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The Titanic Story: Timeline For 1876

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The success of the White Star Line’s ships on the Atlantic crossing was not lost on their rivals, Cunard and the Inman Line, who both ordered new and larger tonnage.

The White Star Line commissions bigger ships

It was the White Star Line’s intention to have the biggest ships on the Atlantic and countered their rivals’ orders with larger versions of the Oceanic, Britannic and Germanic, also built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast. Each ship was of 5,004 tons and accommodated 220 First Class and 1,500 Steerage passengers.

Britannic entered service in 1874, followed by Germanic in 1875.

1877

The White Star Line and the Inman Line received a share of he lucrative

mail contract, then held exclusively by Cunard. Ten years later the new contract was to be awarded jointly to the White Star Line and Cunard.

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