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. 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.Īfter several years of study, the construction began in June 1928 in the Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast. It was envisaged in 1926, with the idea of modernizing the transatlantic service of the company. It would have been the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1899. Oceanic was the planned name of an unfinished ocean liner that was partially built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line. Harland and Wolff, Belfast (keel laid only)Ĭonstruction halted on 23 July 1929 cancelled and dismantled on slipway, 1930ĭiesel-electric drive 44 six-cylinder, exhaust turbo-charged, four-stroke, single-acting diesel generators 275,000 IHP (200,000 SHP)ģ0 knots (56 km/h 35 mph) (service speed) 32.5 knots (60.2 km/h 37.4 mph) (max. A digital drawing of RMMV Oceanic by Anton Logvynenko.
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