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SS Celtic was an ocean liner built for the White Star Line by shipbuilders Harland and Wolff of Belfast. The Celtic , the first of two White Star ships to bear the name, was the last of six Oceanic-class liners commissioned by White Star; she and her older sister Adriatic were ordered following the success of what was originally a series of four.
SS Celtic was the name of a number of ships. SS Celtic (1872) , launched in 1872, serving with the White Star Line . RMS Celtic (1901) , which would have been known as SS Celtic when not carrying mail.
RMS Celtic was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line. The first ship larger than SS Great Eastern by gross register tonnage (it was also 9 ft [2.7 m] longer), Celtic was the first of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, the dubbed The Big Four . [ 4 ]
Edward Smith joined the White Star Line in March 1880 as the Fourth Officer of SS Celtic. [6] He served aboard the company's liners to Australia and to New York City, where he quickly rose in status. In 1887, he received his first White Star command, the Republic. Smith failed his first navigation exam, but on the next attempt in the following ...
SS Celtic The class has been hailed as a landmark in the development of ocean liner design. One member of the class, SS Atlantic was lost early on in her career in a disaster which claimed the lives of more than 500 people, the remainder of the class however had long and successful careers.
RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932. At 23,876 gross register tonnage, she was the world's largest ship until May 1906.She was the third of a quartet of ships, all measuring over 20,000 gross register tons, dubbed The Big Four, the other three being RMS Celtic, RMS Cedric, and RMS Adriatic.
She departed Liverpool on her maiden voyage on 11 February 1898. She quickly proved to be very popular on the North Atlantic, particularly with immigrants. She spent the first five years of her career on the White Star Line's main passenger service route between Liverpool and New York, until 1903 when she was transferred to White Star's newly acquired Liverpool-Boston route, which she sailed ...
In 1901, at 20,904 GRT and 13,449 NRT, RMS Celtic was the first liner to surpass the size record set in 1860 by SS Great Eastern. [6] Cedric ' s profile and dimensions were similar to Celtic ' s. Her lengths were 700 ft (213.4 m) overall and 680.9 ft (207.5 m) registered. Her beam was 75.3 ft (23.0 m) and her depth was 44.1 ft (13.4 m). [7]