RMS Oceanic (1899)

60°07.05′N 001°58.30′W / 60.11750°N 1.97167°W / 60.11750; -1.97167

RMS Oceanic
Class overview
Name	Oceanic
Builders	Harland and Wolff
Operators	White Star Line  Royal Navy
Preceded by	Teutonic class Jubilee class
Succeeded by	Big Four class
In service	1899–1914
Completed	1
Lost	1
History
United Kingdom
Name	RMS Oceanic (1899-1914) HMS Oceanic (1914)
Owner	White Star Line
Operator	White Star Line (1899-1914) Royal Navy (1914)
Route	Liverpool–Cobh–New York (1899-1907) and Southampton-Cherbourg-New York (1907-1914)
Builder	Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number	317
Laid down	1897
Launched	14 January 1899
Completed	26 August 1899
Maiden voyage	6 September 1899
Out of service	8 September 1914
Fate	Ran aground off Foula, Shetland, 8 September 1914
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	17,274 GRT, 6,996 NRT
Length	704 ft (215 m)
Beam	68.4 ft (20.8 m)
Installed power	Triple expansion reciprocating engines; 28,000 hp (21,000 kW)
Propulsion	Two propellers
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) (cruising) 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum)
Capacity	410 First class 300 Second class 1,000 Third Class.
Crew	349

RMS Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in the world until 1901.^[1] At the outbreak of World War I she was converted into an armed merchant cruiser. On 8 August 1914 she was commissioned into Royal Navy service.

On 25 August 1914, the newly designated HMS Oceanic departed Southampton to patrol the waters from the North Scottish mainland to Faroe. On 8 September she ran aground and was wrecked off the island of Foula, in the Shetland Islands.