Oceanic (unfinished ship)
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Oceanic was the planned name of an unfinished ocean liner that was partially built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. It would have been the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1899. It was envisaged in 1926, with the idea of modernizing the transatlantic service of the company. With the arrival of Lord Kylsant at the head of the company, the planned size of the project increased, until it became that of a large ship destined to be the first to exceed the symbolic limit of 1,000 feet (305 m) in length and 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) in speed.
Digital painting of the Oceanic by Eric Okanume. | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Oceanic |
Owner | White Star Line (intended) |
Operator | White Star Line (intended) |
Ordered | 18 June 1928 |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast (keel laid only) |
Yard number | 844 |
Laid down | 28 June 1928 |
Fate | Construction halted on 23 July 1929; cancelled May 1930; and dismantled on slipway November 1931 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 70,000 - 85,000 GRT (estimated) |
Length | 1,050 ft (320.0 m) (intended) |
Beam | 120 ft (36.6 m) (estimated) |
Draught | 38 ft (11.6 m) (intended) |
Decks | 12 (intended) |
Installed power | Diesel-electric drive; 44 six-cylinder, exhaust turbo-charged, four-stroke, single-acting diesel generators; 275,000 IHP (200,000 SHP) |
Propulsion | Quadruple propellers |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (service speed); 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph) (max. speed) |
After several years of study, the construction began in June 1928 in the Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast. However, the work was carried out at a slow pace and ceased in June 1929, probably because further studies relating to the propulsion were needed. The Great Depression which began the same year and the financial affair which sent Lord Kylsant to prison in 1931 put a definitive end to the construction, for which the government refused to advance funds.
Within the White Star Line fleet, the planned Oceanic was replaced by two smaller ships, MV Britannic and MV Georgic.