White Star Line
SS Celtic (I)
Ocean liner
History
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.
Text: Wikipedia — SS Celtic (1872), CC BY-SA 4.0
Further Reading
Ship Facts & Specifications
Tonnage
3,867 gross register tons
Length
437.2 ft
Beam
40.9 ft
Speed
14 knots
Passengers
166 1st- and 1,000 3rd-class passengers
Builder
Harland and Wolff, Belfast
Yard number
79
Launched
18 June 1872
Maiden voyage
24 October 1872
In service
27 May 1893
Out of service
September 1897
Owner
White Star Line; Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen
Propulsion
Single screw
Fate
Scrapped at Brest in 1898
Also Known As
- SS Amerika
