James Crawley, a trimmer on the RMS Oceanic, sued the White Star line, which had offices in Canute Road, Southampton.

The Engineer of the late 19th century was full of stories of giant ships, but it reserved special acclaim for the RMS Oceanic, which at 705 ft long and 17,272 tons, was for a time, the largest ship in ...

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