The battle of the Blue Ribbon was a reality for more than a hundred years, but the ribbon was not. It may seem strange that the world’s leading ship owners and seafaring nations should fight over a ribbon, even though it was blue. When one knows that this ribbon didn’t even exist the effort put down to win it seems overwhelming.
The cup shown on the intro illustration didn’t turn up until 1935. But the ship owners were so caught up in the battle by then, that when Cunard White Star Line who were one of the first to receive the cup were asked where they kept it, they didn’t know.
Records were set both on the westbound and the eastbound route. Choose your route and you’ll find all records set between 1840 and 1938 along with pictures and a short description of many of the ships that held them. The tables will show you which lines held the records, the time their ships spend and their average speed.
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YEAR
|
SHIP
|
OWNER
|
TIME
|
AVERAGE
SPEED |
||
|
DAYS
|
HRS
|
MIN
|
||||
|
1840
|
Acadia | Cunard Line (English) |
11
|
4
|
0
|
9,45
|
| 1841 | Columbia |
Cunard Line (English) |
12
|
12
|
0
|
9,60
|
| 1842 | Acadia | Cunard Line (English) |
10
|
12
|
0
|
|
| 1845 | Cambria | Cunard Line (English) |
11
|
12
|
0
|
10,30
|
| 1848 | Europa |
Cunard Line (English) |
11
|
3
|
0
|
11,41
|
| 1850 | Asia | Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
17
|
0
|
12,12
|
| 1851 | Baltic |
Collins Line(American) |
9
|
18
|
0
|
13,17
|
| 1857 | Persia |
Cunard Line (English) |
9
|
1
|
45
|
13,82
|
| 1862 | Scotia |
Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
1
|
42
|
14,45
|
| 1864 | Scotia | Cunard Line (English) |
8 | 4 | 34 | 14,54 |
| 1867 | City of Paris |
Inman Line(English) |
8
|
4
|
1
|
13,77
|
| 1872 | Adriatic |
White Star (English) |
7
|
23
|
17
|
14,41
|
| 1875 | City of Berlin |
Inman Line (English) |
7 | 18 | 2 | 15,21 |
| 1876 | Britannic |
White Star (English) |
7 | 13 | 11 | 15,44 |
| 1877 | Britannic | White Star (English) |
7 | 10 | 53 | 15,72 |
| 1879 | Arizona |
Guion Line (English) |
7 | 10 | 22 | 15,73 |
| 1882 | Alaska |
Guion Line (English) |
7 | 6 | 43 | 16,10 |
| 1883 | Alaska | Guion Line (English) |
6 | 21 | 40 | |
| 1884 | Oregon |
Guion Line (English) |
6 | 9 | 42 | 18,14 |
| 1885 | Etruria |
Cunard Line (English) |
6 | 1 | 47 | 18,86 |
| 1887 | Umbria |
Cunard Line (English) |
6 | 4 | 34 | 18,91 |
| 1889 | City of Paris II |
Inman Line (English) |
5 | 19 | 18 | 20,00 |
| 1891 | Teotonic |
White Star (English) |
5 | 16 | 31 | 20,43 |
| 1892 | City of Paris II |
Inman Line (English) |
5 | 14 | 24 | 20,70 |
| 1893 | Campania | Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 9 | 6 | 21,59 |
| 1894 | Lusitania | Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 7 | 23 | 21,81 |
| 1898 | Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
5 | 15 | 20 | 22,29 |
| 1901 | Deutschland |
Hamburg-America Linie (German) |
5 | 11 | 54 | 23,15 |
| 1904 | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
5 | 10 | 10 | 23,58 |
| 1907 | Lusitania | Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 19 | 52 | 24,00 |
| 1908 | Mauretania |
Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 14 | 0 | 25,44 |
| 1911 | Mauretania | Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 10 | 41 | |
| 1924 | Mauretania | Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 2 | 34 | |
| 1929 | Bremen |
Cunard Line (English) |
5 | 17 | 42 | 27,83 |
| 1930 | Europa |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
