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The ship had a Gross register tonnage of 3867 tons and a Net register tonnage of 2439 tons. [5] Celtic was built by Harland and Wolff at their Belfast shipyard, and was launched on 8 June 1872. [4] Celtic left Liverpool on her maiden voyage in October 1872. [4] On 18 January 1873, Celtic struck floating wreckage in the Atlantic Ocean and lost ...
The ships were designed to carry 166 crew, plus 166 saloon, or first class passengers, and 1,000 steerage, or third class passengers. The saloon passenger accommodation was luxuriously furnished, and was described as being 'more like an imperial yacht' than a passenger liner, and included features such as running water with bathtubs provided ...
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] She was the last ship ordered by Thomas Henry Ismay before his death in 1899.
SS Suevic, passenger ship for White Star Line, launched 8 December 1900, completed 9 March 1901, maiden voyage 23 March 1901, renamed Skytteren 1928, scuttled 1942. RMS Celtic, passenger ship for White Star Line, launched 4 April 1901, completed 11 July 1901, maiden voyage 26 July 1901, wrecked 10 December 1928.
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.
The SS United States could travel at a speed of 38.32 knots (44.1 mph), which still holds the record for ocean liners.
On 15 January 1874, while making an eastbound crossing, she came to the assistance of the larger White Star ship SS Celtic when the latter vessel lost her propeller blades after striking wreckage in the Irish Sea. She towed the Celtic into Queenstown. From 3 June to 2 November 1874, she made four round voyages on the London-New York run ...
On 19 May 1887, at about 5:25pm, the White Star liner SS Celtic collided with Britannic in thick fog about 350 miles (560 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Celtic, with 870 passengers, had been steaming westbound for New York City, while Britannic, carrying 450 passengers, was on the second day of her eastward journey to Liverpool.