The Inman Line was one of the three largest 19th-century British passenger shipping companies on the North Atlantic, along with the White Star Line and Cunard Line. Founded in 1850, it was absorbed in 1893 into American Line. The firm's formal name for much of its history was the Liverpool, Philadelphia and New York Steamship Company, but it was also variously known as the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Company, as Inman Steamship Company, Limited, and, in the last few years before absorption, as the Inman and International Steamship Company.
City of Glasgow of 1850 established that steamships could operate on the Atlantic without subsidies.
City of Paris of 1866 was Inman's first liner that matched the speed of Cunard Line's express ships
City of Brussels, 1869
City of Berlin (1875)
The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focused primarily on speed, White Star branded their services by focusing more on providing comfortable passages for both upper class travellers and immigrants.
The sinking of the Tayleur was the first experienced by the company
Thomas Ismay
Oceanic of 1870, (3,707 GRT)
Adriatic of 1871, (3,888 GRT)