Greyhounds of the Atlantic Trivia Quiz

Answer: Berengaria

There were 14 four funnel ships from only 3 countries, Germany, UK and France. The first one was the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of Germany's Norddeutscher Lloyd the last one in service was the Cunarder Aquitania (Nicknamed the "ship beautiful").

The Berengaria was originally the German liner Imperator launched in 1913 and was taken as a spoil of war after WWI and given to Cunard. By the time is was built people had decided that they would rather have the extra deck space and so it had 3 funnels.

Answer: Parthia

The RMS Parthia was built in 1870 and lasted until 1956 for a whopping 86 years of service.
The White Star Liner Germanic served a close second at 75 years from 1875 until 1950. The Gripsholm served 41 years from 1925 until 1966 and the Justica only served a single year, from 1917 to 1918.

Answer: Victorian

The Allen Liner Victorian built in 1904 was the first also the first ship on the North Atlantic run with 3 screws.

Answer: Sirius

The Sirius was actually a coal ship converted for passenger use and chartered by British & American Steam Navigation Co. because their new ship the Royal Victoria was not yet ready. She made it but had to burn much of her furniture, doors and even her spare mast in order to claim that they had made it totally under steam power.

Answer: United States

The SS United States held the Blue Ribband since 1952 averaging an amazing 35.59 knots shaving ten hours of the Queen Mary's 14 year record. That record crossing was made at a remarkable 75% power. At full steam the ship could go 40 knots. She has been held up for years in Boston waiting to be rebuilt as a Norwegian Cruise Line American flag ship.

Answer: Norddeutscher Lloyd

Norddeutscher Lloyd Line had four "4-stackers". The groundbreaking Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Kronprinz Wilhelm and the Kronprinzessin Cecilie. The White Star line had three "4-stackers" although only one saw real service - the Olympic. (The Titanic and Britannic both sunk shortly after going into service).

The Cunard Line had three "4-stackers" - the Mauretania, the Lusitania and the Aquitania while the Allen Line never had a 4 funnel ship.

Answer: Washington

The City of New York was the first ship built with 2 propellers but the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French Line) ship Washington was converted from paddle wheels in 1868 to two propellers and so truly holds this title.

Answer: Teutonic

Until the Teutonic, ships were still rigged for sailing in case their steam engines failed. The advent of the twin propellers opened the door for ships like the Teutonic to shed their sails.

Answer: Harland and Wolff Co., Ltd.

The White Star Line (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company) had from their inception a contract with the Belfast shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff Co., Ltd. that they would only buy ships built by that company if H&W would not build ships for shipping with which White Star was in direct competition.

Answer: Great Britain

The RMS Great Britain was the second ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He would go on to design the most progressive ship of the Victorian Age the 19,000 ton Great Eastern. Although a revolutionary ship sporting an iron hull, water tight compartments and a screw propeller, it was a financial disaster for the Great Western company.

It was scuttled in 1937 but raised to the surface for restoration in 1968. It has been restored and is a museum in Bristol, England.