RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line, the third of the Big Four ships built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, launched in November 1903 and sailing from 1904 to 1932. At 23,876 gross register tons she was the largest ship in the world until May 1906. Two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines drove her twin propellers at about 16 knots, and she served mainly between Liverpool and New York. In January 1909 she rescued the passengers of the liner Republic after its collision with the Florida, a rescue that showed the value of wireless telegraphy. She carried troops from 1915 to 1918, including the first American troops to Europe, and was scrapped in Japan after being sold in 1933.
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Career
The liner was launched on 21 November 1903.
Specifications
Propelled by two propellers powered by two four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines, the ship could sail at an average speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph), and could reach a maximum speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).
Career, status
Having become too old, she was finally retired in 1932 and scrapped the following year, ending a career of 28 years' service
Construction
When the latter was launched, a third ship was just under construction at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast: the Baltic (the quartet to be completed in 1907 by the Adriatic).
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RMS Baltic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line that sailed between 1904 and 1932.
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