The Blue Riband of the North Atlantic

Westbound




DATE


STEAMER


LINE


FROM


TO

NAUT MILES

DAYS/HRS
/MINS


KNOTS

               

1838 (4/4-22/4)

Sirius

B&A

Cork

Sandy Hook

3583

18/14/22

8.03

1838 (8/4-23/4)

Great Western

GW

Avonmouth

New York

3220

15/12/0

8.66

1839 (2/6-17/6)

Great Western

GW

Avonmouth

New York

3140

14/16/0

8.92

1839 (18/5-31/5)

Great Western

GW

Avonmouth

New York

3086

13/12/0

9.52

1841 (4/6-15/6)

Columbia

Cunard

Liverpool

Halifax

(2534)

10/19/0

(9.78)

1843 (29/4-11/5)

Great Western

GW

Liverpool

New York

3068

12/18/0

10.03

1845 (19/7-29/7)

Cambria

Cunard

Liverpool

Halifax

(2534)

9/20/30

(10.71)

1848 (3/6-12/6)

America

Cunard

Liverpool

Halifax

(2534)

9/0/16

(11.71)

1848 (14/10-23/10)

Europa

Cunard

Liverpool

Halifax

(2534)

8/23/0

(11.79)

1850 (18/5-27/5)

Asia

Cunard

Liverpool

Halifax

(2534)

8/14/50

(12.25)

1850 (11/9 21/9)

Pacific

Collins

Liverpool

New York

(3050)

10/4/45

(12.46)

1851 (6/8-16/8)

Baltic

Collins

Liverpool

New York

3039

9/19/26

12.91

1854 (28/6-7/7)

Baltic

Collins

Liverpool

New York

3037

9/16/52

13.04

1856 (19/4-29/4)

Persia

Cunard

Liverpool

Sandy Hook

(3045)

9/16/16

(13.11)

1863 (19/7-27/7)

Scotia

Cunard

Queenstown

New York

(2820)

8/3/0

(14.46)

1872 (17/5-25/5)

Adriatic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2778

7/23/17

14.53

1875 (30/7-7/8)

Germanic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2800

7/23/7

14.65

1875 (17/9-25/9)

City Of Berlin

Inman

Queenstown

Sandy Bank

2829

7/18/2

15.21

1876 (27/10-4/11)

Britannic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2795

7/13/11

15.43

1877 (6/4-13/4)

Germanic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2830

7/11/37

15.76

1882 (9/4-16/4)

Alaska

Guion

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2802

7/6/20

16.07

1882 (14/5-21/5)

Alaska

Guion

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2871

7/4/12

16.67

1882 (18/6-25/6)

Alaska

Guion

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2836

7/1/58

16.98

1883 (29/4-6/5)

Alaska

Guion

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2844

6/23/48

17.05

1884 (13/4-19/4)

Oregon

Guion

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2861

6/10/10

18.56

1885 (16/8- 22/8)

Etruria

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2801

6/5/31

18.73

1887 (29/5-4/6)

Umbria

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2848

6/4/12

19.22

1888 (27/5-2/6)

Etruria

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2854

6/1/55

19.56

1889 (2/5-8/5)

City of Paris

I&I

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2855

5/23/7

19.95

1889 (22/8-28/8)

City of Paris

I&I

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2788

5/19/18

20.01

1891 (30/7-5/8)

Majestic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2777

5/18/8

20.10

1891 (13/8-19/8)

Teutonic

W.Star

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2778

5/16/31

20.35

1892 (20/7-27/7)

City of Paris

I&I

Queenstown

Sandy Book

2735

5/15/58

20.48

1892 (13/10-18/10)

City of Paris

I&I

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2782

5/14/24

20.70

1893 (18/6-23/6)

Campania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2864

5/15/37

21.12

1894 (12/8-17/8)

Campania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2776

5/9/29

21.44

1894 (26/8-31/3)

Lucania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2787

5/8/38

21.65

1894 (23/9-28/9)

Lucania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2782

5/7/48

21.75

1894 (21/10-26/10)

Lucania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2779

5/7/23

21.81

1898 (30/3-3/4)
 

Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Grosse

NDL

Needles

Sandy Hook

3120

5/20/0

22.29

1900 (6/7-12/7)

Deutschland

Hapag

Eddystone

Sandy Hook

3044

5/15/46

22.42

1900 (26/8-1/9)

