Ngitshele nge-RMS Adriatic
Context:I-RMS Adriatic kwakuyisikebhe saseBrithani esasisebenza eWhite Star Line. Wayengowesine emikhumbi emine enama-GRT angaphezu kuka-20,000, eyabizwa ngokuthi yi-The Big Four. Lo mkhumbi wawukuphela komunye wemikhumbi emine ongazange ube umkhumbi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni. Nokho, yayinkulu kunazo zonke, iyona esheshayo, futhi inokunethezeka kunawo wonke kuma-Big Four, iyisikebhe sokuqala sasolwandle esasinechibi lokubhukuda elingaphakathi nendawo nesibhedlela saseTurkey.  Waqala umsebenzi wakhe emzileni omusha osuka eSouthampton uya eNew York ngaphambi kokujoyina, kusukela ngo-1911, imikhumbi yakhe yodade emzileni wesibili ovela eLiverpool. Empeleni kwakuyizindiza ezihamba kancane ezazihloselwe ukunikeza inkonzo ngamanani alinganiselayo. Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe I, i-Adriatic yayiphakathi kwemikhumbi eyaqhubeka nomsebenzi wayo wokuwela i-Atlantic, ngesikhathi ithwala izimpahla eziningi. Ngo-1917, wathunjwa futhi wasebenza njengesithuthi samabutho.  Ngemva kwempi, wavuselelwa izikhathi eziningana, futhi kancane kancane wasetshenziselwa cruises, okuyinto yaba amasevisi wakhe oyinhloko ngo-1930. Lapho iCunard Line neWhite Star Line zihlangana ngo-1934, ngokushesha wathathwa njengongadingeki futhi wathengiswa ekupheleni konyaka. Wakhishwa e-Osaka ngo-1935.
I-RMS Adriatic kwakuyisikebhe saseBrithani esasisebenza eWhite Star Line. Wayengowesine emikhumbi emine enama-GRT angaphezu kuka-20,000, eyabizwa ngokuthi yi-The Big Four. Lo mkhumbi wawukuphela komunye wemikhumbi emine ongazange ube umkhumbi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni. Nokho, yayinkulu kunazo zonke, iyona esheshayo, futhi inokunethezeka kunawo wonke kuma-Big Four, iyisikebhe sokuqala sasolwandle esasinechibi lokubhukuda elingaphakathi nendawo nesibhedlela saseTurkey.