Blue Riband
Eastbound record breakers
Columns: Ship | Year | Dates | Line | From | Distance | Days, hours, minutes | Speed
New York | 1823-4 | 16 Dec-1 Jan | Black Ball Line | New York | nautical miles (km) | 15 d 16h | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1838 | 7 May–22 May | GW | New York | nautical miles (km) | 14 d, 15 h, 59 m | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1838 | 25 June – 8 July | GW | New York | nautical miles (km) | 12 d, 16 h, 34 m | knots (km/h) | Britannia | 1841 | 4 – 14 August | Cunard | Halifax | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 21 h, 44 m | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1842 | 28 April–11 May | GW | New York | nautical miles (km) | 12 d, 7 h, 30 m | knots (km/h) | Columbia | 1843 | 4 – 14 April | Cunard | Halifax | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 12 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Hibernia | 1843 | 18 May–27 May | Cunard | Halifax | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 10 h, 44 m | knots (km/h) | Hibernia | 1843 | 18 – 27 July | Cunard | Halifax | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 22 h, 44 m | knots (km/h) | Canada | 1849 | 19 – 28 July | Cunard | Halifax | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 12 h, 44 m | knots (km/h) | Pacific | 1851 | 10 May–20 May | Collins | New York | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 20 h, 14 m | knots (km/h) | Arctic | 1852 | 7 – 17 February | Collins | New York | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 17 h, 15 m | knots (km/h) | Persia | 1856 | 2 – 12 April | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 10 h, 22 m | knots (km/h) | Persia | 1856 | 14 May–23 May | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 3 h, 24 m | knots (km/h) | Persia | 1856 | 6 – 15 August | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 23 h, 19 m | knots (km/h) | Scotia | 1863 | 16 – 24 December | Cunard | New York | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 5 h, 42 m | knots (km/h) | City of Brussels | 1869 | 4 – 12 December | Inman | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 20 h, 33 m | knots (km/h) | Baltic | 1873 | 11 – 19 January | W.Star | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 20 h, 9 m | knots (km/h) | City of Berlin | 1875 | 2 – 10 October | Inman | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 15 h, 28 m | knots (km/h) | Germanic | 1876 | 5 – 13 February | W.Star | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 15 h, 17 m | knots (km/h) | Britannic | 1876 | 16 – 24 December | W.Star | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 12 h, 41 m | knots (km/h) | Arizona | 1879 | 22 – 29 July | Guion | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 8 h, 11 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1882 | 30 May – 6 June | Guion | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 22 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1882 | 12 – 19 September | Guion | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 18 h, 37 m | knots (km/h) | Oregon | 1884 | 29 March – 5 April | Guion | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 2 h, 18 m | knots (km/h) | Oregon | 1884 | 26 April–3 May | Guion | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 16 h, 57 m | knots (km/h) | Oregon | 1884 | 30 July – 6 August | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 12 h, 54 m | knots (km/h) | Oregon | 1884 | 3 – 10 September | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 11 h, 9 m | knots (km/h) | Etruria | 1885 | 1 – 7 August | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 9 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Etruria | 1888 | 7 – 14 July | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 4 h, 50 m | knots (km/h) | City of Paris | 1889 | 15 May–22 May | Inman | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 0 h, 29 m | knots (km/h) | City of New York | 1892 | 17 – 23 August | Inman | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 19 h, 57 m | knots (km/h) | Campania | 1893 | 6 May–12 May | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 17 h, 27 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1894 | 6 May–12 May | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 13 h, 28 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1894 | 2 – 8 June | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 12 h, 59 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1895 | 18 May–24 May | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 40 m | knots (km/h) | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | 1897 | 23 – 29 November | NDL | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 17 h, 23 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1900 | 18 – 24 July | Hapag | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 15 h, 5 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1900 | 4 – 10 September | Hapag | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 7 h, 38 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1901 | 13 – 19 June | Hapag | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 51 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1901 | 10 – 17 July | Hapag | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 5 m | knots (km/h) | Kaiser Wilhelm II | 1904 | 14 – 20 June | NDL | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 58 m | knots (km/h) | Lusitania | 1907 | 19 – 24 October | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 22 h, 53 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1907 | 30 November – 5 December | Cunard | Beady Hook | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 22 h, 33 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1908 | 25 – 30 January | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 2 h, 41 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1908 | 7 – 12 March | Cunard | Sandy Hook | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 0 h, 5 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1909 | 3 – 8 February | Cunard | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 20 h, 27 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1909 | 17 – 22 March | Cunard | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 18 h, 35 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1909 | 5 May–10 May | Cunard | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 18 h, 11 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1909 | 16 – 21 June | Cunard | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 17 h, 21 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1924 | 20 – 25 August | Cunard | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 1 h, 49 m | knots (km/h) | Bremen | 1929 | 27 July – 1 August | NDL | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 14 h, 30 m | knots (km/h) | Bremen | 1933 | 10 – 15 June | NDL | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 16 h, 15 m | knots (km/h) | Normandie | 1935 | 7 – 11 June | CGT | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 3 h, 25 m | knots (km/h) | Queen Mary | 1936 | 26 – 30 August | C-WS | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 23 h, 57 m | knots (km/h) | Normandie | 1937 | 18 – 22 March | CGT | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 0 h, 6 m | knots (km/h) | Normandie | 1937 | 4 – 8 August | CGT | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 22 h, 7 m | knots (km/h) | Queen Mary | 1938 | 10 – 14 August | C-WS | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 20 h, 42 m | knots (km/h) | United States | 1952 | 3 – 7 July | USL | Ambrose | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 10 h, 40 m | knots (km/h)