Deutschland

Hapag

Cherbourg

Sandy Hook

3050

5/12/29

23.02

1901 (26/7-1/8)

Deutschland

Hapag

Cherbourg

Sandy Hook

3141

5/16/12

23.06

1902 (10/9-16/9)

Kronprinz Wilhelm

NDL

Cherbourg

Sandy Hook

3047

5/11/57

23.09

1903 (2/9-8/9)

Deutschland

Hapag

Cherbourg

Sandy Hook

3054

5/11/54

23.15

1907 (6/10-10/10)

Lusitania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2780

4/19/52

23.99

1908 (17/5-21/5)

Lusitania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2889

4/20/22

24.83

1908 (5/7-10/7)

Lusitania

Cunard

Queenstown

Sandy Hook

2891

4/19/36

25.01

1909 (8/8-12/8)

Lusitania

Cunard

Queenstown

Ambrose

2890

4/16/40

25.65

1909 (26/9-30/9)

Mauretania

Cunard

Queenstown

Ambrose

2784

4/10/51

26.06

1929 (17/7-22/7)

Bremen

NDL

Cherbourg

Ambrose

3164

4/17/42

27.83

1930 (20/3-25/3)

Europa

NDL

Cherbourg

Ambrose

3157

4/17/6

27.91

1933 (27/6-2/7)

Europa

NDL

Cherbourg

Ambrose

3149

4/16/48

27.92

1933 (11/8-16/8)

Rex

Italia

Gibraltar

Ambrose

3181

4/13/58

28.92

1935 (30/5-3/6)

Normandie

CGT

Bishop Rock

Ambrose

2971

4/3/2

29.98

1936 (20/8-24/8)

Queen Mary

C-WS

Bishop Rock

Ambrose

2907

4/0/27

30.14

1937 (29/7-1/8)

Normandie

CGT

Bishop Rock

Ambrose

2906

3/23/2

30.58

1938 (4/8-8/8)

Queen Mary

C-WS

Bishop Rock

Ambrose

2907

3/21/48

30.99

1952 (11/7-15/7)

United States

USL

Bishop Rock

Ambrose

2906

3/12/12

34.51







The Blue Riband of the North Atlantic

Eastbound




DATE


STEAMER


LINE


FROM


TO

NAUT MILES

DAYS/HRS
/MINS


KNOTS

               

1838 (1/5-19/5)

Sirius

B&A

New York

Falmouth

(3159)

(18/0/0)

(7.31)

1838 (7/5-22/5)

Great Western

GW

New York

Avonmouth

3218

14/15/59

9.14

1838 (25/6-8/7)

Great Western

GW

New York

Avonmouth

3099

12/16/34

10.17

1840 (4/8-14/8)

Britannia

Cunard

Halifax

Liverpool

(2610)

9/21/44

(10.98)

1842 (28/4-11/5)

Great Western

GW

New York

Liverpool

3248

12/7/30

10.99

1843 (4/4-14/4)

Columbia

Cunard

Halifax

Liverpool

(2534)

9/12/0

(11.11)

1843 (18/5-27/5)

Hibernia

Cunard

Halifax

Liverpool

(2534)

9/10/44

(11.18)

1843 (18/7-27/7)

Hibernia

Cunard

Halifax

Liverpool

(2534)

8/22/44

(11.80)

1849 (19/7-28/7)

Canada

Cunard

Halifax

Liverpool

(2534)

8/12/44

(12.38)

1851 (10/5-20/5)

Pacific

Collins

New York

Liverpool

(3078)

9/20/14

(13.03)

1852 (7/2-17/2)

Arctic

Collins

New York

Liverpool

3051

9/17/15

13.06

1956 (2/4-12/4)

Persia

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Liverpool

(3048)

9/10/22

(13.46)

1856 (14/5-23/5)

Persia

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Liverpool

(3048)

9/3/24

(13.89)

1856 (6/8-15/8)

Persia

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Liverpool

(3046)

8/23/19

(14.15)

1863 (16/12-24/12)

Scotia

Cunard

New York

Queenstown

(2800)

8/5/42

(14.16)

1869 (4/12-12/12)

City of Brussels

Inman

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

(2780)

7/20/33

(14.74)

1873 (11/1-19/1)

Baltic

W.Star

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2840

7/20/9

15.09

1875 (2/10-10/10)

