Blue Riband
Westbound record breakers (Blue Riband holders)
Columns: Ship | Year | Dates | Line | From | Distance | Days, hours, minutes | Speed
Columbia | 1830 | 1 – 17 April | Black Ball Line | Portsmouth | nautical miles (km) | 15 d, 23 h | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1838 | 8 – 23 April | GW | Avonmouth | nautical miles (km) | 15 d, 12 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1838 | 2 – 17 June | GW | Avonmouth | nautical miles (km) | 14 d, 16 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1839 | 18 May–31 May | GW | Avonmouth | nautical miles (km) | 13 d, 12 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Columbia | 1841 | 4 – 15 June | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 10 d, 19 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Great Western | 1843 | 29 April–11 May | GW | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 12 d, 18 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Cambria | 1845 | 19 – 29 July | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 20 h, 30 m | knots (km/h) | America | 1848 | 3 – 12 June | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 0 h, 16 m | knots (km/h) | Europa | 1848 | 14 – 23 October | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 23 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Asia | 1850 | 18 May–27 May | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 14 h, 50 m | knots (km/h) | Pacific | 1850 | 11 – 21 September | Collins | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 10 d, 4 h, 45 m | knots (km/h) | Baltic | 1851 | 6 – 16 August | Collins | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 19 h, 26 m | knots (km/h) | Baltic | 1854 | 28 June – 7 July | Collins | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 16 h, 52 m | knots (km/h) | Persia | 1856 | 19 – 29 April | Cunard | Liverpool | nautical miles (km) | 9 d, 16 h, 16 m | knots (km/h) | Scotia | 1863 | 19 – 27 July | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 8 d, 3 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Adriatic | 1872 | 17 May–25 May | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 23 h, 17 m | knots (km/h) | Germanic | 1875 | 30 July – 7 August | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 23 h, 7 m | knots (km/h) | City of Berlin | 1875 | 17 – 25 September | Inman | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 18 h, 2 m | knots (km/h) | Britannic | 1876 | 27 October – 4 November | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 13 h, 11 m | knots (km/h) | Germanic | 1877 | 6 – 13 April | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 11 h, 37 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1882 | 9 – 16 April | Guion | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 6 h, 20 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1882 | 14 May–21 May | Guion | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 4 h, 12 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1882 | 18 – 25 June | Guion | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 7 d, 1 h, 58 m | knots (km/h) | Alaska | 1883 | 29 April–6 May | Guion | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 23 h, 48 m | knots (km/h) | Oregon | 1884 | 13 – 19 April | Guion | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 10 h, 10 m | knots (km/h) | Etruria | 1885 | 16 – 22 August | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 5 h, 31 m | knots (km/h) | Umbria | 1887 | 29 May – 4 June | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 4 h, 12 m | knots (km/h) | Etruria | 1888 | 27 May – 2 June | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 6 d, 1 h, 55 m | knots (km/h) | City of Paris | 1889 | 2 May–8 May | Inman | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 23 h, 7 m | knots (km/h) | City of Paris | 1889 | 22 – 28 August | Inman | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 19 h, 18 m | knots (km/h) | Majestic | 1891 | 30 July – 5 August | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 18 h, 8 m | knots (km/h) | Teutonic | 1891 | 13 – 19 August | W.Star | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 16 h, 31 m | knots (km/h) | City of Paris | 1892 | 20 – 27 July | Inman | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 15 h, 58 m | knots (km/h) | City of Paris | 1892 | 13 – 18 October | Inman | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 14 h, 24 m | knots (km/h) | Campania | 1893 | 18 – 23 June | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 15 h, 37 m | knots (km/h) | Campania | 1894 | 12 – 17 August | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 9 h, 29 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1894 | 26 – 31 August | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 8 h, 38 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1894 | 23 – 28 September | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 7 h, 48 m | knots (km/h) | Lucania | 1894 | 21 – 26 October | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 7 h, 23 m | knots (km/h) | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | 1898 | 30 March – 3 April | NDL | The Needles | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 20 h, 0 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1900 | 6 – 12 July | Hapag | Eddystone | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 15 h, 46 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1900 | 26 August – 1 September | Hapag | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 12 h, 29 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1901 | 26 July – 1 August | Hapag | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 16 h, 12 m | knots (km/h) | Kronprinz Wilhelm | 1902 | 10 – 16 September | NDL | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 57 m | knots (km/h) | Deutschland | 1903 | 2 – 8 September | Hapag | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 5 d, 11 h, 54 m | knots (km/h) | Lusitania | 1907 | 6 – 10 October | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 19 h, 52 m | knots (km/h) | Lusitania | 1908 | 17 May–21 May | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 20 h, 22 m | knots (km/h) | Lusitania | 1908 | 5 – 10 July | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 19 h, 36 m | knots (km/h) | Lusitania | 1909 | 8 – 12 August | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 16 h, 40 m | knots (km/h) | Mauretania | 1909 | 26 – 30 September | Cunard | Queenstown | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 10 h, 51 m | knots (km/h) | Bremen | 1929 | 17 – 22 July | NDL | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 17 h, 42 m | knots (km/h) | Europa | 1930 | 20 – 25 March | NDL | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 17 h, 6 m | knots (km/h) | Bremen | 1933 | 27 June – 2 July | NDL | Cherbourg | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 16 h, 48 m | knots (km/h) | Rex | 1933 | 11 – 16 August | Italian | Gibraltar | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 13 h, 58 m | knots (km/h) | Normandie | 1935 | 30 May – 3 June | CGT | Bishop Rock | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 3 h, 2 m | knots (km/h) | Queen Mary | 1936 | 20 – 24 August | C-WS | Bishop Rock | nautical miles (km) | 4 d, 0 h, 27 m | knots (km/h) | Normandie | 1937 | 29 July – 2 August | CGT | Bishop Rock | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 23 h, 2 m | knots (km/h) | Queen Mary | 1938 | 4 – 8 August | C-WS | Bishop Rock | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 21 h, 48 m | knots (km/h) | United States | 1952 | 11 – 15 July | USL | Bishop Rock | nautical miles (km) | 3 d, 12 h, 12 m | knots (km/h)