The Big Four were four large steam ocean liners built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line in the early twentieth century: Celtic (launched 1901), Cedric (1902), Baltic (1903) and Adriatic (1906). Ordered after the death of Thomas Ismay, they were planned to exceed the old Great Eastern in tonnage, each above twenty thousand gross tons, and were designed for comfort and capacity rather than for speed, so they made no attempt on the Blue Riband. Two propellers driven by quadruple expansion steam engines gave an average speed of about sixteen knots. Celtic was the first ship to pass twenty thousand gross tons, Cedric was then the biggest moving object ever built, and Baltic was the largest ship afloat until 1905. Their interiors set new standards, with a glass-roofed dining room, a library lounge, a covered promenade deck and, on Adriatic, an indoor pool and Turkish baths. Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania soon overtook them.
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The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.
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Celtic was launched on 4 April 1901 and made her maiden voyage on 26 July.
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The four ships were propelled by two propellers driven by steam quadruple expansion and reached an average speed of 16 knots
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The four ships were propelled by two propellers driven by steam quadruple expansion and reached an average speed of 16 knots
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The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.
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The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.
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The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.
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The "Big Four" were a quartet of early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat.
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They would be steam driven, have two propellers and could maintain an average speed of 16 knots.
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