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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 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.
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
Ship colours: black hull with gold line, red boot-topping, upper works white, funnels: White Star Buff RMS Cedric was an ocean liner owned by the White Star Line . She was the second of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed the Big Four , and was the largest vessel in the world at the time of her entering service.
RMS Empress of Scotland, originally SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, was an ocean liner built in 1905–1906 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line. The ship regularly sailed between Hamburg and New York City until the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914.
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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 ...