THE WHITE STAR LINE 

The White Star Line had originally been a company serving Australia during the great Australian gold rush. The company went bankrupt as the gold rush faded, and on January 18th, 1868, Thomas Henry Ismay bought the company for £1,000. From this point forward, the White Star Line commissioned ships ships from their close partners, Harland and Wolff. Under this agreement H&W launched their first ship for White Star Line, Oceanic in August of 1870. Oceanic was truly ground-breaking, she was the first true super-liner, her size and design were practically never seen before. 
Soon after Oceanic's completion, identical sister-ships were built by Harland and Wolff for White Star Line, Atlantic, Baltic and Republic.) . These new ships would completely revolutionize commercial passenger trade, however, White Star Line would soon experience its first disaster in 1873, when ...