The Story of the So-Called “Ship of the Century”

Oceanic was the pinnacle of 19th-century shipbuilding…

Panos Grigorakakis
Maiden Voyage
Published in
6 min readMay 2, 2021

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The RMS Oceanic /Maritime Museum / Wikimedia Commons

The RMS Oceanic was the largest ocean liner of the 19th century. Launched in 1899, the ship incorporated in her design the most important technological advances of the previous decades and was notably more luxurious than her contemporary competitors.

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