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In 1807, Fulton's Clermont became the first commercailly successful steamer. Image ( Wikipedia, 2014)
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In 1811, They initiated steamboat service on the Mississippi river. Image ( Britannica, 2014)
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In 1818, the Black Ball Line was invented, from England to the United states, also New York and Liverpool. Image (Wikipedia, 2014)
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In 1822, There were four New York to Liverpool. Image (Ship and shipping, 2014)
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In 1838, the first voage SS Great Western designed by railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, also began its first Atlantic service in 1837. It took 5 days cross the Atlantic as compared two months by sail-powered ship.
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In 1840, Cunard Line's RMS Britannia began its first time regular passenger and cargo service by a steamship, sailing from liverpool to boston. Image(Wikipedia, 2014)
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Wooding sailing ships reached their highest level of development between 1840-1950.
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In 1847, The SS Great Britian became the first iron-hulled screw driven ship to across the Atlantic. Image (Wikipedia, 2014)
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IN 1870, The white star Line's RMS Oceanic, seat a new standard for ocean travel by having its first-class cabins amidships, with added amenity of large portholes, electricity and running water. Image (Wikipedia, 2014)
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The size of ocean liners increases from 1880 to meet the needs of immigration to the United states and Australia. Image (Ocean Liners, 2014)
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RMS Umbria and her sister ship RMS Etruria, both ships were built by John Elder & Co, of Glasgow, scotland, In 1884. Image (Wikipedia, 2014)
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By about 1887 the world's steamships exceeded sailing ships in tonnage. Image (fFirst steam boat that Mississippi river William Leigh Pierce New Madrid 1811 Earthquake Account, 2014)
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In 1891, The CPR shipping divisions began its first Pacific operation. Image (CPships, 2014)
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The total of sailing vesselsreached a peak of about 9 million in 1892. Steamship and motor-ship tonnage, on the other hand, has increased more than tenfold since 1892. Image (Britannica, 2014)
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Experiments with petroleum for fuel had been madde before 1900, and In 1902 stemaers on the United States West Coast adopted oil as fuel.
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In 1905, the British Cunard Line fitted RMS Carmania, with steam turbines, which then outperformed its nearly identical sister , RMS Caronia, which was powered by quadrupple- expansion steam engines. Image (WIkipedia, 2014)
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In 1907, Cunard introduced the much larger RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania, both powered by steam turbines.
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In 1910, white star line launched RMS Olympic, the first of trio of 45,000 plus of gross ton liners, along with RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic. Image (Wikipedia, 2014)
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In 1912, the titanic sank after hitting an iceberg , with more than 1,500 fatalities. (Wikipedia, 2014)
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Until the 1920s, most shipping liines relied heavily on emigration for passengers.
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In 1921, the imperator was launched.
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In 1928, the German ships SS Bremen and SS Europa bested the speed recod set by Mauretania 20 years ealier with an average speed of almost 28 knots.
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In 1933, the Italian Line's 51,100-tom ocean liner SS rex, with a time of fours day and thirteen hours, captured the westbound Blue Riband, which she held for two years.
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In 1935, French liner SS Normandia used a revolutionary new hull design and powerful turbo-electric trnasmission to take the Blue Riband from the Rex.
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Queen Mary held the Blue Riband in 1936-1937
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also Queen held the Blue Riband from 1938-1952
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The Italian Line;s SS Michelangelo and SS Raffaello, launched in 1962 and 1963, were two of the last ocean liners to be built primarily for liner service across the North Atlantic.
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Until the lauch of RMS Queen Mary 2 in 2003.
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After retirement of the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2008, the only ocean liner in service was Queen Mary 2, used for both point line voyaged and for hotels.
