1896 chartered to Spain, renamed Nuestra Senora De Guadeloupe, 1898 reverted to Cufic (WhiteStar), 1901 sold to Dominion Line, renamed Manxman.
ex- Tannenfels (Hansa Line), 1914 taken over by German Navy but captured by Royal Navy in the Philippines and converted to Admiralty supply ship, renamed Basilan, 1915 ceded to Shipping Controller renamed Hunslet, 1917 WhiteStarLine managers, later Union-Castle Mail SS Co. 1921 sold to Woermann Line renamed Waganda.
From this point forward, the WhiteStarLine would commission ships from their close partners, the Belfast shipbuilders of Harland and Wolff.
The appointment to the WhiteStarLine in 1891 of Thomas Ismay's elder son, Joseph Bruce, pictured on the right, eventually led to a major decision about future shipbuilding practice for the WhiteStarLine, the by now infamous 'comfort, rather than speed' policy.
Ismay were there for dinner with the Pirries, and once it was over, and the ladies had left the gentlemen to their business, Ismay and Pirrie began to discuss the design and construction of the Olympic-class liners.
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