| Year |
Ship |
Company |
Average speed
on best record crossing |
|
|
|
|
| 1838 |
Sirius |
British and American Steam
Navigation Company |
7.31 knots |
| 1838-1840 |
Great Western |
Great Western Steamship
Company |
10.17 knots |
| 1840-1842 |
Britannia |
Cunard Line |
10.98 knots |
| 1842-1843 |
Great Western |
Great Western Steamship
Company |
10.99 knots |
| 1843 |
Columbia |
Cunard Line |
11.11 knots |
| 1843-1849 |
Hibernia |
Cunard Line |
11.80 knots |
| 1849-1851 |
Canada |
Cunard Line |
12.38 knots |
| 1851-1852 |
Pacific |
Collins Line |
13.03 knots |
| 1852-1856 |
Arctic |
Collins Line |
13.06 knots |
| 1856-1863 |
Persia |
Cunard Line |
14.15 knots |
| 1863-1869 |
Scotia |
Cunard Line |
14.16 knots |
| 1869-1873 |
City of Brussels |
Inman Line |
14.74 knots |
| 1873-1875 |
Baltic |
White Star Line |
15.09 knots |
| 1875-1876 |
City of Berlin |
Inman Line |
15.37 knots |
| 1876 |
Germanic |
White Star Line |
15.79 knots |
| 1876-1879 |
Britannic |
White Star Line |
15.94 knots |
| 1879-1882 |
Arizona |
Guion Line |
15.96 knots |
| 1882-1884 |
Alaska |
Guion Line |
17.10 knots |
| 1884-1885 |
Oregon |
Guion Line |
18.39 knots |
| 1885-1889 |
Etruria |
Cunard Line |
19.36 knots |
| 1889-1892 |
City of Paris |
Inman & International
Line |
20.03 knots |
| 1892-1893 |
City of New York |
Inman & International
Line |
20.11 knots |
| 1893-1894 |
Campania |
Cunard Line |
21.30 knots |
| 1894-1897 |
Lucania |
Cunard Line |
22.00 knots |
| 1897-1900 |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
22.33 knots |
| 1900-1904 |
Deutschland |
Hamburg-Amerika Line |
23.51 knots |
| 1904-1907 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
23.58 knots |
| 1907 |
Lusitania |
Cunard Line |
23.61 knots |
| 1907-1929 |
Mauretania |
Cunard Line |
26.25 knots |
| 1929-1935 |
Bremen |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
28.51 knots |
| 1935-1936 |
Normandie |
Compagnie Générale
Transatlantique |
30.31 knots |
| 1936-1937 |
Queen Mary |
Cunard White Star Line |
30.63 knots |
| 1937-1938 |
Normandie |
Compagnie Générale
Transatlantique |
31.20 knots |
| 1938-1952 |
Queen Mary |
Cunard White Star Line |
31.69 knots |
| 1952- |
United States |
United States Lines |
35.59 knots |