City of Berlin

Inman

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2820

7/15/28

15.37

1876 (5/2-13/2)

Germanic

W.Star

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2894

7/15/17

15.79

1876 (16/12-24/12)

Britannic

W.Star

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2892

7/12/41

15.94

1879 (22/7-29/7)

Arizona

Guion

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2810

7/8/11

15.96

1882 (30/5-6/6)

Alaska

Guion

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

(2791)

6/22/0

(16.81)

1882 (12/9-19/9)

Alaska

Guion

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2781

6/18/37

17.10

1884 (29/3-5/4)

Oregon

Guion

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2916

7/2/18

17.12

1884 (26/4-3/5)

Oregon

Guion

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

291

6/16/57

18.09

1884 (30/7-6/8)

Oregon

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2853

6/12/54

18.18

1884 (3/9-10/9)

Oregon

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2853

6/11/9

18.39

1885 (1/8-7/8)

Etruria

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2822

6/9/0

18.44

1888 (7/7-14/7)

Etruria

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2981

6/4/50

19.36

1889 (15/5-22/5)

City of Paris

I&I

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2894

6/0/29

20.03

1892 (17/8-23/8)

City of New York

I&I

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2814

5/19/57

20.11

1893 (6/5-12/5)

Campania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2928

5/17/27

21.30

1894 (6/5-12/5)

Lucania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2911

3/13/28

21.81

1894 (2/6-8/6)

Lucania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2911

5/12/59

21.90

1895 (18/5-24/5)

Lucania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2897

5/11/40

22.00

1897 (23/11-29/11)
 

Kaiser Wilhelm
Der Grosse

NDL

Sandy Hook

Needles

3065

5/17/23

22.33

1900 (18/7-24/7)

Deutschland

Hapag

Sandy Hook

Eddystone

3085

5/15/5

22.84

1900 (4/9-10/9)

Deutschland

Hapag

Sandy Hook

Eddystone

2981

5/7/38

23.36

1901 (13/6-19/6)

Deutschland

Hapag

Sandy Hook

Eddystone

3083

5/11/51

23.38

1901 (10/7-17/7)

Deutschland

Hapag

Sandy Hook

Eddystone

3082

5/11/5

23.51

1904 (14/6-20/6)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

NDL

Sandy Hook

Eddystone

3112

5/11/58

23.58

1907 (19/10-24/10)

Lusitania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2807

4/22/53

23.61

1907 (30/11-5/12)

Mauretania

Cunard

Beady Hook

Queenstown

2807

4/22/33

23.69

1908 (25/1-30/1)

Mauretania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2932

5/2/41

23.90

1908 (7/3-12/3)

Mauretania

Cunard

Sandy Hook

Queenstown

2932

5/0/5

24.42

1909 (3/2-8/2)

Mauretania

Cunard

Ambrose

Queenstown,

2930

4/20/27

25.16

1909 (17/3-22/3)

Mauretania

Cunard

Ambrose

Queenstown

2934

4/18/35

25.61

1909 (5/5-10/5)

Mauretania

Cunard

Ambrose

Queenstown

2934

4/18/11

25.70

1909 (16/6-21/6)

Mauretania

Cunard

Ambrose

Queenstown

2933

4/17/21

25.88

1924 (20/8-25/8)

Mauretania

Cunard

Ambrose

Cherbourg

3198

5/1/49

26.25

1929 (27/7-1/8)

Bremen

NDL

Ambrose

Eddystone

3084

4/14/30

27.91

1933 (10/6-15/6)

Bremen

NDL

Ambrose

Cherbourg

3199

4/16/15

28.51

1935 (7/6-11/6)

Normandie

CGT

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

3015

4/3/25

30.31

1936 (26/8-30/8)

Queen Mary

C-WS

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

2939

3/23/57

30.63

1937 (18/3-22/3)

Normandie

CGT

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

2967

4/0/6

30.99

1937 (4/8-8/8)

Normandie

CGT

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

2936

3/22/7

31.20

1938 (10/8-14/8)

Queen Mary

C-WS

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

2938

3/20/42

31.69

1952 (3/7-7/7)

United States

USL

Ambrose

Bishop Rock

2942

3/10/40

35.59



Distances shown in parentheses indicate that the figure is approximate.
It follows then that the speed is also an approximation.

Source: North Atlantic Seaway, Vol. 5, N.R.P. Bonsor, 1980
Corrected by Mike Choi

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