1935	16,484
Delphic	1918	1925–1933	8,002
Albertic	1920	1927–1934	18,940
Calgaric	1918	1927–1934	16,063
Laurentic	1927	1927–1940	18,724
Britannic	1929	1929–1949	26,943
Georgic	1932	1932–1949	27,759

References

Further reading

• Cameron, Stephen (2011). Belfast Shipbuilders: A Titanic Tale (1st ed.). Colourpoint Books. ISBN 978-1-906578-78-7.