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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.
Ann Arbor is a city in and the county seat of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan.Founded in 1824 by John Allen and Elisha Rumsey, it was named after the wives of the village's founders, both named Ann, and the stands of bur oak trees they found there.
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 ]
The sixth and final ship of the group was originally to be called Arctic, however there had been another ship of that name which had sunk in 1854, and so the decision was taken to rename it Celtic whilst it was still being built. It was launched in June 1871. Celtic was the same design as Adriatic except for her engines being made by G ...
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.
USS Celtic (AF-2) stores ship built in 1891 carrying African-American soldiers. Her voyages carrying stores from New York to Caribbean forces ended 2 July 1917, when Celtic cleared New York to carry cargo to American bases at Queenstown, Ireland, and Brest, France. She returned to New York 27 August, carried parts of the 168th regiment to ...