{"slug": "white-star-line", "label": "White Star Line", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Star_Line", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320466", "qid": "Q320466", "description": "British shipping company", "entries": 17, "years": 11, "span": [1870, 1929], "span_label": ["1870 CE", "1929 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 7}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 7}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "harland-and-wolff", "label": "Harland & Wolff", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "belfast", "label": "Belfast", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southampton", "label": "Southampton", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nantucket", "label": "Nantucket", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 27", "text": "27 August – White Star's first ocean liner RMS Oceanic is launched by Harland and Wolff in Belfast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363468887#Events", "title": "1870 in Ireland", "revid": 1363468887, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1873, "year_label": "1873 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 1", "text": "1 April – the White Star liner RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, 547 die.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275822928#Events", "title": "1873 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1275822928, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "11–19 February – White Star Line SS Naronic sinks without trace in heavy seas on the Liverpool–New York transatlantic passage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305906238#Events", "title": "1893 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1305906238, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1893, "year_label": "1893 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11–19 – White Star Line cargo liner SS Naronic sinks without a trace in heavy seas on the Liverpool–New York transatlantic passage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369946190#February", "title": "1893", "revid": 1369946190, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – The White Star Line's transatlantic ocean liner RMS Oceanic is launched from the Belfast shipyards in Ireland. 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