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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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
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.