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The Golden Age of Ocean Liners Quiz

Test your knowledge about the golden age of ocean liners, their history, and their impact on maritime travel.

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1 In addition, the ________ was established to monitor the busy north-Atlantic shipping lanes for icebergs.

2 The period between the end of the 19th century and ________ is considered the "golden age" of ocean liners.

3 The majority of the superliners of the 'twenties and 'thirties were victims of ________, mines or enemy aircraft.

4 Ships contracted to carry British ________ used the designation RMS.

5 To make matters worse, the ________ put many shipping lines into bankruptcy.

6 In 1914 the Empress of Ireland sank in the ________ with 1,012 lives lost.

7 Before World War II, ________ had not been a huge threat to ocean liners.

8 In 1905, the British ________ fitted its liner Carmania with steam turbines with which it outperformed its near-identical sister Caronia, powered by triple-expansion steam engines.

9 Canadian Pacific Railway became one of the largest transportation systems in the world combining with ships and railways operating from ________.

10 In addition to passengers, liners carried ________ and cargo.

đź’ˇ Interesting Facts

  • the troop transport USS Wakefield, a former luxury liner, operated in World War II as a "lone wolf" by relying on her speed to avoid Nazi U-Boats.
  • the Royal Navy repair ship HMS Artifex previously served as a liner for Cunard and as an armed merchant cruiser.
  • the ocean liner SS Paris, built in 1913, reached such heights of luxury and service that sea gulls purportedly followed it more than any other ship, hoping to feast on scraps of haute cuisine that were thrown overboard.
  • the American Palestine Line claimed that its ship the SS President Arthur was the first ocean liner to fly the Zionist flag when it began service in 1925.
  • the Pennsylvania class ocean liners—Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (later USS Supply, pictured)—were the largest iron ships built in the United States upon their completion in 1874.
  • when the German U-boat UB-13 sank the neutral Dutch ocean liner Tubantia in March 1916, one of the German excuses was that the torpedo had been fired ten days before and just happened to hit the ship.
  • the Norwegian ocean liner SS Bergensfjord was requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport in 1940 and used as a troop ship throughout the Second World War.
  • the Swedish American Line was the first transatlantic shipping company to operate a diesel-engined ocean liner.
  • the ocean liner SS Shalom accidentally rammed and bisected the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali, sinking the bow of the tanker but not the stern.
  • the ocean liner SS Leonardo da Vinci was constructed in 1960 with provisions to be nuclear-powered.
  • besides mechanical failures, fuel leaks and collisions, the passenger liner SS Iberia also suffered multiple fires and blackouts, and twice grounded in the Suez Canal, before she was finally decommissioned in 1972.
  • after sinking the British ocean liner SS Dwinsk in June 1918, the German submarine U-151 remained in the area and used the survivors in seven lifeboats as a lure in order to try to sink additional Allied ships.
  • SS Rajputana, a P&O liner traveling between Plymouth, England and Lahore, British India, was converted into a cruiser and eventually sunk by a German U-boat west of Iceland.
  • during World War I, a torpedo struck the ocean liner SS Kroonland, (pictured) but failed to explode.
  • journalist Albert Londres was one of the 54 people killed in the fire onboard the French ocean liner Georges Philippar on 15 May 1932.
  • the Dutch ocean liner Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft caught fire before entering service, in service, and on her way to the scrapyard.
  • the cruise ship MS Astor (pictured) was ordered in 1985 as an ocean liner for Safmarine's UK–South Africa service, but the service was abandoned before the ship was completed.
  • several US Navy WWII troop transports, such as USS Hermitage, USS Monticello and USS Lejeune, were former ocean liners that were seized from the enemy.
  • Italy's Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico shipyard built two ocean liners named MS Stockholm for the Swedish American Line between 1936 and 1941, neither of which operated commercially.
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