the white star line went out of business in 1998.
the white star line went out of business in 1998.
when did the white star line go out of business?
1998
cunard-white star line, ltd., was a british shipping line which existed between 1934 and 1949, it was created as an operating company to control the joint shipping assets of the cunard line and the white star line after both companies experienced financial difficulties during the great depression. cunard white star controlled a total of twenty-five large ocean liners (with cunard contributing fifteen ships and white star ten). both cunard and white star were in dire financial trouble, and were looking to complete enormous liners: white star had hull 844 – rmmv "oceanic" – and cunard had hull 534, which would later become . cunard owned 62% of the new company, while white star owned the remaining 38%.
cunard-white star line
bullet::::- captain john w. binks (1874-1940), final master of "rms olympic". also final skipper of united states line "s.s. leviathan".









































section::::further reading.









































bullet::::- the ship's list









































bullet::::- history of the white star line









































bullet::::- red duster page on the white star line









































bullet::::- brief company overview









































bullet::::- info on the original financing deal









































bullet::::- gardiner, robin, "history of the white star line", ian allan publishing 2002.









































bullet::::- oldham, wilton j., "the ismay line: the white star line, and the ismay family story", the journal of commerce, liverpool, 1961
white star line