&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:SS_Celtic.jpg) Celtic in the River Mersey
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| History | |
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| Name | SS Celtic |
| Namesake | Celtic Sea |
| Owner | White Star Line |
| Route | Liverpool - Queenstown (Cobh) - New York City |
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| Yard number | 79 |
| Laid down | as Arctic |
| Launched | 18 June 1872 |
| Completed | 17 October 1872 |
| Maiden voyage | 24 October 1872 |
| Fate | Sold to the Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen on 6 April 1893 |
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| Name | SS Amerika |
| Owner | Thingvalla Line of Copenhagen |
| Route | Copenhagen - Christiania (Oslo) - Christiansand - New York City |
| Acquired | 6 April 1893 |
| In service | 27 May 1893 |
| Out of service | September 1897 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Brest in 1898 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Oceanic-class ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 3,867 gross register tons |
| Length | 437.2 ft (133.3 m) |
| Beam | 40.9 ft (12.5 m) |
| Installed power | Steam |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Sail plan | Four masts (rigged for sail) |
| Speed | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity | 166 1st- and 1,000 3rd-class passengers |
| Notes | Iron construction, single funnel |
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 liner commissioned by White Star; she and her older sister Adriatic were ordered following the success of what was originally a series of four.