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SS Athenic
SS ''Athenic'' was a British passenger liner built by Harland & Wolff shipyards for the White Star Line in 1901. History The 12,234-ton steamship ''Athenic'' was built at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast and Ceremonial ship launching, launched on 17 August 1901. ''Athenic'' was the first of three identical sister ships which were built for the profitable freight and passenger service from London to Wellington, New Zealand. The other two were and . They were the first orders of the White Star Line after its takeover by J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company, IMM Co. On 12 February 1902, she sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Wellington. After calling at Plymouth on 15 February before heading south, she had onboard 164 passengers; 29 First Class, 25 Second Class and 140 Third Class, a majority of them English immigrants. Following a route similar to that of White Star's Jubilee Class service to Australia, ''Athenic'' and her sisters provided service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Star Flaga
White is the lightness, lightest color and is achromatic (having no colorfulness, chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) diffuse reflection, reflect and scattering, scatter all the visible spectrum, visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. It was the royal color of the kings of France as well as the flag of Bourbon Restoration in France, monarchist France from 1815 to July Revolution, 1830, and of the White movement, monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