5 | 17 | 6 | 27,91 |
| 1933 | Rex |
Italia Linia (Italian) |
4 | 13 | 58 | 28,92 |
| 1935 | Normandie |
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French) |
4 | 3 | 2 | 29,98 |
| 1936 | Queen Mary | Cunard White Star Line (English) |
4 | 0 | 27 | 30,14 |
| 1937 | Normandie |
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French) |
3 | 23 | 2 | 30,58 |
| 1938 | Queen Mary | White Star Line (English) | 3 | 21 | 48 | 30,99 |
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YEAR
|
SHIP
|
OWNER
|
TIME
|
AVERAGE
SPEED |
||
|
DAYS
|
HRS
|
MIN
|
||||
| 1840 | Britannia |
Cunard Line (English) |
10
|
0
|
0
|
10,56
|
| 1841 | Acadia | Cunard Line (English) |
9
|
21
|
0
|
10,76
|
| 1842 | Colombia | Cunard Line (English) |
9
|
0
|
0
|
|
| 1843 | Hibernia | Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
23
|
0
|
|
| 1846 | Cambria | Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
16
|
0
|
12,30
|
| 1848 | Niagara | Cunard Line (English) |
10
|
10
|
0
|
|
| 1849 | Canada | Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
12
|
10
|
12,60
|
| 1850 | Asia | Cunard Line (English) |
10
|
4
|
5
|
|
| 1851 | Pacific | Collins Line(American) |
9
|
20
|
26
|
13,01
|
| 1852 | Arctic | Collins Line(American) |
9
|
17
|
15
|
13,25
|
| 1856 | Persia |
Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
23
|
30
|
14,00
|
| 1863 | Scotia |
Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
19
|
60
|
14,30
|
| 1867 | Russia | Cunard Line (English) |
8
|
0
|
28
|
14,22
|
| 1869 | City of Brussels |
Inman Line (English) |
7
|
22
|
3
|
14,66
|
| 1873 | Baltic |
White Star (English) |
7
|
20
|
9
|
15,12
|
| 1875 | City of Berlin |
Inman Line (English) |
7
|
15
|
28
|
15,41
|
| 1876 | Britannic |
White Star (English) |
7
|
12
|
41
|
15,94
|
| 1879 | Arizona |
Guion Line (English) |
7
|
8
|
11
|
15,96
|
| 1882 | Alaska |
Guion Line (English) |
6
|
18
|
38
|
|
| 1883 | Alaska | Guion Line (English) |
6
|
22
|
0
|
16,88
|
| 1884 | Oregon |
Guion Line (English) |
6
|
11
|
9
|
18,52
|
| 1887 | Etruria |
Guion Line (English) |
6
|
4
|
36
|
19,90
|
| 1888 | Umbria |
Cunard Line (English) |
6
|
3
|
12
|
|
| 1889 | City of Paris II |
Inman Line (English) |
6
|
0
|
29
|
20,02
|
| 1891 | Teutonic |
White Star (English) |
5
|
21
|
3
|
|
| 1892 | City of New York |
Inman Line (English) |
5
|
19
|
57
|
20,10
|
| 1893 | Campania | Cunard Line (English) |
5
|
12
|
15
|
21,33
|
| 1894 | Lucania |
Cunard Line (English) |
5
|
8
|
38
|
21,87
|
| 1897 | Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
5
|
15
|
25
|
22,51
|
| 1901 | Deutschland |
Hamburg-America Linie (German) |
5
|
7
|
38
|
23,51
|
| 1904 | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
5
|
8
|
16
|
23,58
|
| 1907 | Lusitania | Cunard Line (English) |
4
|
22
|
5
|
23,61
|
| 1908 | Mauretania |
Cunard Line (English) |
4
|
20
|
0
|
24,42
|
| 1909 | Mauretania | Cunard Line (English) |
4
|
13
|
41
|
25,61
|
| 1924 | Mauretania | Cunard Line (English) |
5
|
1
|
49
|
26,25
|
| 1929 | Bremen |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
4
|
14
|
30
|
27,91
|
| 1933 | Bremen |
Nord-Deutscher Lloyd (German) |
4
|
16
|
15
|
28,51
|
| 1935 | Normandie |
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French) |
4
|
3
|
25
|
30,35
|
| 1936 | Queen Mary | Cunard White Star Line (English) |
3
|
23
|
57
|
30,63
|
| 1937 | Normandie | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (French) |
3
|
22
|
7
|
31,20
|
| 1938 | Queen Mary | Cunard White Star Line (English) |
3
|
20
|
4
|
31,69
|
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