| Year |
Ship |
Company |
Average speed
on best record crossing |
|
|
|
|
| 1838 |
Sirius |
British and American Steam
Navigation Company |
8.03 knots |
| 1838-1841 |
Great Western |
Great Western Steamship
Company |
9.52 knots |
| 1841-1843 |
Colombia |
Cunard Line |
9.78 knots |
| 1843-1845 |
Great Western |
Great Western Steamship
Company |
10.03 knots |
| 1845-1848 |
Cambria |
Cunard Line |
10.71 knots |
| 1848 |
America |
Cunard Line |
11.71 knots |
| 1848-1850 |
Europa |
Cunard Line |
11.79 knots |
| 1850 |
Asia |
Cunard Line |
12.25 knots |
| 1850-1851 |
Pacific |
Collins Line |
12.46 knots |
| 1851-1856 |
Baltic |
Collins Line |
13.04 knots |
| 1856-1863 |
Persia |
Cunard Line |
13.11 knots |
| 1863-1872 |
Scotia |
Cunard Line |
14.46 knots |
| 1872 |
Adriatic |
White Star Line |
14.53 knots |
| 1872-1875 |
Germanic |
White Star Line |
14.65 knots |
| 1875-1876 |
City of Berlin |
Inman Line |
15.21 knots |
| 1876-1877 |
Britannic |
White Star Line |
15.43 knots |
| 1877-1882 |
Germanic |
White Star Line |
15.76 knots |
| 1882-1884 |
Alaska |
Guion Line |
17.05 knots |
| 1884-1885 |
Oregon |
Guion Line |
18.56 knots |
| 1885-1887 |
Etruria |
Cunard Line |
18.73 knots |
| 1887-1888 |
Umbria |
Cunard Line |
19.22 knots |
| 1888-1889 |
Etruria |
Cunard Line |
19.56 knots |
| 1889-1891 |
City of Paris |
Inman & International
Line |
20.01 knots |
| 1891 |
Majestic |
White Star Line |
20.10 knots |
| 1891-1892 |
Teutonic |
White Star Line |
20.35 knots |
| 1892-1893 |
City of Paris |
Inman & International
Line |
20.70 knots |
| 1893-1894 |
Campania |
Cunard Line |
21.44 knots |
| 1894-1898 |
Lucania |
Cunard Line |
21.81 knots |
| 1898-1900 |
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
22.29 knots |
| 1900-1902 |
Deutschland |
Hamburg Amerika Line |
23.06 knots |
| 1902-1903 |
Kronprinz Wilhelm |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
23.09 knots |
| 1903-1907 |
Deutschland |
Hamburg Amerika Line |
23.15 knots |
| 1907-1909 |
Lusitania |
Cunard Line |
25.65 knots |
| 1909-1929 |
Mauretania |
Cunard Line |
26.06 knots |
| 1929-1930 |
Bremen |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
27.91 knots |
| 1930-1933 |
Europa |
Norddeutscher Lloyd |
27.92 knots |
| 1933-1935 |
Rex |
Italia Line |
28.92 knots |
| 1935-1936 |
Normandie |
Compagnie Générale
Transatlantique |
29.98 knots |
| 1936-1937 |
Queen Mary |
Cunard White Star Line |
30.14 knots |
| 1937-1938 |
Normandie |
Compagnie Générale
Transatlantique |
30.58 knots |
| 1938-1952 |
Queen Mary |
Cunard White Star Line |
30.99 knots |
| 1952- |
United States |
United States Lines |
34.51 knots |
