Everything about Rms Celtic 1901 totally explained
RMS Celtic was an
ocean liner belonging to the
White Star Line. She was the first of a quartet of ships measuring over 20,000 tons, dubbed The Big Four. She was the first ship larger than the in gross
tonnage.
Celtic was launched on
4 April 1901 from the
Harland and Wolff shipyards in
Belfast, and set off on her maiden voyage from
Liverpool to
New York on
26 July.
At the beginning of the
First World War, she was converted into an
armed merchant cruiser, but since she used up too much coal, she was converted into a
troop ship in January 1916, and used to carry soldiers to
Egypt. She was put back on the transatlantic route in March.
In 1917,
Celtic hit a mine off the
Isle of Man. 17 people onboard were killed, but
Celtic survived, was towed to
Peel Bay and repaired in
Belfast. In March 1918, U-Boat
UB-77 torpedoed
Celtic in the
Irish Sea. 6 people onboard were killed, but again
Celtic didn't sink. She was towed to Liverpool and repaired again.
Early on
10 December 1928, she struck the Pollock Rock off
Queenstown. The
Ballycotton Lifeboat along with tugs, a destroyer and local life-saving teams, rescued all on board. 7,000 tons of cargo were scattered. She couldn't be moved or salvaged, and was declared a total loss. She was completely taken apart for scrap by 1928.
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