SS Oceanic (Johnsonverse)

The SS Oceanic is an ocean liner operated by Continental Shipping Lines, and the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1889. She was envisaged in 1926, with the idea of modernizing the transatlantic service of the company. With the arrival of Lord Kylsant at the head of the company, the planned size of the project increased, until it became that of a large ship destined to be the first to exceed the symbolic limit of 300 meters (1000 feet) in length and 30 knots in speed.

After several years of study, the construction begin in June 1928 in the Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast. However, the work was carried out at a slow pace and ceased in June 1929, probably because further studies relating to the propulsion were needed. The Great Depression which broke out the same year and the financial affair which sent Lord Kylsant to prison in 1931 put a stop to the construction, for which the government refused to advance funds. Construction was transferred to Continental Shipping Lines, though Harland & Wolff continued construction. She was completed on July 10, 1931 and had her first maiden voyage nine days later.