it is known for having had three great ocean liners: ss imperator, ss vaterland and ss bismarck, which surpassed the british ocean liners in size and luxury, although after the end of the first world war they would pass into british (cunard and white star) and american (united states lines) hand as war reparations, the ss deutschland which would win the coveted blue riband between 1900-1903 and the ss amerika, which would be the first ship to alert the rms "titanic" of the presence of icebergs.