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Majestic (ship)

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Several ships have been named Majestic:

Sail

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Steam

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  • RMS Majestic was a steamship built in 1889 for the White Star Line. The British Admiralty provided a subsidy on the condition that she was designed for rapid conversion for Royal Navy use in wartime as an armed merchant cruiser. She was scrapped in 1914.
  • RMS Majestic was a White Star ocean liner on the North Atlantic run, originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Line liner SS Bismarck. Due to World War I she never sailed under the German flag except on sea trials in 1922. She served successfully throughout the 1920s but the onset of the Great Depression made her increasingly unprofitable. She was sold off for scrapping but the British Admiralty intervened and she served the Royal Navy as the training ship HMS Caledonia before catching fire in 1939 and sinking. She was subsequently raised and scrapped in 1943.

Royal Navy

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  • HMS Majestic - four active service vessels (sail and steam) of the Royal Navy, plus one planned.