Blue Riband

unofficial accolade given to the passenger liner crossing the Atlantic Ocean westbound in regular service with the record highest speed
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Blue Riband

Summary

Blue Riband is an award[1]. It ranks in the top 0.65% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month, #43 of 6,643).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blue Riband's image is recorded as The beginning of the transatlantic route, the start of the Blue Riband - geograph.org.uk - 2707296.jpg[3].
  • Blue Riband's instance of is recorded as award[4].
  • Blue Riband's Commons category is recorded as Blue Riband[5].
  • +1838-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blue Riband[6].
  • Blue Riband was dissolved in +1952-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Blue Riband's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019w_p[8].
  • Blue Riband's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blue Riband holders[9].
  • Blue Riband's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Blue-Riband[10].
  • Blue Riband's Treccani ID is recorded as nastro-azzurro[11].
  • Blue Riband's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Atlanterhavets_blå_bånd[12].
  • Blue Riband's Lex ID is recorded as Atlanterhavets_Blå_Bånd[13].

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Designation and Status

Blue Riband's instance of is recorded as award[4].

History and Context

+1838-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Blue Riband[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Blue Riband include blue ribbon[14], a symbol[15].

Why It Matters

Blue Riband ranks in the top 0.65% of award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (564 views/month, #43 of 6,643).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include blue ribbon[14], a symbol[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Blue Riband. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-riband
MLA “Blue Riband.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-riband.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_blue-riband_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Blue Riband}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/blue-riband}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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