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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.
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 ]
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.
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.
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.
Celtic has been the name of a number of ships: SS Celtic (1872), a White Star Line liner; RMS Celtic (1901), a White Star Line liner; MV Celtic (1903), built as a sailing barge in 1903 and converted to a motorship in 1941; USS Celtic (AF-2), a U.S. Navy supply ship
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 ...
Empire Celtic was a ferry which was built in 1945 as Landing Ship, Tank LST 3512 for the Royal Navy. In 1946 she was chartered by the Atlantic Steam Navigation Company Ltd, converted to a ferry and renamed Empire Celtic. In 1956, she was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for a few months during the Suez Crisis as HMS Empire Cedric. She served ...