Transatlantic Cruise
Many people like to cruise the Atlantic by ocean liner or cruise from the British Isles or other part of Europe to the East coast of the USA. Some may want to like to to cross by a cruise liner to cross by luxury. They may want to tour the Atlantic coast to see the culture and landscapes of the different regions of the Atlantic coast. Some may want to see the Azores or the east coast of the USA. Some may want to see the east coast of the Caribbean. Some may want to travel on luxury ocean liner with great luxury facilities and access to quality scenery.
Some may want to cross the Atlantic by ocean liner or cruise ship for fun entertainment or dsiscovery.
Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo between North America and Europe. Prior to the 19th century, transatlantic crossings were undertaken in sailing ships, which was a time consuming and often perilous journey. Transatlantic crossings became faster, safer, and more reliable with the advent of steamships. The Blue Riband is awarded for the record fastest crossing. Grand ocean liners began making regularly scheduled crossings, and soon it became a symbol of national and company status to build the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ocean liner for transatlantic crossings. Examples of some famous transatlantic liners are RMS Lusitania, RMS Mauretania, RMS Titanic, SS United States, RMS Queen Mary, SS Normandie, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, and RMS Queen Mary 2.
The Blue Riband is the award received by the ship with the record for the fastest transatlantic crossing. The term is believed to have been derived from Cordon Bleu. The first steam-only powered crossing of the Atlantic was in 1838. The Blue Riband was a creation of the transatlantic shipping companies in the 1860s, for the publicity opportunities of possessing the fastest ship. There were separate awards for the fastest eastbound and westbound crossings. It was represented by a blue pennant flown from the topmast of the ship, until 1935 when Sir Harold Keates Hales (1868-1942), a British politician and owner of Hales Brothers shipping company, initiated a trophy.
The Hales Trophy is awarded on the basis of average speed, since the distance of transatlantic routes varies. Theoretically the endpoints could be any port in the Canadian Maritimes or the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in the west, and any port in Ireland, Britain, or western Europe in the east, but traditionally routings considered for transatlantic records tend to involve service to or from New York City. The last "superliner" to hold the trophy was SS United States, which in 1952 set an eastbound time that was not beaten until 1990, and a westbound record that still stands today.
The SS Sirius was a side-wheel steamship built in 1837. She was the first ship to cross the Atlantic solely on steampower, though she was also rigged for sail, possessing two masts.
This famous crossing from London to New York ended on April 22, 1838 with a crossing time of 18 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes[2]. Sirius thus became the first bearer of the Blue Riband, a decoration for being for the ship with the fastest east-west Atlantic crossing, even when the decoration still was unknown at the time.
To the great surprise of the passengers and crew of Sirius, the record was only held few hours; the day after, the SS Great Western called in New York having done the crossing approximately three days faster. Sirius only did one further round trip and then had to discontinue the Atlantic service due to a lack of customers.
Sirius was wrecked on January 16, 1847 near Ballycotton, Ireland with the loss of 20 lives.
The steamship SS Great Western, launched in 1837 and named after the Great Western Railway Company, was the first steamship purposely built for the Atlantic crossing. When it completed the crossing on 23 April 1838, it was the fastest ship ever to do so, also beating the SS Sirius (1837) which arrived a few hours earlier.
The RMS Britannia was an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. She was launched on February 5th, 1840, at the yard of Robert Duncan & Company in Greenock, Scotland. The ship and her sisters, Acadia, Caledonia, and Columbia, were the first ocean liners built by the company.
The Britannia was a small ship, 207 feet long and 34 feet across the beam, with three masts. She was relatively fast for the time at about ten knots. She had paddle wheels and her two-cylinder side-valve engine (from Robert Napier) had an output of about 740 i.h.p. She had a displacement of 1,154 tons. She was capable of carrying 115 passengers with a crew of 82.
On her maiden voyage, on July 4th, 1840, she made Halifax, Nova Scotia from Liverpool, England in 12 days and 10 hours. Her homeward run was made in just 10 days at an average speed of 10 knots (19 km/h).
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, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (e.g. for pleasure cruises or as troopships). Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as liners. The category does not include ferries or other vessels engaged in short-sea trading, nor dedicated cruise ships where the voyage itself, and not transportation, is the prime purpose of the trip. Nor does it include tramp steamers even if equipped to handle limited numbers of passengers, nor other cargo vessels (although many shipping companies refer to themselves as "lines" and their container ships,
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