Reference code
IE CA PH/1/149
Title
'Oceanic' Liner leaving Cork Harbour
Date(s)
- c.1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Glass Plate Negative; 8 cm x 8 cm
Name of creator
(26 February 1875-20 August 1953)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
A view of the White Star Liner ‘Oceanic’ leaving Queenstown (now Cobh) Harbour in 1905. Launched in 1899, it was largest ship in the world until 1901. At the outbreak of the First World War, the ship was requisitioned for service in the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser. In September 1914, the ship ran aground off the coast of Shetland and was wrecked. She was the first Allied passenger ship to be lost in the war.