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SS.Celtic Silk HATS Post Card Titanic White Star Line Interest Stevengraph
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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 feet (2.7 m) longer),
Celtic
was the first of a quartet of ships over 20,000 tons, dubbed The Big Four.
Celtic
was launched on 4 April 1901.
She and her three sisters proved to be immensely popular with travelers, particularly immigrants. During the infamous 1904 Rate War she set the record for the highest number of passengers carried in a single crossing in White Star's history. She arrived in New York on 16 September fully booked with 2,957 passengers on board.
Ran aground on 10 December 1928, scrapped on site
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