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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.
Star of Germany, (Yard No. 78) sailing ship for JP Corry & Co, launched on 11 March 1872, completed 20 May 1872. [67] SS Celtic, (Yard No. 79) passenger ship for White Star Line, launched 18 June 1872, completed 17 October 1872, maiden voyage 24 October 1872, renamed Amerika, scrapped in 1898.
SS Celtic Main article: SS Celtic (1872) 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.
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 ]
1872: 1872–1889: 3,708: Launched in 1871 by Harland and Wolff for White Star trans-Atlantic routes. Sold to Holland America Line in 1889 under Maasdamin, sold to Italian company La Veloce under Vittoria in 1902, then under Città di Napoli for trans-Italian routes. Scrapped at Genoa in 1910. Adriatic: 1872: 1872–1899: 3,888
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 (1872) SMS Custoza; D. HMS Discovery (1874) SS Dunraven; E. SMS Erzherzog Albrecht; F. HSwMS Fenris; G. SS Gaelic (1872) SS Georgette; Gjøa; H. Chinese ...
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 ...