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Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as liners...

Timeline of Events

1914

5.29.1914

Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.

5.30.1914

The new and then largest Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.

1938

9.27.1938

Ocean liner ''Queen Elizabeth'' launched in Glasgow.

1956

7.25.1956

45 miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS ''Andrea Doria'' collides with the MS ''Stockholm'' in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.

1969

5.2.1969

The British ocean liner ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.

2004

1.12.2004

The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.