第一隻白星航運嘅船喺利物浦落水，嗰陣白星航運嘅主要業務系英國同埋澳洲之間嘅海運。嗰段時期，因爲喺澳洲發現咗金山，所以澳英兩地之間嘅貿易增長得好快。由於淨靠著銀行貸款撐著進行拓展業務同埋經營不善，白星航運喺十九世紀60年代淨得宣佈執笠。
The first White Star shipping ship overboard in Liverpool, at a time when White Star Shipping's main business was shipping between United Kingdom and Australia. During that period, trade between Australia and Britain grew rapidly because of the discovery of gold mountains in Australia. Due to the net bank loans to support the expansion of the business and poor management, the White Star Shipping in the 60s of the 19th century had to declare bankruptcy.