Award for the fastest transatlantic crossing by ship 1838 - 1952
Source:R/blue_riband.R
blue_riband.RdA dataset containing the winners of the Blue Riband award for the fastest transatlantic crossing by a passenger liner.
Format
A data frame with 117 rows and 18 variables:
- ship
ship
- heading
heading or direction
- line
ship line
- start_date
start date in ISO format
- end_date
end date in ISO format
- from_city
city of origination
- from_country
country of origination
- from_lat
latitutde of origination
- from_lng
longitude of origination
- to_city
city of destination
- to_country
country of destination
- to_lat
latitude of destination
- to_lng
longitude of destination
- dist_nm
distance in nautical miles
- dist_km
distance in kilometers
- knots
knots
- km_h
kilometers per hour
- duration_hours
duration in hours
Details
The dataset was scraped from the Wikipedia entry for "Blue Riband" and consisted of an eastbound and westbound table.
Transatlantic trips occurred often and began in the late 1400s. By sail, the eastward trip took about 30 to 45 days and the westward trip 65 to 90 days. From wikipedia, "The Blue Riband is an unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest average speed. The record is based on average speed rather than passage time because ships follow different routes."
Eastbound and westbound trips are treated differently as eastbound passages are assisted by the Gulf Stream and favorable weather systems. The significance of the Blue Riband dataset is that it documents the evolution from sail to steam to diesel. Transport speeds were seen as militarily strategic and economically important. Thus, many nations funded the building of the ships.
The flag column was omitted as it consisted of an image.
Examples
data("blue_riband")