Not to be outdone ...
both White Star and Hamburg-America ...
each ordered a trio of superliners. The White Star Olympic-class liners at 21.5 knots (39.8 km / h) and the Hapag Imperator-class liners at 22.5 knots (41.7 km / h) were larger and more luxurious than the Cunarders, but not as fast. Cunard also ordered a new ship, Aquitania, capable of 24.0 knots (44.4 km / h), to complete the Liverpool mail fleet.
Events prevented the expected competition between the three sets of superliners. White Star's Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, both White Star's Britannic and Cunard's Lusitania were war losses, and the three Hapag super-liners were handed over to the Allied powers as war reparations.
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