THE WHITE STAR LINE CHARTERED MANY SHIPS OVER THE YEARS, PASSING MANY OF AS BEING THEIR OWN COMPANY VESSELS, OFTEN EXAGGERATING THEIR TONNAGE'S.THESE VESSELS WERE NOT ON A PERMANENT CHARTER TO WHITE STAR, SOME DID JUST ONE TRIP FOR THE COMPANY. BE CAREFUL WITH THE SHIPS NAMES, SOME HAVE THE SAME NAMES AS EARLY SHAW SAVILL & CO / ALBION LINE/ ABERDEEN LINE VESSELS, HOWEVER IN MOST CASES THEY ARE DIFFERENT VESSELS, SOME HAD VERY SHORT LIVES, EITHER BEING SOLD ONTO OTHER COMPANIES AND RE-NAMED, OR IN MANY CASES BEING WRECKED OR SIMPLY DISAPPEARING ON A VOYAGE NOT TO BE HEARD OF AGAIN, OR OCCASIONALLY JUST DISAPPEARING FROM THE RECORDS HELD AT THE TIME, SO TRACE OF THEM HAS BEEN LOST. SEE MY NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC VESSEL, ITS WORTH BEARING IN MIND THAT PRIOR TO 1906 SEVERAL SHIPS COULD BEAR THE SAME NAME, AFTER THIS DATE THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT WAS MEANT TO BE ENFORCED, THUS PREVENTING THE USE OF DUPLICATE NAMES ON CURRENT VESSELS.THERE WERE A VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS THOU.